How is Kobe's statue gonna look like?

[G-Funk]

If you were the person in charge of choosing the image/pose of what Kobe Bryants statue would look like, what would you choose?

Getting this one out the way

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Qu3en06/shaq_and_kobe-thumb-275x260-13925.jpg

[G-Funk]

Now that we got that out the way... I say the up and under dunk/lay-up


http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Qu3en06/kobe-bryant-reverse-layup1.jpg




http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Qu3en06/KobeBryantwithanacrobaticreverselayupvstheBlazers. jpg





http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Qu3en06/kobebryant04_1024x768.jpg

[G-Funk]

Honorable mentions

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Qu3en06/sports-wallpaper2009628192921968778010.jpg


http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Qu3en06/POY_1998_Kobe.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Qu3en06/la_g_bryantk_576.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Qu3en06/POY_2004_Kobe.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Qu3en06/kobe-bryant.jpg

[REACTION]

One of the two.

http://i.imgur.com/dnuo7l.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/xrOu1.png

[Lebowsky]

http://www.ihiphop.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/kobe-hat1.jpg

[G-Funk]

I'll start one of Lebron & Wade Later, onnce we are done with this 1

[stallionaire]

http://moretalk.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/kobe-snarl.jpg

kids 30 years of now will be able to better visualize his historic killer instinct when they see a statue with this facial expression on it

[T.O.RapsJays]

Now that we got that out the way... I say the up and under dunk/lay-up


http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Qu3en06/kobe-bryant-reverse-layup1.jpg




http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Qu3en06/KobeBryantwithanacrobaticreverselayupvstheBlazers. jpg



http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Qu3en06/kobebryant04_1024x768.jpg

While it may be a good pose, it would be difficult to build a statue like these in action with knees bent. IMO, it would be easier to capture Kobe's shooting pose because it would be too hard to build a dunk/lay-up one where the legs aren't straight (maybe tomahawk dunk or steve nash one).

[LA_Showtime]

Signature reverse dunk?

[Faptastrophe]

http://moretalk.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/kobe-snarl.jpg

kids 30 years of now will be able to better visualize his historic killer instinct when they see a statue with this facial expression on it
This.

And maybe ''Pointing to sky after 81''?

[Scholar]

I was going to say the dunk on D12, but looks like OP already posted it. The statue builders could even include D12 into it. :oldlol:


If not that then maybe KB8 pointing up to the sky after the 81 point game. :confusedshrug:




A better question would be:

Does his jersey have #8 or #24 on it?

[Velocirap31]

It should be him during a jump shot. He has a really cool looking jump shot.

[OKCThunderUP]

It has to be his postup turnaround jumper right? Every time I think of Kobe that's what comes to mind.

[no pun intended]

Finger Wag
http://www1.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Denver+Nuggets+v+Los+Angeles+Lakers+Game+5+0trtVtk t2Gwl.jpg

Jersey Bite
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/05Kpaoh3q5gXs/439x.jpg

Victorious
http://lakersblog.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c506253ef0133f17544e6970b-320wi

Celebration
http://www.goerieblogs.com/sports/giveandgo/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/KB22.jpg

Buzzer-beater
http://images.usatoday.com/sports/_photos/2006/04/30/kobe-pose.jpg

[talkingconch]

Finger Wag
http://www1.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Denver+Nuggets+v+Los+Angeles+Lakers+Game+5+0trtVtk t2Gwl.jpg

Jersey Bite
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/05Kpaoh3q5gXs/439x.jpg

Victorious
http://lakersblog.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c506253ef0133f17544e6970b-320wi

Celebration
http://www.goerieblogs.com/sports/giveandgo/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/KB22.jpg

Buzzer-beater
http://images.usatoday.com/sports/_photos/2006/04/30/kobe-pose.jpg
I don't think any of these are possible.

[flipogb]

it can only be a fade-away or reverse dunk/lay up

[cuad]

I like this one the most.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Qu3en06/la_g_bryantk_576.jpg

[O_City_Thunder]

http://www.ihiphop.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/kobe-hat1.jpg
:roll: :roll: :roll:

[pauk]

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Qu3en06/shaq_and_kobe-thumb-275x260-13925.jpg

Pretty much answered your own question there....


or this:

http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/8472/bricks9493307s.gif

preferably rename the staples center to that aswell :D

[Heavincent]

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Qu3en06/shaq_and_kobe-thumb-275x260-13925.jpg

Pretty much answered your own question there....


or this... statue or just rename the staples center to this:

http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/8472/bricks9493307s.gif

Shaq: "Kobe is the greatest Laker of all time."

[TheAesirsFinest]

This must be immortalized for posterity
http://moretalk.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/kobe-snarl.jpg

[pauk]

Shaq: "Kobe is the greatest Laker of all time."

Shaq: "I am the greatest Center of all time."

[Heavincent]

Shaq: "I am the greatest Center of all time."

I don't see how that's relevant to the conversation.

[pauk]

I don't see how that's relevant to the conversation.
Shaq: "Kobe... how does my *** taste?"



Point is... dont listen to what Shaq has to say to much :D But if you do... make sure then to believe anything he ever said to be true..

[Heavincent]

Shaq: "Kobe... how does my *** taste?"

Once again, what does this have to do with Kobe being the greatest Laker of all time according to Shaq?

[Jasper]

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/3645/bobblehead.gif

[Heavincent]

Point is... dont listen to what Shaq has to say to much :D But if you do... make sure then to believe anything he ever said to be true..

Oh...this old routine. His opinion doesn't count, but yours does...?

[iDunk]

The one where he has finger up in the air after scoring 81, that one would be the most meaningful.

[pauk]

:lol

All jokes aside.... i think (IF) he gets a statue he should have it portray him/his game the best.... like Magic had his finger pointing yelling out plays, the statue says a thousand words, explains Magic perfectly.... Kobe needs something like that.... something involving scoring... perhaps simply him taking a jumpshot with a hand near his face would do... :D

[Patrick Chewing]

http://www.femmefan.com/site/images/featurepics/03_04Season/Kobe-mugshot.jpg

[greymatter]

Vanessa soon-to-be-formerly Bryant bending over Kobe bending over some random white ho?

[ChrisPosh]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6vro7uaObX8/TNBk5Mgrg8I/AAAAAAAAAGc/4zpSt_AL0Lc/s1600/Kobe+ass.jpg

[G-Funk]

While it may be a good pose, it would be difficult to build a statue like these in action with knees bent. IMO, it would be easier to capture Kobe's shooting pose because it would be too hard to build a dunk/lay-up one where the legs aren't straight (maybe tomahawk dunk or steve nash one).

I think that they can build one, Just look at MJ's and Wilt's... Looks possible

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Qu3en06/5601.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Qu3en06/5603.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Qu3en06/wilt-chamberlain.jpg

[T.O.RapsJays]

I think that they can build one, Just look at MJ's and Wilt's... Looks possible

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Qu3en06/5601.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Qu3en06/5603.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Qu3en06/wilt-chamberlain.jpg
Oh yeah, I just meant that it might be easier to do something with his legs straight out (like the MJ one) which is why I mentioned a poster dunk (like Steve Nash one).

[Dave3]

The main thing that comes to mind when I think of Kobe...the fade away that can't be defended.

http://lakers.topbuzz.com/gallery/d/282419-2/Kobe+Bryant+fadeaway+jumper+as+he+is+fouled+by+Cou rtney+Lee.JPG

[talkingconch]

pauk your insecurity for lebron is showing again

[miller-time]

The main thing that comes to mind when I think of Kobe...the fade away that can't be defended.

http://lakers.topbuzz.com/gallery/d/282419-2/Kobe+Bryant+fadeaway+jumper+as+he+is+fouled+by+Cou rtney+Lee.JPG

even though i don't like the guy, he kind of needs two statues. a #8 reverse dunk/layup and a #24 fadeaway.

[G-Funk]

even though i don't like the guy, he kind of needs two statues. a #8 reverse dunk/layup and a #24 fadeaway.

I was thinking that, kinda like the Wilt Sculpture

[Dave3]

even though i don't like the guy, he kind of needs two statues. a #8 reverse dunk/layup and a #24 fadeaway.
Even as number 8 though, he was still a fade away wizard. That was from hsi first year as an all star, until the time he retired.

[The Iron Fist]

Shaq: "Kobe... how does my *** taste?"



Point is... dont listen to what Shaq has to say to much :D But if you do... make sure then to believe anything he ever said to be true..


Kobe : "I've got one than Shaq and you can take that to the bank"

Kobe thinks, and lols inside his head, "I've got five more than the most overhyped guy in the last 35 years"

[KembaWalker]

I like this one the most.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Qu3en06/la_g_bryantk_576.jpg

This ^

[G-Funk]

A better question would be:

Does his jersey have #8 or #24 on it?

With both...Like Wilt's




http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Qu3en06/wilt-chamberlain.jpg




With #24

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Qu3en06/kobe-bryant-reverse-layup1.jpg


http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Qu3en06/KobeBryantwithanacrobaticreverselayupvstheBlazers. jpg

With #8


http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Qu3en06/Lakers/notagain.jpg


http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Qu3en06/kobe-bryant.jpg

[04mzwach]

The main thing that comes to mind when I think of Kobe...the fade away that can't be defended.

http://lakers.topbuzz.com/gallery/d/282419-2/Kobe+Bryant+fadeaway+jumper+as+he+is+fouled+by+Cou rtney+Lee.JPG
Are you joking? DAMN KID! :lol

[poido123]

Finger Wag
http://www1.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Denver+Nuggets+v+Los+Angeles+Lakers+Game+5+0trtVtk t2Gwl.jpg

Jersey Bite
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/05Kpaoh3q5gXs/439x.jpg

Victorious
http://lakersblog.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c506253ef0133f17544e6970b-320wi

Celebration
http://www.goerieblogs.com/sports/giveandgo/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/KB22.jpg

Buzzer-beater
http://images.usatoday.com/sports/_photos/2006/04/30/kobe-pose.jpg

Funny, all those poses are what MJ did :lol

Has no one suggested a giant "brick" as a statue? Sorry Laker fans, someone had to say it, please don't take it to heart, I do respect Kobe :cheers:

[b4uc.23]

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q236/dsr187/kobe.jpg

[poido123]

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q236/dsr187/kobe.jpg

:lol :roll: :oldlol: :D

Impressively solid. Very appropriate :applause:

[RazorBaLade]

Funny, all those poses are what MJ did :lol

Has no one suggested a giant "brick" as a statue? Sorry Laker fans, someone had to say it, please don't take it to heart, I do respect Kobe :cheers:

What are you ****ing retarded? How can you forget that MJ also spoke English first before KObe? include that as well

[poido123]

What are you ****ing retarded? How can you forget that MJ also spoke English first before KObe? include that as well

:lol Hit a nerve?

You and I know the truth. As much as Kobe is a great player in his own right, the poses he does are very MJ...And I'm not talking about one or two gestures, its nearly all of them..A lot of neutral fans would agree. Speaking english before Kobe isnt quite the comparison that I was drawing on this. :lol

[iDefend5]

http://farzan3.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/bryant-81.jpg

[Living Being]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r0km1vEaV-Q/TboZDFylmfI/AAAAAAAAGuw/N6OGrKDas5g/s400/KobeBryantChrisChilds_crop_340x234.jpg

[alenleomessi]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgqshdCU6G1qdi785o1_400.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4losHj64Ycs/TeNOIy6aCTI/AAAAAAAAAqY/E22IB2eRCxk/s1600/400x.jpg

[RazorBaLade]

:lol Hit a nerve?

You and I know the truth. As much as Kobe is a great player in his own right, the poses he does are very MJ...And I'm not talking about one or two gestures, its nearly all of them..A lot of neutral fans would agree. Speaking english before Kobe isnt quite the comparison that I was drawing on this. :lol

lmao it went completely over your head

[Vienceslav]

http://img.discountpostersale.com/posters/PFSAAML22501/1/Kobe-Bryant---2010-NBA-Finals-Game-7---Championship-Trophy-5-Fingers-in-Studio27.jpg
obviously.

[knickswin]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r0km1vEaV-Q/TboZDFylmfI/AAAAAAAAGuw/N6OGrKDas5g/s400/KobeBryantChrisChilds_crop_340x234.jpg

as a knicks fan, I hate that scrub ward

[poido123]

lmao it went completely over your head

:confusedshrug: I think I made my point pretty clear. What do you not understand?

Anyways, not that important to me, think Ill go back to the other threads, kudos to Kobe, he deserves a statue, he's had an awesome career.

[RazorBaLade]

:confusedshrug: I think I made my point pretty clear. What do you not understand?

Anyways, not that important to me, think Ill go back to the other threads, kudos to Kobe, he deserves a statue, he's had an awesome career.

Jordan doesn't own normal natural human poses of celebration any more than he owns speaking English.

[Watten]

I would choose a fade away jumper. That is more Kobe than a dunk for me. But I couldn't find a good picture.

[Dave3]

Are you joking? DAMN KID! :lol
??

[poido123]

Jordan doesn't own normal natural human poses of celebration any more than he owns speaking English.

So its normal for someone to imitate nearly all of one person's poses, mind you a player he models his game off, as just coincidence or something normal? Care to tell me another player who imitates Jordan as much as kobe does on gestures/post game interviews/mannerisms?

That's my point. Has nothing to do with NBA players as a whole imitating some of past players traits, but near all of them? that's creepy. Your speaking English correlation has nothing to do with the point I made. :confusedshrug:

Why do I feel the need to point this out :lol

[RazorBaLade]

So its normal for someone to imitate nearly all of one person's poses, mind you a player he models his game off, as just coincidence or something normal? Care to tell me another player who imitates Jordan as much as kobe does on gestures/post game interviews/mannerisms?

That's my point. Has nothing to do with NBA players as a whole imitating some of past players traits, but near all of them? that's creepy. Your speaking English correlation has nothing to do with the point I made. :confusedshrug:

Why do I feel the need to point this out :lol

It's not an imitation any more than speaking English is an imitation. Jordan did not invent and put his own stamp on a celebration as simple as closing your fist or running after winning a championship. Nor holding the front of his jersey or biting it.

Something like Pietrus a while ago doing the shrug after multiple 3s is a case of an imitation, which isn't a big deal but shrugging after a few 3s in a row is something one can say is Jordans. biting your shirt is not.

[ILLsmak]

as a knicks fan, I hate that scrub ward

He did stick Kobe though.

I remember arguing with my friend who was a Knicks fan who would have won that fight. Looking back, Ward really gave Kobe his water dessert.

-Smak

[bwink23]

Jordan doesn't own normal natural human poses of celebration any more than he owns speaking English.


Kobe's been mimicking Jordan his entire career in every way....is this NEWS to you young lad???

[Nick Young]

A statue of him teabagging dwight howard or hitting one of his trademark threes right in Lebron's face

[Dave3]

Kobe's been mimicking Jordan his entire career in every way....is this NEWS to you young lad???
People make a much bigger deal of this than it is. So what if he mimics his style? It's both effective and fun to watch. You have to realize too that when you watch someone enough or idolize them, you adopt their mannerisms subconsciously. It's not like he's going out there thinking "this is how Jordan would move his mouth"

You don't think LeBron is mimicking Kobe/Tmac when he takes those heat check fade away 3s? He's already admitted to idolizing him, and has clearly tried to model some parts of his game after him. It's a natural part of playing basketball while growing up watching certain guys.

[Doranku]

lol @ insecure Jordan stans. :lol

Statue should be any pose that Kobe made while dropping 55 on Jordan's broke ass. :roll:

[Disaprine]

bwink is the most kobe obsessed poster ive seen in this site since bruce blitz and alphawolf. thats quite an accomplishment. :applause:

[Disaprine]

to answer op's question

Jeremy Lin

[Dave3]

bwink is the most kobe obsessed poster ive seen in this site since bruce blitz and alphawolf. thats quite an accomplishment. :applause:
Wowowowowowowow....32dayz?

[Disaprine]

Wowowowowowowow....32dayz?
32dayz tries to hard.

[Dave3]

32dayz tries to hard.
Still though I've got to give him props for sticking to his ideas and making sure to bring them up in every possible thread. A Pippen vs. Erving debate? No problem, there's a place in there to mention Gasol should've been the 2010 FMVP:oldlol:

[Disaprine]

:lol

[Faptastrophe]

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/3645/bobblehead.gif
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfgr7yYk2b1qenz53o1_400.gif

[longtime lurker]

Statue should be Kobe shooting over 3 defenders while his teammates are standing around him open. Defines Kobes game to a t

[Faptastrophe]

Statue should be Kobe shooting over 3 defenders while his teammates are standing around him open. Defines Kobes game to a t
http://l.yimg.com/j/assets/p/sp/ap/6a/fullj.b4476614e2a6a6761ae1d9002b00be58/ap-201112251923697864397.jpg

:confusedshrug: