Remember the year kobe got jacked?

[therammingman]

i don't mean shot jacking...i mean dude put on serious muscle.

should he do that at this stage of his career and go to more of a post game, esp after the achilles?

[LongLiveTheKing]

Dafuq are you talking about

[RedBlackAttack]

going = Kobe?

[therammingman]

going = Kobe?

fixed ya

[FKAri]

You mean the year Kobe's doctor fcked up the needles and put him on tren instead of clen? :lol

[DuMa]

its also the colorado year

[JimmyMcAdocious]

I thought he said that was a mistake and then lost a bit of the muscle the following offseason. Or am I thinking of someone else?

[quick96]

C0caine's a hell of a drug!

[Dizzle-2k7]

i think it was 2003 or 2004 he got really jacked (no homo) .. cant quite remember.. .. kobe looked good tho as always (yes homo)



http://i.imgur.com/imBAHNG.jpg
i used to have those kobe zoom 1s... damn they were fire. need to cop some again soon

[Bandito]

i think it was 2003 or 2004 he got really jacked (no homo) .. cant quite remember.. .. kobe looked good tho as always (yes homo)



http://i.imgur.com/imBAHNG.jpg
i used to have those kobe zoom 1s... damn they were fire. need to cop some again soon
bad photoshop bro:facepalm

[thabisyo]

Kobe is on PED's , whats new? :confusedshrug:

[OldSkoolball#52]

Was this the same year he raped a hotel employee?

[Batz]

I thought he said that was a mistake and then lost a bit of the muscle the following offseason. Or am I thinking of someone else?
No no that was him. The weight he put on made him slower and too much pressure on his knees so he dropped from 215-220 lbs back down to 205ish the following seasons.

[Fresh Kid]

Remember the year Lebron James and Dwight Howard took steroids and got jacked?

[CavaliersFTW]

Kobe came into the league at 178. The heaviest he has ever played at was 230lbs and that is HEAVY for his frame, I don't remember which season he was 230 but he cut back to 215-220 for a bit then in 2008 I believe he trimmed down to 205. And he specifically stated it was to recover his quickness, because you lose quickness when you increase mass no matter how strong you get. Old players with a lot of mileage on their joints in particular, also try to stay trim for longevity because the leaner you are the more mobile you are. If Kobe tried to gain weight at his age (which he won't, for all aforementioned reasons) it'd be nothing but a mistake - he'd lose what's left of his mobility, quickness and on top of that he'd probably be at increased risk for injury with the added strain on his joints.

[tomtucker]

when the going gets jacked, the jacked gets going

[Burgz V2]

he didnt get jacked, he put on weight because he had surgery on his knee and didn't work out all summer. he came back the next year in the best shape of his life

[Fresh Kid]

:roll:
when the going gets jacked, the jacked gets going

[Lakers2877]

Yeah I do. I remember doing a double take when I saw him

[Lakers2877]

he didnt get jacked, he put on weight because he had surgery on his knee and didn't work out all summer. he came back the next year in the best shape of his life
Do you not realize how you just contradicted yourself?

[Burgz V2]

Do you not realize how you just contradicted yourself?

putting on weight =/= getting jacked. Do you not realize how stupid you just made yourself look?

[TheReal Kendall]

Kobe came into the league at 178. The heaviest he has ever played at was 230lbs and that is HEAVY for his frame, I don't remember which season he was 230 but he cut back to 215-220 for a bit then in 2008 I believe he trimmed down to 205. And he specifically stated it was to recover his quickness, because you lose quickness when you increase mass no matter how strong you get. Old players with a lot of mileage on their joints in particular, also try to stay trim for longevity because the leaner you are the more mobile you are. If Kobe tried to gain weight at his age (which he won't, for all aforementioned reasons) it'd be nothing but a mistake - he'd lose what's left of his mobility, quickness and on top of that he'd probably be at increased risk for injury with the added strain on his joints.

You're a good poster bro

[Lakers2877]

putting on weight =/= getting jacked. Do you not realize how stupid you just made yourself look?
" he didn't work out all summer and he came back in the best shape of his life "

Yeah, I'm the stupid one lol

[ShaqAttack3234]

Kobe came into the league at 178. The heaviest he has ever played at was 230lbs and that is HEAVY for his frame, I don't remember which season he was 230 but he cut back to 215-220 for a bit then in 2008 I believe he trimmed down to 205. And he specifically stated it was to recover his quickness, because you lose quickness when you increase mass no matter how strong you get. Old players with a lot of mileage on their joints in particular, also try to stay trim for longevity because the leaner you are the more mobile you are. If Kobe tried to gain weight at his age (which he won't, for all aforementioned reasons) it'd be nothing but a mistake - he'd lose what's left of his mobility, quickness and on top of that he'd probably be at increased risk for injury with the added strain on his joints.

178? Kobe was skinny when he entered the league, but I don't remember him being THAT skinny. I think Kobe said he was 200 when he was a young player.

Here's a few seasons where Kobe gained or lost noticeable weight.

2002-2003


The Los Angeles Lakers guard hit the weight room hard during the offseason, adding some 15 pounds to his 6-foot-7 body to bring his weight up to about 225. He said he wanted to be stronger this season and keep defenders off him.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/2003/preview/news/2002/10/18/lakers_preseason_ap/

2003-2004



At 205, he's 15 pounds lighter than he was a year ago.

"I've been through a lot of stress recently so I didn't really train that much [and] lost weight that way," he said. "But I'll pick it back up here. Phil wants me to be on the ball a lot more than I have been in the past, and to do that I have to be a lot lighter."

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1632231

2004-2005


Bryant certainly looks ready, having bulked up to 230 pounds and spearheaded weight-lifting sessions and pickup games with the new Laker family for the past few weeks.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=stein_marc&id=1895217

2005-2006


After reporting to camp last year at 230 pounds, Kobe Bryant is a lighter 214 this season. Bryant focused on increasing his speed this summer and the results have been surprising, strength coach Joe Carbone said. strength coach Joe Carbone said. Bryant now is as quick as even the the NBA's fastest point guards, Carbone said with sprint times that matched those of Charlotte Bobcats rookie Raymond Felton who had the most speed of any player the Lakers worked out before the draft.

2007-2008


On his weight loss of 19 pounds, he said it was the first time in nine years he had weighed in at 200 pounds. "I started watching what I eat. I had something to eat, I think it was pepperoni pizza and grape soda, and I started feeling a little bloated. And I didn't know what that sensation was, and I tried getting out on the track and running and felt a little heavy, so I had to cut back a little bit."

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2944034

Kobe had a career year at the time in '03 when he first put on a lot of weight, although he had his knee surgery after the season, which may have had something to do with extra weight. '05 weight gain wasn't as successful, and he again had injuries, I believe he played with plantar fasciitis that year. '06 weight loss obviously worked out very well for him and it was his best season up to that point, arguably his best even to this day. '08 weight loss clearly helped his game as well. Was quicker and more explosive than the previous year, better defensively than he'd been in years and slimming down at 29 in his 12th season may have added to his longevity.

Also, it's been said before, but some of Kobe's weight gains were highly suspicious considering how quickly he was able to gain the weight.

[Burgz V2]

My original comment


he didnt get jacked, he put on weight because he had surgery on his knee and didn't work out all summer. he came back the next year in the best shape of his life

the quote you edited


" he didn't work out all summer and he came back in the best shape of his life "

Yeah, I'm the stupid one lol

which is why you didn't do a direct quote I guess.

And yes. You are the stupid one. You are also pathetic. :applause:

[dajadeed]

he didnt get jacked, he put on weight because he had surgery on his knee and didn't work out all summer. he came back the next year in the best shape of his life

No, he put on the weight intentionally because he felt he was getting beat up too much. He wanted to get in the post more and felt the extra weight/muscle would help.

And that picture wasn't photoshopped, btw. I remember that training camp when everyone was talking about how big Kobe had gotten.

The poster who talked about weight and injuries and why Kobe pretty quickly decided to lose weight in favor of speed hit the nail on the head.

[che guevara]

Kobe definitely gained weight in the '07 season, look at this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxcaDMDQk9s

He just looks ****ing huge compared to normal.

[Shogon]

Kobe is on PED's , whats new? :confusedshrug:

Not much.

[eliteballer]

The year Kobe got "jacked":roll:

http://i54.tinypic.com/112eb0j.jpg

https://images.solecollector.com/complex/image/upload/bbntygaa9sd4vyihwswb.jpg

The year before:

http://www.lakersuniverse.com/playoffs/02kobekings5.jpg

[Vino24]

Germany trips

[JEFFERSON MONEY]

Doesn't he train like 6 hours a day in the summer?

With 2 hours to cardio and 2 hours to gaining b-ball skills.

[Vino24]

Kobe getting bigger while everyone else losing the mass :oldlol:

[Manny98]

RoidBe