Has anyone seen this travesty?

by annthefan on Apr 12, 2008 9:01 AM PDT

It's footage of the most hated NBA player of all time (mine anyway, except for Darryl Dawkins, but that's another story) justifying our collective loathing. I wonder how many stupid kids will try to be like Kobaby?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FodyWz9d6vM&NR=1

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Yah

He sent Rudy Gay that video for a suggestion in the dunk contest.

by Sabonis4Ever on Apr 12, 2008 9:12 AM PDT reply actions

Is it wrong

for me to want to see him try that with a Chevy Suburban?

My ignorance is my greatest weapon

by shenanigans on Apr 12, 2008 9:24 AM PDT reply actions

man, i don't care what you guys say

that was pretty freaking awesome, YOU KNOW IT WAS! So much hate. If you saw Travis do the same thing you guys would all have that on your myspace pages...

by mark twain on Apr 12, 2008 9:33 AM PDT reply actions

Really...

...what was awesome about it? His making sure he shows the Nikes he's putting on?

The car does the moving, all he is demonstrating is #1-stupidity, and #2 the ability to jump straight up.

Kobe does plenty of awesome demonstrating within a game. Jumping over a speeding car heading towards you---by choice, is not awesome, just stupid.

"Mother Nature started this fight, I think it's about time we ended it!"

by Krang on Apr 12, 2008 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions

The hang time was awesome

How can you not think that was cool?

If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my life. - Isiah Thomas

by JTDuck22 on Apr 12, 2008 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions

lol

Yeah that was pretty awesome. Not going to lie.

Don Nelson: We didn't execute our gameplan in the first half. What's the plan? Don Nelson: Hit threes.

by Dheepan on Apr 12, 2008 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions

Ugh...

...real or faked, warning to not try it at home or not, it's still stupid.

Kobe should realize regardless of what he says it' going to to still entice kids (people) to emulate the stunt.

Stupid.

Put's Oden slight transgression of playing in a pick-up game in a different perspective.

Can you imagine The L*kers if Kobe somehow gets clipped and injures himself? That could be life threatening at worst, and Championship costing at the least.

Stupid.

I still remember when Kobe first came into the league pre-Colorado scandal. He was the league and media darling.

It's been interesting to watch the evolution of the reality of Kobe. Great, great talent, but horrible ego and terrible personal decisions made in his life.

"Mother Nature started this fight, I think it's about time we ended it!"

by Krang on Apr 12, 2008 9:34 AM PDT reply actions

I liked it

and I won't feel sorry if anyone try to do it at home. Kids don't drive cars, and people older than 14/15 that choose to do it are wasting our oxygen.

by Bruno on Apr 12, 2008 9:57 AM PDT reply actions

Really

You mean you never did anything stupid when you were 15 years old?

by einman77 on Apr 13, 2008 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions

Saw it earlier

Indeed...if Travis did that, we would all be stoked for sure.

For the record, when Vladamir went snowboarding I think the L*kers almost suspended him...lol so if that tells you anything about this jump...........

It's a WAR, and we're bringin' the BOOM

by prezofdeath on Apr 12, 2008 10:27 AM PDT reply actions

viral marketing

we in the blogosphere shouldn't be too gullible for this stuff. It's fake. It's a Nike viral marketing campaign. Big deal.

by kickbrass on Apr 12, 2008 10:45 AM PDT reply actions

Thank you

Why are people falling for this? Oh, because viral marketing, done well, is very effective.

by iDea on Apr 13, 2008 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions

If it is real

He is an idiot. Impressive yes, but still very, very stupid. I have to believe that even K*be isnt stupid enough to risk his career to impress ronny turiaf. It must be fake...

Rudy > MJ

by myemic23 on Apr 12, 2008 10:54 AM PDT reply actions

It's not real

Just watched it again... Pause the video at 35 seconds and you'll see the car is behind him. He could have done it, but he was smart enough to not jump directly over it.

If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my life. - Isiah Thomas

by JTDuck22 on Apr 12, 2008 11:21 AM PDT reply actions

Gotta say, I watched, I paused,

I looked at point on ground where the "great one" (great what? indeed) was standing and where cars tires touched, and it looked pretty real to me. The big problem to me is how many immitators of this will get hurt because of it, and is BozoBoy too dumb, (or just doesn't care) to figure that out ? KB "roll model" in action.

Trail Blazers - reigning champs of the NBA lottery !

by DaveR @ Blazer's Edge on Apr 12, 2008 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions

of course, lookin' real and

bein real are two different things. Is this for (and by) Nike ? Would they condone this model behavior ? Even worse, if so.

Trail Blazers - reigning champs of the NBA lottery !

by DaveR @ Blazer's Edge on Apr 12, 2008 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions

Uhhh

Do some of us really think that was real? You gotta be kidding me and I hope you are. It is very obviously special effected. My grandma could tell it wasn't real-- and she was [learning disabled]!

A robot computer camera thing shot Flobe in front of a green screen, made him appear to jump higher (the peak of his jump has a tweak that is obviously messed with computerally), shot the car passing by and mixed it into the shot, blah blah blah I can't believe anyone believes this is real. It doesn't even LOOK real.

When Brad Pitt got hit by a car in Meet Joe Black, did you run out of the theater and call all of your friends that you just saw Brad Pitt get hit by a car and die? When you watch Vincent D'onofrio on Law and Order, do you stare with amazement at how well his faced healed from his suicide attempt in Full Metal Jacket?

Kobe and the car have probably never even met. This is obviously fake. As a commercial it is fine, but I am just shocked that so many are pausing to consider its realosity, or even still think it is real-- or think there is maybe some visual trickery afoot but someone SOMEONE jumped over a car. No one jumped over a car.

Especially not post knee surgery pre playoffs banged up keystone of a franchise and shoe company spokesman, Kobe Bryant.

I mean, really? Man...

And it'd be cool if it was Roy or Oden because it'd be a Blazer in a popular ad, but I'd still expect no one to believe it was "real". Good gravy...

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Apr 12, 2008 11:38 AM PDT reply actions

that is not hard

aston martins are low profile cars. I could do that...with a pair of Hypers

Get Greg outta the burbs

by BigCelPhone on Apr 12, 2008 1:06 PM PDT reply actions

It's not real

It was an April fools thing... Kobe even admitted in an interview that it was fake... not that I don't think he could do it. If people are dumb enough to try this then they get what they deserve, that's why we have the Darwin awards.

by CTBlazerfan on Apr 12, 2008 1:35 PM PDT reply actions

It is unbelievable people thought this was legit

Of course it's fake!!! How is that not obvious?! I feel like I'm taking crazy pills here!

by BlazerD on Apr 12, 2008 2:14 PM PDT reply actions

Of course it was trickery. And easily faked.

It's a variation of the old leaning tower of Piza trick. Only in this case the Faker and the car were probably never in the same frame together at the same time. Just another instance of COBAYA skullduggery.

by annthefan on Apr 12, 2008 2:25 PM PDT reply actions

Pisa. I guess I'm hungry.

by annthefan on Apr 12, 2008 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions

It's Real

As soon as I saw the video, I ran out and jumped over a bus. I think this video means that Kobe is the One and he can see things in the Matrix that we cannot.

Early to Bedge and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

by tominhawaii on Apr 12, 2008 3:06 PM PDT reply actions

After I watched it

I punched out a cop and robbed a bank. Now I've set sail upon the seven seas and turned to a life as a Privateer!

After seeing Kobe jump over a car, I now believe anything is possible!

I'm off to disrupt the hated English's shipping routes!

Mortimer!

by Mortimer on Apr 12, 2008 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions

After I watched it

I decided to rule the world.

I'm frequently right, but always certain

by jscot on Apr 14, 2008 12:48 AM PDT up reply actions

Can you use a gunner's mate?

I'll even bring my own guns.

Of course there has to be a clause that shooting zombies takes priority over privateering.

PS - Congress still has the power to grant letters of marque (sp?), so this is legally a viable proposition. (Not sure what the law says about zombie shooting though. Can you be charged for killing something that's technically dead already?)

by timg56 on Apr 14, 2008 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions

You bet your sweet bippy you can

There's not a day goes by that I don't wish about 10 million people here in LA would suddenly become zombies and we could legally obtain of letter of marque and take care of the problem-- for our country, and our family's honour of course.

Bring your guns, after we take care of the zombies we'll set sail upon the seven seas, in search of adventure and romance!

Perhaps one of the zombies will have a treasure map tattooed on the back of their heads, and we'll discover it after saving a sassy black woman from a zombie attack. The map will be written in ancient sanskrit, and we won't be able to read it ourselves, but luck would have it our sassy black woman sidekick is fluent in sanskrit! Together, we'll pursue riches beyond our wildest dreams and rid Southern California of the horrid zombie problem.

We could also adopt an orphan for this adventure, and he/she could be sassy as well.

Let's set sail... for ADVENTURE!

Mortimer!

by Mortimer on Apr 15, 2008 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Real or Fake?

Does it really matter? Either way it's a stupid image to put forth.

If it's all advertising, then it was a stupid promotion.

Why not fake him getting clipped, hitting the ground and writhing in pain? That would get even more publicity and then you wouldn't get people thinking it looks "cool".

I don't care if it's fake-IT IS STUPID.

"Mother Nature started this fight, I think it's about time we ended it!"

by Krang on Apr 12, 2008 3:42 PM PDT reply actions

Jinkies!

When I ready your subject line, I thought you went off topic and started talking about da kines. I was all like, "Oh no he didn't!" Then I was all like, "Oh, I guess he didn't."

Early to Bedge and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

by tominhawaii on Apr 12, 2008 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions

Kobe's Wife

Real or Fake?

by Sabonis4Ever on Apr 12, 2008 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions

very strange

to me that anyone remotely thinks this is real. in "crouching tiger", "the matrix" and a million other films there's a pretty well-established tradition of stuntmen flying through the air on wires.

and none of the "talent" ever does anything where they might even bump their pinky. this isn't exactly breaking news.

ignacio

by ignacio on Apr 12, 2008 3:52 PM PDT reply actions

tragedy

I heard once of a group of teenagers who tried that stunt a few years ago. A couple of them were in a speeding car, and their buddy attempted to jump it as it was oming towards him. He mistimed the jump, went to the hospital, and eventually died. I think he was 16 years old. True story.

I don't think Kobe Bryant is a good role model.

by Sumito on Apr 12, 2008 5:55 PM PDT reply actions