Video - Kobe Bryant Throws Himself a Pass Off the Glass for the Two-Hand Smash

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Kobe Bryant Has No Use for Teammates
Published 5/10/2008 by Andrew Thell at Empty the Bench
It’s not something you’re going to work on in basketball camp, but Kobe actually manages to make an alley oop off the backboard to himself look like a fundamentally sound, high-percentage play. There aren’t too many people on the planet who can do this: picking up his dribble, recognizing the open space, splitting the double in mid-air, tossing it off the glass to a place where only he could get it and and getting back up after it for the dunk. Pretty sick. Oh, and he also had 34 points, 6 boards and 7 dimes on 50% FGs. Meh.

Run it back: Vote for the best play of the second round
Published 5/20/2008 at Ball Don't Lie
Was it Tayshaun Prince's game-saving block? Chris Paul's back-to-the-basket flip shot? Kobe's self-oop? Or one of LeBron's many playoff highlights? What do you think was the best play of the second round? Watch the videos, then vote for your favorite below. Prince: Game-saving block. Tayshaun Prince makes a game-saving/securing block on Hedo Turkoglu's dunk in the final seconds of Game 5. Conjures up an image of dad killing a bat with a broom. LeBron: 'No regard for human life.' LeBron James drives for the huge power slam ...