{"id":142278,"date":"2017-04-18T12:26:05","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T19:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=142278"},"modified":"2024-02-01T11:08:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T19:08:29","slug":"kobe-bryant-was-so-obsessed-with-defending-iverson-he-once-tore-up-a-hotel-room-studied-how-sharks-hunt-seals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/kobe-bryant-was-so-obsessed-with-defending-iverson-he-once-tore-up-a-hotel-room-studied-how-sharks-hunt-seals\/","title":{"rendered":"Kobe Bryant Was So Obsessed With Defending Iverson, He Once Tore Up A Hotel Room &#038; Studied How Sharks Hunt Seals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a supplement to his new \"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DGpFBA8Hb5g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Obsession is Natural<\/a>\" campaign for BodyArmor sports drink, Kobe Bryant penned a letter on '<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theplayerstribune.com\/kobe-bryant-allen-iverson-obsession-is-natural\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Players' Tribune<\/a>' about his obsession with Allen Iverson that started 21 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>His obsession was so consuming he once broke a TV and tore up a hotel room after seeing Iverson dropped 35 on the same night he only scored two points.<\/p>\n<p>His obsession was so borderline crazy, he not only studied every piece of video he found on AI, he studied the way great white sharks hunt seals.<\/p>\n<p>He talks about the time he was able to get \"sweet revenge\" by holding Iverson scoreless in a half and how he approached every meeting afterwards as \"life and death.'<\/p>\n<div class=\"omc-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%; height: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pCMLCmTS3m4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen width=\"600\" height=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>This wasn't the first time he's talked in-depth about his obsession with Iverson. Here's what he had to say back in 2016 when asked about his favorite memory of Iverson.<\/p>\n<p>\"AI as a competitor, he drove me to be as obsessive, more obsessive about the game, because I had to figure out how to solve that problem, you know? And I told him \u2014 I saw him here this weekend. I said you don\u2019t realize how much you pushed me. And I don\u2019t think people nowadays realize how great you were as a player and how big of a problem you were for defenses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I matched up AI in Philadelphia in 1999, that was a big turning point for me. I remember being on the bus saying, you know what, I\u2019ve got to become one of the best defensive players of all time because I can\u2019t have this happen. That\u2019s a direct result of what AI did to me that night in Philadelphia. I don\u2019t think people realize how cold he was. They have no idea how hard it was to guard this guy. \u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"omc-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%; height: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j-COc5Oz4GY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen width=\"600\" height=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>ROOKIE YEAR<\/h3>\n<div class=\"omc-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%; height: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CMIyKRoE1YM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen width=\"600\" height=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>NBA FINALS<\/h3>\n<div class=\"omc-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%; height: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AWR8R9v66Rs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen width=\"600\" height=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>LAST GAME<\/h3>\n<div class=\"omc-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%; height: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bKaolH4MA1k\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen width=\"600\" height=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theplayerstribune.com\/kobe-bryant-allen-iverson-obsession-is-natural\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Players\u2019 Tribune<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a supplement to his new \"Obsession is Natural\" campaign for BodyArmor sports drink, Kobe Bryant penned a&hellip; 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