Kobe Bryant says he needs only two moves to dominate NBA
By Bryan Rose
It’s been a pretty active offseason for Kobe Bryant as the Los Angeles Lakers star not only recently returned to Germany for a procedure on his knee, but The Black Mamba also headed to Asia for his annual Nike tour.
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Bryant took part in a variety of festivities including a Q&A session in which the basketball icon not only broke down his Los Angeles Lakers, but his own game.
Kobe began talking about how many feel you need an arsenal of moves to dominate, but Bryant himself only needs two.
“To be unstoppable you have to have to have a lot of moves,” Kobe Bryant said. “How many in here think you have a lot of moves? I have two. I have two. On the perimeter, I have two moves. On the post, two moves. That’s it. On the perimeter, I’ll go right, pull up, shoot. Left, pull up, shoot. In the post, turn the left shoulder, fadeaway. Turn right, fadeaway. You make the game very simple.”
In all actuality, it’s technically four moves or two moves with different directions, but Kobe Bryant’s point remains that you don’t need to have an absurd amount of moves to be a dominating player at the NBA level.
Of course, that’s easy for Kobe to say considering he’s been blessed with an absurd amount of natural talent. I’m pretty sure no matter how much Jimmer Fredette practices a pull up on the perimeter or a fadeaway in the post, he’s not going to dominate the league.
If only it were so easy.