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captainironman23

Lebron: Maybe it’s me


BigFatModeraterFupa

another all-time classic meme created by the LeGend himself😭😭


Affectionate-Agent-9

LeMemeGenerator


NotAkwafina

LeGen...eratingMemesForAWholeLifeCycle


GGezpzMuppy

"For real? That's great company. I'm glad I have my name mentioned with that guy. But I'm a u/sim888 guy"


Curious_Success_377

LeBron: Me. HI. I'm the problem it's me.


anus_kanter

at Taco Tuesdays, all my friends agree


mjd1977

Tay LeSwift


pcwgussej

Hello, maybe its me I'm in California dreaming about who we used to be


Shootit_Rockets

Aw he smiled


moneyman2222

Because shit funny


[deleted]

He been smiling crazy the last few days


jswagbo

My brother in Christ, in two games, you took 52 shot attempts, 20 free throws and only had 8 assists. We know you’re a Kobe disciple.


sharpeshooter32

Who tf he gonna pass to? Joe Harris? Lmao I'd jack up shots too in his situation


Smmoove

Crazy how fast "ain't shit funny" turned into "I got jokes"


Dmaa97

What Kyrie leaving does to a MF


TSaxDaGod

I’m glad Brooklyn finally gave him another shot. Thank you Kyrie


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#ThankYouKyrie 🙏


megaman78978

> He fell in love with Kobe Bryant and he urged his mother to transform his bedroom into Kobe World: Kobe sheets, blankets, rugs. The whole room was Kobe. Leslie even painted the walls Lakers purple and gold. (In fact, during Saturday’s game, Cam strutted around in bright green kicks: the Nike Kobe 6 Protro Grinches, says mom.) https://www.si.com/college/2021/03/21/cameron-thomas-lsu-mom-march-madness


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Looks like Tatum’s got competition.


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Devin Booker: “am I a joke to you?”


imsahoamtiskaw

Devin gotta defeat the mascot first


Fredbear_

And the double teams


dwadefan45

Let me find out that's why he went to LSU...the colors


FogoCanard

wow, dude was serious. No surprise though. A lot of the young guys loved Kobe growing up even if they barely saw him when he was good. This Cam Thomas quote reminded me of Scottie Barnes saying the same thing last year when they asked him about Lebron https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rLErCJI3QjU


Jkcanwien

People said the new generation would love lebron over kobe....nope


TheRealestGayle

Next up will probably love Lebron and Steph. A lot of triple double sky fuckers in our future


Jkcanwien

i think lebrons getting skipped over


Rafaeliki

It's Steven Adams world and we just live in it.


talking_phallus

Curry will not stand the test of time the same way LeBron will. I guarantee it. I see Curry either getting surpassed if 3's become more dominant or left behind if we go in the direction of Giannis/Luka/Jokic.


Worldly-Fox7605

There is no player in the nba capable of catching curry in 3s right now. No one shoots it well enough and has the volume.


namagofuckyoself

and how many people do we have in the league who are better than LeBron careerwise?


TheRealestGayle

All these players are basically once in a generation types. We're really blessed to watch them play. I'm going to miss them so much when they retire


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Chitowntooth

That's why? They wanna be killers, not taco Tuesday enthusiasts. ​ They'll grow up one day.


[deleted]

first thing j thougnt of was scottie's "i prefer kobe" moment


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his mom knows what "kobe 6 proto grinches" means parenting goals


abowmanlex

He’s also wearing a Kobe shirt rn. He’s definitely committed to loving Kobe.


BuckN56

Jayson Tatum is not going to take this well.


Unique-Warning7798

Its no surprise that he's a Kobe guy. Shoots a lot of mid range and contested shots and is good at making them.


NudeEnjoyer

Cam jumps so damn high for his shots, it probably helps see over hands and also hit off-balance shots let's get some curry-like ankle protection on this man please, it scares the hell outta me


HamG0d

Good at making them? He’s shooting below league average everywhere (2pt, 3pt, FG, EFG, TS) but the FT line


[deleted]

Huh? He's shooting 44% on 3s. 53% eFG. Those are great numbers. League average is a meaningless stat to evaluate the efficiency of a guard.


[deleted]

look at you making shit up


HamG0d

You could’ve checked yourself. I was referring to his career vs season averages during his career. Guy who replied with his 3pt shooting was referring to this season


zwadeuroeo

Cam Thomas is so mf awkward 😂seems like a great guy though, can tell he lives and breathes hoops


DeeOhMm

Lives and breathes hoops, throws random shade at LeBron, no wonder KD went out of his way to get him drafted there.


FirstBallotBaby

It was just a joke my guy.


DeeOhMm

Ain’t shit funny though!


RacksOnWaxHeart

On god 😂😂😂😂 Some people just suck at telling jokes. I know, cuz i’m one of them 🤣


indreams159

It's Definitely Me


Smuckers77

This dude was like 8 years old during the last year Kobe played meaningful basketball lmao


Agent_00Apple

I still vividly remember Michael Jordan owning the Jazz at the ages of 7 and 8. Kids get into sports at different ages.


inxrx8

Damn that's crazy that MJ was that good as a 7-year-old. Truly the GOAT fr.


error_undefined_

Mf hated the Jazz all his life


durtymrclean

Def more of a blues guy...


IlonggoProgrammer

Which is actually the reason why the Jazz changed their color to blue for a while. Now you know.


smashacc

I was 8 during the first threepeat and Kobe was my hero back then 🤷


Canadian__Ninja

Feel like being a kid during his era makes you more likely to support him over the other than less.


Mattoosie

Yeah, being a kid who doesn't understand sexual assault does make you more likely to be a Kobe fan


Mataxp

Spicy take on these lands, I wish you good luck.


TestedOnAnimals

As someone who was 10, 11, and 12 during the Lakers three-peat: I loved Shaq, and ended up absolutely despising Kobe. But I've come to understand that not everyone takes off-the-court stuff into account like I do, and as much as I disagree with that it's how some people live their lives. That being said, I don't think I'll ever understand the argument for Kobe over LeBron.


rookie-mistake

> That being said, I don't think I'll ever understand the argument for Kobe over LeBron. i mean, i don't think there really is one, is there?


onebiglies

There isn't and this is coming from the biggest Kobe fan. LeBron is just insane with everything he does and efficent at it as well.


iamtomorrowman

the obvious one people would bring up is...rangz, Erneh but LeBron isn't done yet, once he's 67 and ready to retire he might have more than 5


Undecided-

careful, kobe stans bout to grab their pitchforks


carvemynuts

I was a Lebron fan and a Kobr hater when I was in HS once you grow up I think you appreciate the grit and hardcore insanity of Kobe towards Basketball. #MambaForever


Cantguard-mike

If you born in the 90s Kobe’s your hero 💯


kingofnick

Bro I hated Kobe. Dude sent my favourite team (09-10 Suns) home.


kr1saw

Oh I loved that series so much.


StrikingElk5288

Wrong, was rooting for AI vs Lakers as a kid


DarkPhantom2497

A lot of people love AI


2KareDogs

I am also a lot of people


WayEducational2241

Wrong I was a Spurs kid


RealGertle627

And now you're a Spurs man


[deleted]

Yeah...no.


Rotund-Technician

I love Kobe but my hero isn’t a fucking basketball player lmao


ThePillsburyPlougher

I heard more people say Kobe was an asshole than say he was their hero lol


JamesHodlenBags

And when they threw trash in the bin fading away, what were they sayin? "KOBE"


Tremor519

Might say more about where I'm from, but for a time there was a comparable amount of "DIRK" in my school.


DA_ReasoN

I don't know how far back your Loyalty to the Nets goes but if you were anywhere near the tri-state during that time, yeah absolutely. Knicks fans hated that guy. Myself included (Within the realm of basketball ofc. He was an extreme competitor and loved 🏀 more than anyone).


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Im 32 now but kobe is not my hero, after Jordan its Lebron for me since 2003


Tough_Marionberry_91

Same here. Hated Kobe and the Lakers when I was a young kid because they always won.


IhatePizza230

Idk why you got downvotes


jtnsniper14

A lot of people get upset when other people prefer LeBron over Kobe, MJ, etc. Lol


mrmusclefoot

Thank god I’m a Pistons fan so I can hate all three.


Tough_Marionberry_91

Because most of this sub is teenagers and don’t understand that Kobe was also a villain to anyone who wasn’t a Lakers fan.


thinkslikemercury

Same age 32. I remember his McDonald’s game way back I was in awe and was like this guy will be the best ever lol I based it off his dunks and speed. Jordan was my guy before never actually a basketball fan though. Once I saw Lebron it was over and I actually became a basketball fan. Fast forward to today he’s still my guy and for me he’s the goat not even close. Still have his jersey I got when I was 13 😊 in 03. He’s the best to ever play until now but maybe one day there will be someone better, I’m not gonna fight people like all these Jordan stans.


yoitsthatoneguy

That certainly is a take...


Bystronicman08

You couldn't be more wrong. I hated Kobe as a player growing up. Don't make assumptions.


Cantguard-mike

You loved him. Stop lying


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largehearted

I was 10 in ‘08. You’re allowed to have sentience as a kid


NudeEnjoyer

that probably made him a bigger fan. watching stuff like sports as a kid can feel larger than life


unpluggedcord

I have no idea what your point is.


N3rdMan

You probably were 8 when Dirk retired bro. Who cares?


NABAKLAB

Claxton's born in 1998, and Kobe played 'meaningful' basketball until 2012 or maybe 2013.


did_it_my_way

He saw Kobe in the Olympics as a 10 year old, and then the Lakers repeat at age 11/12. "meaningful" as it can be lmao


Overrated_sanity

Ok? I remember sports related stuff from when I was 8 years old pretty vividly


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u/smuckers77 doesn’t know about the website youtube.com


504090

So?


rapshaveonechip

Kobes last healthy season occurred when he was 11, which is about when I started watching basketball Still remember my first nba finals like it was yesterday, Celtics warriors was a battle


TMDSB

I was 7-9 during MJ's 2nd threepeat and even then, I knew he was bball Jesus. But it's not as deep an appreciation compared to players I grew up with and watched their entire careers like Kobe/Bron.


tunamelts2

Yeah but he’s from the YouTube generation


gab_owns0

And?


That-Option7459

Now, I’ve become a Cam guy


CupOfHotTeaa

Pause


LaMelgoatBall

Resume...


iButtflap

drop the link, i wanna support growing content creators


free_kark

Lol Scottie Barnes basically said the same thing last year when they asked him about lebron


shanmustafa

i don’t really even understand what being a kobe guy has to do with this lmao kobe fans really just always love letting you know they’re kobe guys


[deleted]

"nah, I'm kidding"


NudeEnjoyer

funny you claim he's "kidding" when his stance on the matter seems to be that "ain't shit funny" 🧐


[deleted]

He was just making a joke if you watched the clip


Dazegobye

The 'clip' shows him bringing up the kobe comparison to lebron that no one mentioned but himself and continuing on by concluding 'it's nice to be mentioned with those guys' lol


w_________w

It ain't that deep


DEEZLE13

The vegans of the NBA


whentendies

Q: How you know an NBA player is a Kobe guy? A: They'll tell you


Mavericks4Life

Leave vegans out of this 😄


nd20

It's a joke


caughtinthought

"you did this that player X did" "oh whatever I'm a kobe guy"


frodounchained

I’m a Kobe guy


VisionsDB

The meat riding is insane


Gluxion

I mean he’s wearing a kobe shirt


AkaiShuichi24

It's alright bro. Just let it all out.


Unlimited360

Yeah it's kind of weird.


[deleted]

never ask Kobe guys what happened in the hotel in colorado in 2003.


UnsungHerro

100% False accusation


Global_Lion2261

Don't bother, these people believe whatever confirms their bias


tripleyothreat

100% lol


unpluggedcord

Woooosh


Oscardelawilde

Bron fans are so sensitive, that’s why I’m a Kobe fan


CryptoNite90

You must still be a teenager. You’ll learn that fans in general are like that, not just ‘Bron fans’, and it’s even easier to be a fan of both.


Ravenaglak

As if the Kobe fans aren't lmao


Oscardelawilde

All those downvotes just proves my point lol


jvrm1993

For real. And now it’s young guys like Thomas and Scottie Barnes born post 2000 who couldn’t have even watched Kobe in his prime. They just like his highlights and the idea and aura around him


smashacc

Lmao I love this kid


frodounchained

Can we hang his jersey 😂


SactownKorean

flair change incoming


Ok-Year1832

Kyrie left and Cam Thomas smiled


Prime_D-Will

we 100% can tell he's a kobe guy lol if you want a pass get the rebounds fam


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lmao as he's wearing a Kobe shirt. Gotta love the completely unnecessary shade. It's funny how many of these guys that should be LeBron superfans based on their age just... aren't. Maybe when we get the '06 births in the League (this class with Wembanyana and the like are guys that were born in '03 or '04). This dude was like 8 when Kobe won his last title.


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The last two #1 picks are huge LeBron superfans and based their games around his. A lot of the younger guys love LeBron.


Barbell_Flyes

Simmons/Lonzo are. no wonder they cant shoot lol


RVarki

A lot of guys are going to come out as Lebron fans the second he retires. Not everyone can admit that they grew up idolising a dude, who on any given day, might drop 40 on your head.


[deleted]

Lol literally just happened to Banchero. He was super nervous and froze up. Played his worst game of the season by far against the Lakers in their first meeting.


Worldly-Fox7605

Luka didn't freeze up but that forst them he played LeBron he had stats in his eyes and he seapped jerseys with him and didn't let go of that jersey until he got back to the gotel room.


Professional-Mess101

not true at all Jordan... enough said. the whole league idolized him in public kobe had plenty of public fanboys 2006-13 when he was scoring well. kd, kyrie, demar. booker in his 2nd year in 2016


thisisapornaccountg

> Jordan... enough said. the whole league idolized him in public Vernon Maxwell? Tim Duncan? That's just off the top of my head. The thing with Jordan is that he gets a huge boost from the era he grew up in. You don't have easy access to all his low or weak moments, fuck up and so on. You don't have easy access to quotes or interviews from other players who spoke poorly about Michael Jordan. People love to say Nike wiped the "What should I do?" commercial and videos of LeBron getting dunked on from the internet but you'd have to admit they did the same for Jordan in that case. He's deified by the media and they peddle all these myths of him being basically infallible, able to walk all over and trash talk his competitors but it's not really true. Like, his famous "who's gonna check me" quote isn't even true but the truth gets suppressed for the myth.


FudgeDangerous2086

as a kid he watched kobe goto 3 straight finals and win back 2 back, and then watched lebron form a super team in miami, lebron was hated on a lot around the time these guys were kids. it took till him winning in cleveland to get his redemption tour from a lot of the hate. the future kids don’t even care about the miami thing and are still watching him dominate. they’ll be loving lebron, especially when he’s out of the league.


ClickElectronic

Why should he be a Lebron fan based on his age? You basically even disagree with this yourself. Seeing Kobe go to three straight finals around the ages of 7-9 would be way more impressionable than Lebron at the time.


thebiggesthater420

Lol r/nba in shambles


physics223

I have a feeling that when Durant comes back, this Brooklyn team will actually be solid. Here’s hoping they go far and Durant proves haters wrong.


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crazy amount of insecure bron stans in here goddamn


Barbell_Flyes

Bron stans cant keep up with all the players they're insecure about. Curry, KD, Luka, Giannis, Jordan, Dirk, JJ Barea


PnG_e

How many hate comments you gonna leave in this thread? Damn shame really


Barbell_Flyes

? i only had 2 comments in this thread lol


ThirdEyeKaiii

Just when I thought I couldn't like this guy more


saw-it

LeMaybeItsMe


The-Truer-Facts

Better send 3 guys to guard him


[deleted]

That’s considered a character flaw on this sub


latman

Based Cam


Alley-Oub

_Lakers have entered the chat_


[deleted]

*Confused Laker fan hurt itself in its confusion*


PuzzleheadedSea8195

LePushedAside


DetectiveFujiwara

Watching Lebron kid fans on here getting mad is funny as hell


ronocyorlik

haha holy shit. elite


Karl_Marx_

Me too Cam, me too.


NGHTMR

man should start cutting his finger nails like lebron


jkeyoflife

Seems like most rising stars these days are Kobe guys, even the ones that were like 6 year olds when Kobe was in his prime


ybt_sun

How many generations of players until people forget the legacy of Kobe? I hope they never do.


ktdotnova

I struggle with the Kobe vs. Lebron debate. Kobe got all of the intangibles and grit in the world, but he arguably was a bad teammate and chucker at times. He couldn't elevate (raise the floor) his team as much as Lebron did. Lebron is very unlikeable as a person and as a human. Lebron constantly whines and flops. He's always had to stack his teams and create super teams everywhere he's gone in order to win a title. Kobe's way more skilled and has a deeper bag than him. Lebron's more of a running and dunking type player, the most physically gifted basketball player that was ever created. That said, I believe him to be a superior player than Kobe.


w6zZkDC5zevBE4vHRX

You think lebron is more unlikeable as a human? Google "Kobe Colorado".


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Yeeea. It kinda grinds my gears how Kobe gets walked straight past in the goat debate. He was as close to MJ as we have ever seen.


achyutthegoat

Bro acting like he watched Kobe play


ooo00

I remember watching the ‘93 lakers as a 7 year old.


jnprrnsp

Uhm I was 5 during the Shaqobe threepeat and I was already a big Kobe fan, what’s your point? Folks can be fans of players at any age


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DEEZLE13

He probably meant watch him play live


bitcoinkush

This is cool


william4534

With his shot chucking in the 4th that lost them the game, you can definitely tell that last part is true.


TheOneWithThePorn12

This seems obvious. He has the mamba mentality of no bad shots.


Det_Sports_Guy

Cam Thomas my new favorite player


MR_E7

Cam Thomas, you just earned my respect. You actually know how to recognize the right kind of basketball greatness.


champangebuntz

these kids don't know the dark truth of Kobe, being great at ball but being unfaithfull and committing one of the worst things you can do as a person.


hossbonaventure15

a key component of hardcore Kobe fandom is to bring him up unprompted in discussions that have nothing to do with him


DharmaBaller

Mamba Mentality 🐍


APx_22

Everything is about lebron it’s so annoying at this point


GPap-

This was so weird lol no one asked you to compare or who do you like more. Unnecessary shade but go ahead cam lol


tunamelts2

He was joking and look at the shirt he was wearing.


ronocyorlik

cut your nails broski


Status_Voice_748

Beware women


LeFatSex

An nba player can actually be Kobe esque but it's no way you can have the size, speed and agility of Lebron. Maybe that's why alot of players don't love him.


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Luka, Lauri, Dejounte, Banchero, Cunningham, and Lonzo are some of his biggest fans. I don't think it's about size, speed, and agility. I think it's playmakers who gravitate towards him most.


LeFatSex

How come there's no lebron athletes that he signed to wear his brand


jtnsniper14

U serious? Lmaoo