Bryant. Kobe Bryant
Just like Bond (James Bond), The Mamba knows how to get down with an Aston Martin. I'm sure y'all have seen it by now, but it's still worth tossing up on the ol' blog.
Also, to address a question freaking out a few of our worry wart-ier readers... no, The New Jack Bauer is not really pulling off the stunt. Kobe described the sequence as "Hollywood" after last night's game ("If 'Rambo Part XX' can be a one-man militia, I can jump over an Aston Martin.") Beyond that, it stands to reason that if Vlad Radmanovic violated his contract simply by snowboarding, jumping over a moving vehicle has got to be a no-no on some level (even if that specific activity isn't expressly prohibited in Kobe's agreement). Plus, the pinkie. You can't jump a speeding sports car unless you're 100%. Everyone knows that.
Having said that, damn cool comercial. Kobe's casualness about the whole thing is very funny. And "That is how you jump over an Aston Martin" killed me. Because really, so many people are trying and failing all the time.
By the way, am I the only person who thought, "Ronny just picked up the easiest money of his life?" That was a pretty sweet gig for Turiaf.
AK
I was just about to post this. I like it. And yeah, to quote Eddie Furlong, "Eeeeeasy Money!" for Ronny T.
Posted by: ajax | April 11, 2008 at 11:53 AM
Come to think of it it is rather DUMB and IRRESPONSIBLE act on Kobe's part. Not impressed by his antics especially when we are approaching the playoffs..
Not an MVP type of act for sure!!!
The Ladies Man
Posted by: The Ladies Man | April 11, 2008 at 12:01 PM
LOL at some people who were actually debating whether it was real or fake. C'mon.
Posted by: Lakerfan | April 11, 2008 at 12:01 PM
TRADE KOBE FOR KING JAMES!!!
Posted by: The Ladies Man | April 11, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Why is Ronny always the cheerleader?
If you believed this was real, you probably also thought pro wrestling was real. What? Nobody told you? Well, it's not real. All those times Andre the Giant picked up Hulk Hogan by the crotch and body slammed him? Choreographed. But the unitard was real.
Kobe didn't shoot too well in those Hyperdunk shoes against the Clippers. I hope it doesn't carry over to tonight's game.
I'm looking for 12 plus rebounds from Pau tonight. Lamar needs some help crashing the boards.
Posted by: Amazing_Happens | April 11, 2008 at 12:05 PM
Nike is good at that fake viral video thing. Much like the one of Kobe's pal Ranaldinho from a while back. http://youtube.com/watch?v=lsO6D1rwrKc
Posted by: Los Angeles Jaker | April 11, 2008 at 12:06 PM
Rumor
Ariza might be ready by 2010 and Kobe is now thinking of getting the pinky surgery tomorrow.
Reality is setting in...just went to Laker.Com and the front page picture for the big game tonight shows Mihm vs Chandler... I'm getting sick..got to go...I can't take this..
BD
Posted by: BD | April 11, 2008 at 12:12 PM
When I first read it, I though The Ladies Man's comment was sarcastic, and therefore, funny. However, judging by his later comment, it seems it wasn't sarcasm. Now we all know someone who "knows" Kobe really did that. The good news is, we now ALSO know someone who can tell is where the Loch Ness monster hides, and where Bigfoot lives.
CALI KING
Posted by: CALI KING | April 11, 2008 at 12:14 PM
Hey is that CP3 driving the Aston? Yea, Kobe leaped right over him and his ride....to take the title!
Posted by: lakerfaze | April 11, 2008 at 12:29 PM
I think it'd be cooler if Kobe actually did do it.
I'm a proponent of pushing the limits a bit though.
Posted by: Benjamin | April 11, 2008 at 12:29 PM
I thought Kobe had a tender ankle. That car didn't seem to hug the ground all that much, so it seems Kobe's ankle is all good now.
It takes a large pair of roasted chestnuts to jump over any moving car if you ask me. Great to knowRonny was there to do all the ball washing for this video.
Posted by: Evolution never happened | April 11, 2008 at 12:37 PM
LAKERFAZE SAID: "Hey is that CP3 driving the Aston? Yea, Kobe leaped
right over him and his ride....to take the title!"
NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!!!! LOL
Posted by: Mamba24 | April 11, 2008 at 12:42 PM
I'm waiting for the Shaq version of this commercial where he goes down into a stance but is physically incapable of jumping, so the car barrels into him, destroying the automobile but leaving the diesel unscathed.
Or, alternatively, Shaq could talk up the camera, wait for Amare Stoudamire to jump over the car, then take credit for his ability to do so.
One or the other. Or both.
Posted by: J.D. Hastings | April 11, 2008 at 12:42 PM
LAKERFAZE SAID: "Hey is that CP3 driving the Aston? Yea, Kobe leaped
right over him and his ride....to take the title!"
NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!!!! LOL
Posted by: Mamba24 | April 11, 2008 at 12:42 PM
J.D.HASTINGS SAID:"Or, alternatively, Shaq could talk up the camera,
wait for Amare Stoudamire to jump over the car, then take credit for his ability to do so."
OUT FREAKIN STANDING!! LOL!
Posted by: MAMBA24 | April 11, 2008 at 12:47 PM
J.D. HASTINGS:
That's hilarious. Of course, we all know what would actualy happen. He would watch, then take the credit. But not before letting everyone know that he could have done it himself. He just didn't want to.
CALI KING
Posted by: CALI KING | April 11, 2008 at 12:49 PM
Guys I cant emphasize the iportance of this game tonight on so many fronts. The MVP race, The pacific Division, The confidence and Gainiing mometum going into the palyoffs. If we win tonight we can lose against san antonio and still win the pacific beacuse there is no way we are going to loose to Sactown.
Let s go Lakers.Come out with tons of energy and shut paul down.
Until tongiht I'm out
CrzyFan
Posted by: CrzyFan | April 11, 2008 at 12:58 PM
JD,
That was great!
Posted by: Elle | April 11, 2008 at 01:05 PM
In case anybody wanted to be sad again today:
Trevor still not healed.
http://my.lakers.com/blogs/2008/04/11/ariza-still-healing/
Must've been a really bad break, or this dude isn't taking a calcium supplement like he should. I broke my right wrist with a 75lb dumbbell last Sep as was out of the hard cast in 6 weeks and back to working out full strength by Dec. 12 weeks total recovery time. How far along is Trev? He's at 12 weeks and 5 days. Most likely the guy's just a slow healer. It's unfortunate that the timing stinks.
Posted by: | April 11, 2008 at 01:10 PM
AK or BK (or anyone else):
I have an idea about the Lakers' strategy for tonight's game against the hornets. Offensively, the Lakers, will be fine. Their biggest concern should be on the defensive end. My idea is pretty simple:
HAVE KOBE GUARD CHRIS PAUL.
Watching the hornets play, it's clear that he is the ONLY way they can start their offense. You know Kobe would take it personally, and succeed. This single matchup alone would dramatically slow the hornets' offense. I don't know if it's just me, but this idea seems pretty obvious to me, and it seems to me that it would be extremely effective.
OF course, this means that D-Fish would have to guard their 2-guard, but it seems to me the Lakers could manage. They could even bring Sasha in for that. Kobe and Sasha together is actually a very good defensive backcourt.
It seems to me this would really shut down the hornets, and the LAkers could acutally make a win tonight look suprisingly easy.
CALI KING
Posted by: CALI KING | April 11, 2008 at 01:19 PM
Cali King,
I imagine Kobe will spend some time guarding Paul, especially down the stretch. But I don't think I'd do it for the entire game. That's a lot to ask of Kobe when you take into account how much they need from him on the other end. I'd rather gradually employ that strategy and keep Kobe as fresh as possible as the game goes on.
AK
Posted by: Andrew Kamenetzky | April 11, 2008 at 01:23 PM
OMG!
Franks and Beans thought the stunt was real.
I hope this picture of Hillary and Obama after the Pennsylvania primary affect his day and scare him. Don't worry, Obama didn't burn her!
http://tinyurl.com/22roc8
Posted by: Charles | April 11, 2008 at 01:32 PM
you guys are all stupid you can tell the photo is cropped you idiots because when you click to watch it again on the scroll video bar it has a delay and doesn't let you go exactly where you want to.......amateurs
Posted by: Dave | April 11, 2008 at 01:41 PM
Relax dave!!
Posted by: keifo | April 11, 2008 at 01:47 PM
That's one of the coolest ads ever. Huge game tonight
Posted by: Lincoln Laker | April 11, 2008 at 01:52 PM
hey hey hey. i hope you saw this cause of my post earlier, AK.
just trying to contribute the blog.
GO LAKERS BEAT NO/CP3!!
Posted by: Wasabi | April 11, 2008 at 01:53 PM
Dave,
Maybe he thought Howard Dean during the Iowa caucus was "Randy Macho Man Savage."
Posted by: Charles | April 11, 2008 at 01:56 PM
Wasabi,
I'll give you props!!!
Posted by: Charles | April 11, 2008 at 02:00 PM
Dave is just a Kobe hater. You can't crop a video with such perfection.
The video looks great on my HD LCD.
Posted by: Evolution never happened | April 11, 2008 at 02:03 PM
you kno if u pause the clip, no one is driving the aston martin when kobe jumps over it. Greenscreen anyone?
Posted by: | April 11, 2008 at 02:06 PM
That commercial made me think of
those old Fox Sports funny commercials where
they showed weird (fake) sports from other countires,
such as catching a huge tree that's falling down
and bungee jumping from a cliff without any ropes.
Some people thought those were real, too.
Posted by: coolhair | April 11, 2008 at 02:12 PM
Cool commercial, I'm glad Ronny was in it, probably would have been even funnier if it was Sasha.
The hyperdunks look pretty dope (in all black)
Posted by: Lakers Legacy | April 11, 2008 at 02:13 PM
MAMBA24 ~ My hommie, thanks
NO = No One will win on our court (protect the home turf)
NO= Nock OUT (send the message LOUD and Clear)
NO= NOpe not tonight!
LAKERS take control, focus and win big tonight
Posted by: lakerfaze | April 11, 2008 at 02:32 PM
"Come to think of it it is rather DUMB and IRRESPONSIBLE act on Kobe's part. Not impressed by his antics especially when we are approaching the playoffs..
Not an MVP type of act for sure!!!
The Ladies Man"
HAHA! Funny stuff, Ladies Man! Your sarcasm is classic! Keep the comedy rolling!
Posted by: ajax | April 11, 2008 at 02:38 PM
I LIKE HIS DEFENSIVE STANCE AND HIS ENERGY IN THE VIDEO. JUST MAYBE HE CAN APPLY THE SAME EFFORT ON THE BASKETBALL COURT TONIGHT AND MAKE SURE HIS TEAM PLAYS DEFENSE.
BECAUSE NO DEFENSE TONIGHT MEANS EASY WIN FOR THE HORNETS.
Posted by: Gunner | April 11, 2008 at 03:11 PM
AK/BK,
Call me an idiot, but I'm confused.
Was this for real? Did he actually jump the car? It sure looks like he jumped the car. Yeah, it sure does.
It looks like he made it by about 8 inches. But still, a little too close for comfort.
Should, you know, maybe, somebody might want to talk to Kobe about this? I mean, this obviously couldn't have been the first time he did this. There certainly had to have been some practice.
So.... ummm..... maybe, you know, that, you know, might not be the safest thing for our MVP player to be doing, you know, during the season and all.
Just thinking out loud, but.... ummm.... yeah, I don't think it's really a good thing for Kobe to be jumping over speeding cars.
Something about it just seems counter intuitive, you know?
Urgh.
GO LAKERS!
Posted by: Jon K. | April 11, 2008 at 03:30 PM
Thanks CHARLES!
Actually it's funny b/c my name is also Charles. It's almost like I'm logging in with your ID to pat myself on the back. =D
Posted by: Wasabi | April 11, 2008 at 03:39 PM
By the way, I'm increasingly frustrated with our training staff...
2004 - Karl Malone -- took longer than expected to heal - lost NBA Finals
2005 - Kobe Bryant and Lamar Odom -- took longer than expected to heal -- missed playoffs
2007 - Chris Mihm -- took longer than expected to heal
2008 - Pau Gasol, Trevor Ariza, Andrew Bynum -- took longer than expected to heal.
Seriously, what's up?
Despite the neat exercises shown on Lakers.com and the expensive treadmill, what else is being done?
I've screamed about Dit Da Jow and all, but, you know, Kobe Bryant said last year that he was still "eating like crap" (a mistake I've read that he's corrected) and Andrew Bynum last off season mentioned that after taking on a new trainer, he learned about nutrition and eating right.
CLEARLY our training staff is not teaching our players about nutrition nor are they utilizing nutrition and supplementation in their healing strategies.
This is not good and counter-productive.
Somebody get Trevor Ariza a fricken glass of milk!!!!!
URGH!
GO LAKERS!
Posted by: Jon K. | April 11, 2008 at 03:46 PM
Hmm maybe Trevor should start a regimen of liquid sea minerals in addendum to the calcium pills. *shrug*
Posted by: Chris H. | April 11, 2008 at 03:48 PM
they're gonna have to double up chris paul, force him to pass and then rely on the shot clock to make the defense work.
Posted by: DS | April 11, 2008 at 03:49 PM
Oh word is that the Lakers found out about this and heads rolled. Not for Kobe, but that Vlad Rad was driving the Aston and got busted cause it was against his contract.
Posted by: DS | April 11, 2008 at 03:51 PM
So, I was looking online for the average recovery time (back to running) for a broken metatarsal (bones on the top of the foot).
I don't know what bone Trevor Ariza broken, but it seems like the metatarsal is a good candidate.
Anyhow, online it says that AVERAGE recovery time to being back running for a broken metatarsal bone is six weeks (if the person uses crutches.)
So, it's been over 12 weeks now for Trevor Ariza. That doesn't make sense to me.
GO LAKERS!
Posted by: Jon K. | April 11, 2008 at 03:59 PM
This is obviously a fake, but not in the way some people seem to think. It's two tapes overlayed on top of each other. Notice the camera is stationary. The first shot is Kobe jumping as high as he can from a particular spot. The next shot is the car driving buy. Then the shots are overlayed on top of each other. Notice Ronny leaves the shot when kobe does his jump. The only things moving in the shot is Kobe and the car. This is easy to overlay. If Ronny was still in the shot or if the camera was not stationary then this tape would be real or nearly impossible to fake. Kobe is in plane with the car, as he is standing on top of the shadow of the light post and the car drives over the shadow of the light post. And there is someone driving the car.
Posted by: dymandave | April 11, 2008 at 04:09 PM
ahaha, i love how Ronny was telling Kobe that we need him for the playoffs. =]
anyway, GO LAKERS! it's gonna be a heck of a game tonight, and i can't wait to see Kobe pwn CP!
Posted by: Michelle | April 11, 2008 at 04:24 PM
ahaha, i love how Ronny was telling Kobe that we need him for the playoffs. =]
anyway, GO LAKERS! it's gonna be a heck of a game tonight, and i can't wait to see Kobe pwn CP!
Posted by: Michelle | April 11, 2008 at 04:25 PM
ahaha, i love how Ronny was telling Kobe that we need him for the playoffs. =]
anyway, GO LAKERS! it's gonna be a heck of a game tonight, and i can't wait to see Kobe pwn CP!
Posted by: Michelle | April 11, 2008 at 04:27 PM
um there's this thing called blue screen? haha.
Posted by: dave m | April 11, 2008 at 06:00 PM
I thought Tiger Woods would of jumped over Buicks (his sponsor) before this. Love the Lakers but this video was pretty lame. Totally fake from the first time I watched it.
Posted by: Craig | April 12, 2008 at 12:28 AM
This video is doctored. You can see the lamp shadow going completely up the side of the car. If the shadow really covered the whole side of the car it would have to be much longer because of the suns angle. Also, Kobe's shadow does not cast onto the driver at any point - again ignoring the suns angle. Also notice that in some of the frames, the chrome wheel passes through the shadow but does not stop reflecting.
Posted by: Chris J | April 12, 2008 at 01:29 AM
Good entertainment, nonetheless.
Posted by: Kelli-Kell | April 12, 2008 at 11:04 AM