NBA legend Kobe Bryant once claimed the Warriors’ duo of Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson possess the killer ‘Kobe Instinct’
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To stay calm in a tough situation and back yourself, despite not having a good night is not easy. While NBA players always prepare for such scenarios, we seldom see them practically implement the same in-game. Kobe Bryant was one legend you could always count on during those crunch moments.
The Black Mamba was a stone-cold killer who could take over the game at any given time. When he retired in 2016, many people started making claims about who the next Mamba is, or who is the closest to embody various aspects of his game.
In 2016, Kobe talked about his Mamba Mentality and explained what it truly meant.
“To sum up what Mamba Mentality is, it means to be able to constantly try to be the best version of yourself. That is what the Mentality is. It’s a constant quest to try to better today than you were yesterday.”
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Kobe Bryant believed the Splash Bros possess the Kobe Instinct
In 2016, the Warriors were set to meet the Cavaliers in the Finals for a second straight time. Ahead of Game 1, Kobe was in an interview where ESPN’s Cari Champion asked Kobe, “Who do you think has the Kobe Instinct?”
Kobe answered and said,
“There’s several of them, I think, out there right now that approach the game extremely, extremely seriously. Klay and Steph seem very calm and nice guys, those guys are stone-cold killers.”
“They don’t care about what you think of them. They don’t care about if they make a game-winning shot or if they miss it. They’re out there to do their job and they have a very strong sense of the killer instinct.”
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That’s high praise from one of the best to ever do it. Klay and Steph have proven they are worthy of the praise. We’ve seen them win four championships doing so.
