Kobe didnt even blink yet alone flinch, ball being this close to his face? How is this possible?
September 8, 2025
Kobe didnt even blink yet alone flinch, ball being this close to his face? How is this possible?
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is this the coldest moment in sports history? (Even if you know its coming its quite impossible not to even blink).
“Why should I (blink)?”
Because Kobe knew he wasn’t gonna do shit
And then Kobe adopted Matt Barnes as his grandson and Derek Fisher adopted Matt Barnes kids as his own.
because mamba.
props to the ref too for not calling it a foul or anything. when i saw it as it happened i thought barnes touched kobe with the ball
That was his sleepy eye, he didn’t see it coming at all
Pretty sure Kobe said in a later interview that he was focused on a fan behind him and wasn’t really paying attention so that helped his ability to not react, still an iconic moment though
Coldest mf to ever play
Cold ass moment aside, Is pump faking at someone’s face directly allowed? Feel like you never really see this
I remember there was a weird campaign trying to say that a different angle proved it wasn’t that impressive. Matt Barnes even had to address it again, it was bizarre
Wasn’t there another angle to this?
Two words
Big scene
What made this crazier is when Matt retells it and says he did he best to make Kobe flinch and brought the ball as close as he could. Kobe was still unfazed
legend.
That’s some Chuck Norris shit.
He probably wasn’t paying attention. It would be impossible to not blink otherwise. But yeah, the timing of everything made it look badass which he is anyways.
same beast, different animal
Mamba doesn’t flinch.
Kobe was always locked in. There will probably never be a more intense competitor in the league.
The Legend of Kobe
Mamba Mentality
idk why lakers subreddit got recommended to my feed
but im pretty sure kobe wouldnt have even flinched had matt barnes actually smashed him in the face with the ball..
kinda like when dwade gave kobe a bloody nose that one time lol man just didnt care.
Mamba mentality
To this day I still say this is the most badass shit I ever saw on live TV.
Mental toughness. That’ s why he is one of the greatest. He was always completely focused when it mattered most.
Mamba Mentality.
Mamba Mentality
Wait what is this non-Luka post? I haven’t seen one of these in weeks
Pretty iconic moment considering I knew about this way before I ever got into basketball lol.
Confidence.
Do y’all think LeBron would flinch? 😆
He didn’t only not flinch; he didn’t even blink.
I just showed this video to my 6th grade students today.
He was rocking back and forth so I think it helped him not flinch..still bad ass af though
36 comments
is this the coldest moment in sports history? (Even if you know its coming its quite impossible not to even blink).
“Why should I (blink)?”
Because Kobe knew he wasn’t gonna do shit
And then Kobe adopted Matt Barnes as his grandson and Derek Fisher adopted Matt Barnes kids as his own.
because mamba.
props to the ref too for not calling it a foul or anything. when i saw it as it happened i thought barnes touched kobe with the ball
That was his sleepy eye, he didn’t see it coming at all
Pretty sure Kobe said in a later interview that he was focused on a fan behind him and wasn’t really paying attention so that helped his ability to not react, still an iconic moment though
Coldest mf to ever play
Cold ass moment aside, Is pump faking at someone’s face directly allowed? Feel like you never really see this
I remember there was a weird campaign trying to say that a different angle proved it wasn’t that impressive. Matt Barnes even had to address it again, it was bizarre
Wasn’t there another angle to this?
Two words
Big scene
What made this crazier is when Matt retells it and says he did he best to make Kobe flinch and brought the ball as close as he could. Kobe was still unfazed
legend.
That’s some Chuck Norris shit.
He probably wasn’t paying attention. It would be impossible to not blink otherwise. But yeah, the timing of everything made it look badass which he is anyways.
same beast, different animal
Mamba doesn’t flinch.
Kobe was always locked in. There will probably never be a more intense competitor in the league.
The Legend of Kobe
Mamba Mentality
idk why lakers subreddit got recommended to my feed
but im pretty sure kobe wouldnt have even flinched had matt barnes actually smashed him in the face with the ball..
kinda like when dwade gave kobe a bloody nose that one time lol man just didnt care.
Mamba mentality
To this day I still say this is the most badass shit I ever saw on live TV.
Mental toughness. That’ s why he is one of the greatest. He was always completely focused when it mattered most.
Mamba Mentality.
Mamba Mentality
Wait what is this non-Luka post? I haven’t seen one of these in weeks
Pretty iconic moment considering I knew about this way before I ever got into basketball lol.
Confidence.
Do y’all think LeBron would flinch? 😆
He didn’t only not flinch; he didn’t even blink.
I just showed this video to my 6th grade students today.
He was rocking back and forth so I think it helped him not flinch..still bad ass af though