Kobe Bryant predicted his dunk on Ben Wallace in 1997: "I'm about to cross this fool up and dunk on him" Story by Julian Eschenbach • 13h. I n 1997, Kobe Bryant was just an 18-year-old kid.

Kobe Bryant took off from halfcourt, ... Bryant is a former dunk contest champion, but he doesn't often show this kind of explosion these days, as a 34-year-old.

What we saw: Kobe Bryant streaks down the court, sizing up his steps for a dunk. LeBron stalks from behind, inching closer and closer, but purposely staying a stride behind for one of his ...

Kobe Bryant dunks the ball at his Lower Merion, Pa. high school gym during a practice Friday, Jan. 19, 1996. Show Caption. Jordan Strauss/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP. 1 of 45.

This is vintage Kobe Bryant, ... Even Chris Paul's own son knows the best thing that happened in the NBA on Friday night was Kobe Bryant raising up for a vicious dunk on CP3.

Originally posted in October of 2011, we're revisiting some of our favorite Kobe Bryant content after he became the fifth player to ever score 30,000 points last night. Kobe Bryant’s Top 10 ...