{"id":30128,"date":"2012-05-06T04:15:03","date_gmt":"2012-05-06T04:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/austinkleon-kobe-stealin-moves\/"},"modified":"2018-12-06T10:08:45","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T17:08:45","slug":"austinkleon-kobe-stealin-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/austinkleon-kobe-stealin-moves\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-30128 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/austinkleon-kobe-stealin-moves\/attachment\/30129\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_m3f8ae2c4L1qcmnsoo1_r2_500-100x100.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tumblr.austinkleon.com\/post\/22410168733\" class=\"tumblr_blog\">austinkleon<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Kobe stealin\u2019 moves<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/gotemcoach.com\/post\/22296664349\/the-iron-leg-dirk-nowitzki-showed-the-world-his\">gotemcoach<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cTHE IRON LEG\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dirk Nowitzki showed the world his step back jumper.\u00a0 Kobe Bryant watched Dirk win the 2010-2011 NBA Championship.\u00a0 Now, Kobe shoots Dirk\u2019s step back jumper.<\/p>\n<p>Some people might slight Bryant for so clearly jacking <em>\u201cThe Iron Leg.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 Not me.\u00a0 I think it\u2019s incredible.\u00a0 And awesome.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/gotemcoach.com\/private\/22294456756\/tumblr_m3fb5gQwsz1qcmnso\" title=\"check it\"><p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-30128-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/rafaelfajardo.com\\\/portfolio\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/tumblr_m3f8ae2c4L1qcmnsoo1_r2_500.gif&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;30129&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}]\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><\/div><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dirk created the best post-Olajuwon post move in basketball, Kobe understood it\u2019s value, and put it in his game.\u00a0 That\u2019s why he\u2019s great \u2014 anything to get better.\u00a0 Last night, Bryant used it in <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/073-49ZDV3k?hd=1&amp;t=2m19s\" title=\"watch\">the Playoffs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You know, imitation is the highest form of flattery, but before you go thinking Kobe\u2019s handing out compliments\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cI improved his move.\u00a0 I can shoot mine from the three-point line.\u00a0 He can\u2019t do that\u2026 Dirk does it well, I do it better.\u00a0 Mine\u2019s a little sexier.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>-Kobe Bryant<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/gotemcoach.com\" title=\"follow\"><strong>#GotEmCoach<\/strong><\/a><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If you\u2019ve read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinkleon.com\/steal\/\"><em>Steal Like An Artist<\/em><\/a>, you\u2019re already familiar with this Kobe quote on theft:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>There isn\u2019t a move that\u2019s a new move. There\u2019s nothing that hasn\u2019t been done before. I seriously have stolen all of these moves from all these great players\u2026I just try to do them proud, the guys who came before, because I learned so much from them. It\u2019s all in the name of the game. It\u2019s a lot bigger than me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Previously: <a href=\"http:\/\/tumblr.austinkleon.com\/post\/9218150827\">Stealing moves<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>austinkleon: Kobe stealin\u2019 moves gotemcoach: \u201cTHE IRON LEG\u201d Dirk Nowitzki showed the world his step back jumper.\u00a0 Kobe Bryant watched Dirk win the 2010-2011 NBA Championship.\u00a0 Now, Kobe shoots Dirk\u2019s step back jumper. Some people might slight Bryant for so clearly jacking \u201cThe Iron Leg.\u201d\u00a0 Not me.\u00a0 I think it\u2019s incredible.\u00a0 And awesome. 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