Allen Moll is an avid NBA and College Basketball fan who watches and studies games religiously and coaches youth basketball in his native Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. Allen is a regular columnist for thehoopdoctors.com, Bleacherreport.com, UpperDeckblog.com, and his own site, Hoops Haven.
Is Kobe Bryant beginning to show signs of losing a step? It’s a hypothetical question, but one that bears merit after we have seen the “Black Mamba” get swatted on dunk attempts, in consecutive games this week. I would chalk it up to complications from Kobe’s bad finger, but he was blocked by the Suns’ Robin Lopez and the Warriors’ Ronnie Turiaf of all people! No disrespect to Lopez and Turiaf but they are hardly Dwight Howard or Josh Smith. I just can’t remember seeing Kobe get swatted back-to-back before. Check out the footage and you be the judge:
Kobe Blocked by Robin Lopez
Kobe Swatted by Ronnie Turiaf
