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Petty Kobe is a reaction image of famed Los Angeles Lakers basketball player, Kobe Bryant, sitting in a chair with a smug smile, and the Larry O'Brien trophy, which is given to the NBA Finals winning team. The photo gained popularity on Black Twitter, along with other reaction images, similar to Petty Skai Jackson, and 'New York' in a bed.

Origin

On February 16th, 2016, popular Twitter account, Meninist, posted a tweet stating "when you brought your A game to the argument and now your girl over there crying" ^[1] . The post gained over 3,500 retweets and 10,000 likes.

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