Seven reasons we hate Kobe Bryant
by clarkpojo
on Aug 16, 2008 2:34 AM MDT
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1. He plays for the Lakers. There are cobras and mongeese. Utes and Cougars. Republicans and Democrats. And then there is the Jazz and the Lakers, a rivalry that dwarfs them all.
2. He is a shady dude. Say what you want about whether or not he is a criminal who got away with committing a heinous crime, the dude is shady. Whatever happened in Colorado was just plain wrong and being able to make it all better by buying a diamond the size of Montana is even wronger. It is so wrong that I am making up words.
3. He is a spoiled brat. He is a bit like Veruca Salt from the story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It is always about what Kobe wants and the Lakers management continue to cater to his every need like a doting, wealthy father. And then when he realizes that what he thought he wanted (to lead the Lakers without a dominant big man) is not what he really wanted, he complains about the predicament he has put himself in (tirade about not trading Bynum for Kidd).
4. For this.
I vomited all over when i saw this clip. The guy is so in love with himself, he probably has actually convinced himself that he really did jump over that Astin Martin. I just threw up again.
5. And this.
Kobe's laughs in this clip are some of the most fake laughs I have ever witnessed. Either he thinks he is too cool to appreciate the joke and wishes he was doing something better with his time, or he just doesn't get the joke and he is trying to fit in. Either way, this clip solidifies his fake and insincere character. Honestly, that laugh is as sincere as the painful smiles President Bush gave when Stephen Colbert roasted him back in 2006.
6. He manipulates the front office and his teammates on the court. During the same season that he scored 81 points against the Raptors and 62 points against the Mavericks, he ends the season with one of the most lackluster and uninspiring playoff performances in a game 7 thirty point loss against the Suns. His numbers were okay, but LA was never in that game and any true star of a team, wouldn't let their club go down like that. And the worst part of it is that you wouldn't put it past Kobe if he stopped trying in that game just to prove to the front office that his supporting cast wasn't good enough. Bryant has often disappeared to make a point that he was clearly the best player on the team and without him, they were nothing. And then when his team actually is good and he doesn't need to score to win but defers to his teammates, he gets the MVP and is applauded for his unselfish play. Barf.
7. The guy is really good and he knows it and it makes his critics hate him even more. Let's face it. He is no Michael Jordan and never will be, but the guy may very well be the 2nd best player to ever play the game of basketball. I hate him. We hate him, but he is really good. I hated Jordan too, by the way, for many of the same reasons.
7a. Fill in your own reason. There are infinite reasons to absolutely despise the guy, so whatever your reason is, you are totally justified. Don't even feel one ounce of guilt.
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My 7a
The reason I probably hate Kobe the most for is that he’s such a crybaby on the court. He ALWAYS has to put the blame on his teammates if something goes wrong or on the refs if a call doesn’t go his way. It’s almost pathetic the way he singles out and scowls at one of his guys after a bad play when most of, if not all of it was Kobe’s fault. And as for what he does with the refs, I remember 2 or 3 seasons ago in a game against the Jazz the Lakers were down by 3 in the final seconds, and after putting up and missing a 3-pointer with the defender closely guarding (but not fouling) him, he basically bullied the ref into calling a foul so he could make the free throws. Unbelievable.
by Vromanite on
Aug 16, 2008 3:53 AM MDT
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I don't know if we're thinking about the same game...
Kobe misses a shot at the buzzer, the Jazz celebrate the win while Kobe stares at the ref (to note… there was no contact on the miss)… and the ref blows the whistle (as if Kobe had given him the evil eye of death or something). After the game had ended! Kobe gets the FTs, the game goes to OT, and the Jazz totally fall apart.
Yeah… that game really started the hatred of the NBA/the refs that I currently have (it’s just been getting worse since then).
The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".
by UtesFan89 on
Aug 16, 2008 9:58 AM MDT
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Mine:
for the time when the lakers came to play and he was popping his jersey and yelling “motherfker!” supposedly because jazz fans were booing fisher
by moni on
Aug 16, 2008 10:29 AM MDT
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I don't know how you confined the list to just 7.
by Basketball John on
Aug 16, 2008 11:47 AM MDT
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I just picked the 7 that came to mind...
But by the end of the comments on the matter, the list will probably be 10 times longer.
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by clarkpojo on
Aug 16, 2008 4:09 PM MDT
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7a
He doesn’t make his teammates better. It has been said by Kobe defenders, “Don’t hate the player, hate the game.” Well, I hate his game too, because his game doesn’t improve his teammates. Jordan, whatever else he may have been, was a team player, and I always respected the way he helped his teammates rise to something better. Think of some of those Bulls players: Ron Harper, Luc Longley, Bill Wennington, Jud Buechler, Jason Caffey… Jordan made those Bulls teams into much greater than the sum of their parts. Kobe does the opposite. Talented though he is, he still doesn’t grasp the concept of sacrificing to make the TEAM better, not just to prove a point. That’s why the Celtics, who do understand that, beat them.
I'll make it.
by Shums on
Aug 16, 2008 2:09 PM MDT
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Oh I forgot the most important reason I hate Kobe Bryant.
Because Lakers fans not only defend him as this great person and great player, but they have this inexplicable connection to him as if their own reputation and legacy are inseparably tied to Kobe’s greatness and legacy. So at the expense of looking like total d-bags and alienating themselves from any credible fan discussion about the game of basketball, Kobe supporters defend a person who would probably just as soon kick them in the face as say hello if they ever got the chance to meet him in person. And I would rather have a millenium of non championships with great players like Stockton, Malone, and Deron Williams, than have to root for Kobe Bryant. Seriously. I feel really bad for Laker fans.
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by clarkpojo on
Aug 16, 2008 4:07 PM MDT
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Lakers fans are the worst.
Period.
by SuperBruinMan on
Aug 17, 2008 12:20 AM MDT
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fans of any team will always defend their team's best player
you see a player out there who makes your team considerably better and you want to like him. any unbiased observer can see that kobe is a whiny punk who pushes his teammates away once their good enough to challenge him for attention, that’s who he is. lakers fans don’t want to hear about, and pretend that it isn’t true. just like how if i went into the reasons that karl malone is a bad person (and there are plenty of them), people on this blog would jump all over me. and was the remark in the original post about the “lakers/jazz rivalry” a joke? fans of pretty much every team hate the lakers, but i wouldn’t exactly call that a rivalry. i know a bunch of lakers fans who don’t ever talk about their hatred of the jazz. either it’s a secret rivalry, or it’s a one way street. i’m not defending kobe or lakers fans, they’re insufferable, but i guess if monta ellis was on trial for robbing an old lady, i’d assume he was innocent, no matter how much evidence was against him (i’m a warriors fan). that’s just how being a fan works.
by cap'n hack on
Aug 22, 2008 9:26 AM MDT
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I used to put up with Malone's schtick
But the whole recent underage impregnation, telling the kid it was too late to be his father thing, has really turned me off of Malone. IF he owns up to it, I’ll come back around. I don’t know why that kid got the shaft but he’s taken to the others. Maybe if his son makes something of himself in the NFL, he’ll “accept him.”
by Basketball John on
Aug 22, 2008 10:17 AM MDT
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It's as much a rivalry as there is
Rivalries work differently in the NBA, they sort of come and go. Phoenix and LA sort of have a rivalry going because they played each other in the playoffs like 3 seasons in a row. The Jazz and Lakers have had a rivalry since they met in the conference finals 2 of 4 years and when the Jazz swept the Lakers the whole team would jump in a circle while chanting, “down, down, down, Utah’s going down.” There isn’t any better rivalry right now than LA and Utah. It hasn’t spanned the ages or anything, but it is as heated right now as any series.
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by clarkpojo on
Aug 23, 2008 9:20 PM MDT
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phoenix and san antonio
is way better. cleveland and detroit, better. cleveland and washington, better. detroit and boston, better. the thing that makes those good rivalries is that people on both sides care. and as far as jazz v. lakers goes, it isn’t heated on the lakers side. the jazz might hate the lakers and the jazz fans might think that the lakers hate them right back, but that is not the case. the only thing i ever hear from lakers fans about the jazz is that they are upset about the classless booing of derek fisher when he came back. and it WAS classless. not saying that everyone at that game was involved, much less all jazz fans, but it happened and was a disgrace. but if you think that the lakers fans or the lakers team care any more about beating the jazz than beating the hornets or any other legitimate contender, you are sorely mistaken.
by cap'n hack on
Aug 24, 2008 3:28 AM MDT
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I hate Kobe as much as the next man...
but you’re putting Malone in the picture while talking about character issues? Yikes…
"Jerryd is straight ahead at you. Rudy dips around. Jerryd is a rock. Rudy is the wind. Jerryd loves the ball in his hands. Rudy moves without it. Jerryd defends by getting up in your grill. Rudy plays the spaces in between. Jerryd has focused vision. Rudy sees all around him. Jerryd likes to score off of the dribble. Rudy can catch and shoot. Jerryd is aggressive. Rudy is sneaky. Jerryd will hit you hard. Rudy will annoy you until you hit him." -Dave
Word.
by joelor on
Aug 22, 2008 4:54 PM MDT
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And right on cue...
Wavenstein goes and proves my point exactly.
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by clarkpojo on
Aug 16, 2008 5:47 PM MDT
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bin laden>kobe, wavenstein
face it wavenstein.. The only reason Kobe has any rings is because he played with Shaq when he was in his prime. Shaq was unstoppable back then, and Kobe played 2nd fiddle.. Until Kobe threw a fit and ran Shaq and Jackson out of town. All I can say is that it’s a good thing that D-Wade is healthy, otherwise Team USA would be in trouble in the Olympics with Kobe jacking up the ball every time he touches it (and missing most of the time).
Seriously, I wish I had time to go on other teams’ blog pages and talk smack, but I have a JOB that keeps me busy. What’s that wavenstein? You’ve never heard of that huh? Let me spell that out for you, J-O-B! It’s what normal people do to contribute to society instead of posting responses to numerous blogs while living in their parents’ basements and waiting for their porn to finish downloading. Talk to us when you get one.
Hey wavenstein, tell me how my ass tastes!
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by neff on
Aug 16, 2008 5:51 PM MDT
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please don't feed the troll
I'll make it.
by Shums on
Aug 16, 2008 6:01 PM MDT
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In Miami
Sure, Miami paid Shaq. And he paid them back with a championship (with help from a new sidekick). No Shaq, no rings for Kobe. No Shaq, no ring for D-Wade. No question Shaq was no longer dominating. But he is the common denominator in the Championships.
The common denominator in Kobe’s successes post-shaq? Phantom fouls at all the right moments. Kobe wants so badly to have friends in the NBA, but his only pals are the refs.
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by MTN on
Aug 17, 2008 12:25 AM MDT
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My avatar sais it all
But a more recent, as throughout his tenure he has allways provided, example of my facination with Varuka Bryant was when a member of the USA staff was being interviewed and questioned as to why J-Kidds playing time was not starter style, Veruka, who just happened to be within earshot of “the reporte”, offered his 2 cents, “He’s old”. What a decisive comment. He is not a leader that endears himself to others. He saw the reporter, hes not ignorant, and had to see the future of his “soundbyte”. It was petty. His current Olympic play represents his true nature pretty well, talented, but childish and selfish in the extream. His desire to be the one and only, will forever push anyone talented enough to help him, away from him.
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by ptwnblzr on
Aug 17, 2008 1:10 AM MDT
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Oh yeah! Almost forgot,
Lakeshow followers tend to be obnoxius. Think only winning outlet.
"...I have know idea what I'm talking about, but I don't think you do either"
---David Letterman to Bill O'Reilly
Email Dave,
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by ptwnblzr on
Aug 17, 2008 1:13 AM MDT
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Wow
Nothing brings out the trolls better than Laker-hating.
by Scrum on
Aug 17, 2008 5:58 PM MDT
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I really like the SLC Dunk banner graphic
Very classy.
Asked his specialty in the kitchen, Oden paused and said, "Hamburger Helper and tuna fish."
by MiledAnimal on
Aug 22, 2008 4:47 PM MDT
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Except... isn't that a layup?
Asked his specialty in the kitchen, Oden paused and said, "Hamburger Helper and tuna fish."
by MiledAnimal on
Aug 22, 2008 4:48 PM MDT
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quiet you...
you noticed nothing… these aren’t the droids you’re looking for… move along…
I'll make it.
by Shums on
Aug 22, 2008 7:29 PM MDT
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The lay-up looks
like it’s going to hit the rim and bounce back.
Is that Matt Harpring blowing a lay-up on the SLC Dunk banner????
The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".
by UtesFan89 on
Aug 22, 2008 10:26 PM MDT
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That was the first thing I noticed when things went up.
I haven’t been successful at getting it changed.
by Basketball John on
Aug 23, 2008 10:29 PM MDT
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Maybe he's grabbing a rebound
Asked his specialty in the kitchen, Oden paused and said, "Hamburger Helper and tuna fish."
by MiledAnimal on
Aug 23, 2008 2:54 PM MDT
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But
he doesn’t do that either.
The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".
by UtesFan89 on
Aug 23, 2008 3:45 PM MDT
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Oh... thought you were talking about Harpring.
If you’re talking about the guy on the banner…
this isn’t SLC Rebound though…
The Utah Jazz. The Jazz... duh.
The best NBA team in Utah... no doubts about it!
Playing For Pride. Pirates, Utes, Panthers, and more...
Because, in the end, only one team can "win it all".
by UtesFan89 on
Aug 23, 2008 3:46 PM MDT
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