Does it make it difficult to root for Kobe ...

agree with petty. guy's a freaking rapist far as I'm concerned. and even if you don't believe that, for whatever reason, the guy is still a proven adulterer -- which would still make me root for his failure nightly.

 

Congratulations on No. 30,000.

 

The mere fact that he plays for the Fakers is enough for me not to root for him. Everything else is just gravy.

 

Room on the Cavs bandwagon, MileHigh.

 

So I have to start rooting for my parents to fail??

 

Interesting thread. Fuck Kobe. Yes, he's one of the best to ever play the game, and I recognize and appreciate his talent. That being said, every time I see him in a game I just think to myself, "Fuck that rapist bitch." And, that being said, what's up with all the hostility, Petty? Did you start the thread just so people could say they like Kobe as a player and you could, in turn, give them shit about it? Are you drunk?

 

just my mindset, ross. sorry - don't mean to get personal or anything - you know I love ya, man. it's just something that, to me, is wrong, wrong, wrong. and when he's not even sorry about it, to my thinking - sorry he got caught, sure - it doesn't help his cause.

in any case, guy's a rich rapist.

and bl, it's a legit discussion, what with the lakers playing right now and all. it's one I've had before off board, so no reason not to talk about it here.

 

I was just about to ask the same thing. What's eating you, Tom? It can't be that somebody disagreed with you. After all, people do that all the time, right?

 

Oh, I've had this discussion with buddies plenty of times too. I don't deny it's legitimacy. Just question the approach taken here, with the immediate smart-ass response to the first person who said he enjoys watching Kobe play ball. And the animosity shown in each post thereafter.

 

I actually heard someone say on TV tonight that Kobe is the best Laker.......EVER.

Are you fucking serious?

I would have him in the top 5.

My top 3 would go (in no particular order)

1. Earvin Johnson
2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
3. Jerry West

 

Rooting against "proven adulterers" is like rooting against "proven drug cheats" -- chances are, the guys you're rooting for instead are just as guilty as the guys who got caught.