I wonder why people hate Kobe so much?
441462
Um.....he's a ball hog that wears tights.  Need I say more?
365107
I'm a person who doesn't like Kobe and it is not because of the Colorado incident. That has no bearing for me on what kind of player he is. To me he is not a team player. To me he is a ball hog.
1185933
Kobe is the single best pure basketball player in the NBA and that won't be enough to win back the favor of the public or any more championships.  Some nights, Kobe's offense isn't going to come and on those nights, the Lakers will lose.\n\nGetting through four seven-game matchups in the playoffs won't allow for the offensive ups and downs.  Someone athletic like Udonis Haslem, Bruce Bowen, Shawn Marion will figure out a way to slow down an offensive machine like Kobe.  Maybe not every team can do it, but you have to get through four teams.\n\nThat said...it's the championships that made him a hit with the public.  Without them, his fame will fade.
599761
Kobe haters will disagree even if he end up playing like this for the next 10 years or so. Kobe haters are just miobic in terms of having a blind eye and doesnt seperate their hearts from their heads. All I know is Kobe wants to win and wants to win now. He wanted to prove people wrong and to prove all the haters wrong. And if he have to play like this to win, he will do it as long as he can. It's all about winning for Kobe right now.
1072491
The thing is that a player has to decide when its time to hogg the ball and when itz time to play team ball. Like d wade. when he had to he took all da shots for miami when they were down by 13, but u can see that at the beggining of each game he takes less shots then in later quarters. Maybe kobe was telling the truth. He jsut made a bad decision. Thier wus a point when he had to tell himself hey these guys jsut arent gonna get this time ama have to be 81 point kobe. Unfortionately for the lakers he didnt. He stayed to hes gameplan and in basketball thats bad. You have to constantly make adjustments. Just shows that shaq was THE MAN at LA.  Kobe is one of the greatest in scoring but he decision making sucks thats why he needs another star on hes team, but u know when they were down 45-60 at halftime kobe must have looked into those guys eeys and realized that he was gonna lose. Frustration could of been a factor. The phoenix are like that. They just dun stop scoring. He did take them to 7 games , but at the end hes decision making cost him the game.
730082
Literally the only reason the new NBA ball is bad is that we have to listen to all the whining and complaining about the new ball. A very small minority of players complain about the ball. Anyone that does is just being a baby. There are just as many players that have come out and openly said they love the new ball. Its just a matter of preference and the whole issue is overblown.\n\nESPN had an article not to long ago which breaks down a bunch of stats so far this season on FG%s and TOs and such and found that FG% are in fact slightly up so far and TOs are actually down. (Disproving Shaq's (the biggest baby of all) that the NBA will set a new record of TOs this year because of the ball.)\n\nAnd Ive seen every Laker game so far.... and Kobe's scoring is down 1. cuz he just had knee surgery and he's obviously playing not 100% healthy and 2. he's playing more within the offense.\nIf Kobe's scoring is down cuz of the new ball, then Kevin Martin must LOOOOVE the new ball. (10.8ppg last year to 23.2ppg this year.)
1130876
I Dislike Kobe but... I'm pretty sure he'd take that one...
567325
phil jackson called him 'un-coachable'.  that means something.  i think he likes to score 50 pts because he thinks it'll win the game.  i think he does choose to be selfish and make all of those shots but i dont think he does it with a mentality of thinking that he doesnt care if he wins\n\n---i am not a kobe supporter---he's not a team player
614676
Look. . . LeBron will never compare to Kobe. Yes, LeBron is the biggest name in the NBA but that doesnt mean shit! I remember a couple of years ago when the Lakers lost to the Spurs in the playoffs and Kobe cried at the end of the game. He loves it. Its his life. LeBron lost and shruged it off! ! ! I dont get it? People say , "Well, LeBron isnt on a  good team" What the hell are you talking about?!?!?! Who is Larry Hughes? Who is Zydrunas Ilgauskas? Both these guys are former all stars playing with on of the better players in the league. So ur telling me Kobe can dominate the game running with Lamar Odom and Kwame Brown? Kobe is better hands down!
303709
Kobe can be a ballhog, as can nearly everyone admit, but he does make most shots. If anyone had the talent he had, they would do the same. Kobe is playing great, but I don't really "like him". I respect him.\n\nAI actually passes more often, and he is a true fighter. He gives it his all every single game.
455028
Look.  I'm going to tell you this, and please don't feel like you need to respond, or defend Kobe, since you are obviously a fan.\n\nAnd what I have to say is this.  Kobe Bryant is one of the three most talented players in the league.  However, he is the the most selfish player than has played, since Wilt Chamberlain circa 1961, and that's covering tons of players.\n\nThat 81 point game was the most sickening display in basketball's most recent history.  It was like watching a gangbang, that lasted on guy too many.  Yes......it was that disgusting.  They stood around and he continuously shot the ball...regardless of where he was on the court, and if there was an open man.  \n\nWatch the game again and look at Phil Jackson during this exhibition.  He looked like he wanted to vomit......the entire time.\n\nKobe is not an MVP.  He has MVP talent all the way around, but don't gush all over this guy.  I do like that he is becoming a leader, but he still is not well liked by a lot of people in his locker room.  Unfortunately, he HAS to score....so it's a license to score, similar to Dominique and Jordan of the 80s.....but at least they tried to involve over people i.e. Pippen, Grant, Doc Rivers, Kevin Willis....\n\nWhat will happen is a talent like Chris Bosh comes to LA?  My money says Kobe attempts to eat him alive, and Bosh's career will go down the tubes because if it.  Kobe's middle name should be lymphoma, because he is definitely a cancer on the team.
291023
There are different things that make basketball players great.  When you look at a player like Jordan, he was a great scorer and a great defender.  He also made players around him better.  With a player like Shaq, he gets a bad rep because of his free throws, but in reality there has never been a big man of his size that was so good with the ball.  He is a great passer, he is very quick for his size(he has slowed down with age), he runs the court very well, and he has great hands.  He is the most dominating player in the league right now.  Most people that big can't walk and chew gum at the same time.  Shaq is also very unselfish.  If you ever listen to him speak, he always praises his teammates and coaches and not himself.  Kobe Bryant on the other hand still has to learn how to become great.  He needs to improve his defense and learn how to pass the ball a little better.  You are right that scoring 81 points does not make you great, but he did do it against an NBA team.
424840
I think Kobe is up there with Jordan.. that game winner didn't seal the deal though because numerous players have made game-winning shots. Jordan was an excellent player and people consider him to be untouchable... but he is... people just say that because he is retired...when people die or they retire they are much moe appreciated... just like Tupac, people didn't think he was all that great until he died.. now he is untouchable....this is getting long so buh bye!
544251
Michael Jordan, and it's not even close! Kobe is a selfish pr*ck and a ball-hog. He doesn't make his teammates better, and he doesn't care about winning, as long as his numbers look good.\n\nJordan learned to be a teammate, to get his team involved, he made himself a better defensive player, and improved his overall game every year.\n\nDon't even TRY to compare the two.
1031728
No, because he's going to realize that, while scoring all those points may be great, if he wants to win another ring, the Lakers need more quality players around him.  The dumbest thing Kobe ever did was running Shaq and Phil Jackson out of town.  Phil's back, but even he couldn't lead them past the first round.
472198
Sonic I have to agree with you. All these people who disagree with you are being hypocritical. Because on one side they say Kobe is a selfish ball hog for averaging so many points so he doesn't deserve MVP but have no way of arguing why Jordan averaging well over 30 did deserve it in a similar situation. They say Jordan passed. Jordan might of had like 1 more assist a game. They are being kind of ridiculous. Jordan was considered the best ever because he won scoring titles every year so everyone wanted to be like Mike. Kobe wins it once and he's the biggest ball hog ever and a rapist. Give me a break. Kobe seemed pretty unselfish to me at his talent level letting Shaq get most of the glory in the finals after he dropped 44 to beat the Spurs in the conference finals.
633281
Because they hate him