I think you’re free to hate Kobe “objectively” for reasons 5, 4, and 1, but if anything 2 and 3 are reasons to hate spike and the media more than anything else.

i completely agree with the media coverage of kobe and the lack of coverage for pierce. i can’t stand to listen to the clowns on espn anymore. i’ve resorted to muting the tv and picking up the orlando magic radio affiliate on the web. at least i don’t have to listen to mike breen declare “kobe really wants this!” anymore

with all your reasons, but I didn’t even know about #4. What an evil and self-absorbed woman. But what can you say about a woman who stays with a guy after he goes to Colorado to “rehab an injury”. All that aside, I also agree with #5. Maybe a well-placed Dwight Howard elbow could wipe that scowl from his face. But, ya know, he always seems to make that clutch shot. In fact, I love the fact that we won the title last year by pretty much shutting Kobe down.

The main reason : Kobe is such a phony. He`s all humble and soft-spoken when interviewed. That`s all an act. The real Kobe is the one unknowingly caught on tape saying Bynum should be traded, and Buss is a fool.

There are valid reasons why he always got more attention than Pierce : Kobe played his 8 years with Shaq, winning 3 titles, and has been a more athletic & exciting player.

{Kobe is not from LA…he merely plays for LA. He was born in Philly, raised there & Italy}

Kobe is far from perfect, and I know nothing about the wives of any Celtics players but I’m sure there are a few divas in there as well. Let’s keep the focus on basketball, because the asinine and immature fixation on a player’s private life is what has ruined much of sports reporting. I was happy with 5-7 minutes of scores on the evening news. I never asked for Sportscenter. Just tell me who won and show me the great plays. As for the rest, ESPN, stick your so-called journalism you know where.

I hate the Celtics. You hate the Lakers. It’s forever.

Shaq indeed didn’t need Kobe to win his fourth…but he needed Wade. What’s the difference and why is it so hard to get that point across to the morons who still trot out this stupidity?

Kobe didn’t need Shaq, but he needed Gasol, Odom, Ariza, and Fisher.

Russell needed teammates. I don’t think he would have won much going one on five. It’s a ridiculous argument and anyone who uses it must be oblivious to how stupid he sounds.

At least the Lakers have played the game straight up through the years, unlike the Celtics.

1. No Lakers team ever altered the temperature in the building to gain an advantage. The Celtics did.

2. No Lakers team ever screwed around with the locker room facilities to gain and advantage. The Celtics did.

3. Auerbach wouldn’t let the parquet floor be replaced with a newer one. Why? An advantage?

4. The Celtics have always played physical basketball, somewhere between hoops and rugby. The Lakers play the game the way it was intended. Put the ball in the hoop and run the floor. That was maybe until this year when they began hitting back. Live with it. From here on out if you want physical, we’ll give you physical. We have a team made for any kind of game you want, including yours.

5. No Lakers team ever had an arrogant cretin like Auerbach in charge, who would do anything to win, whether it was legit or not. Wonder if Red owned an 8 millimeter movie camera. Hmmmm, maybe he was the Belichick of his day. They sure were cut from the same cloth……where cheating is just a part of the game.

Consider…

So you have 17 titles and we have 15. We’ve been in 30 finals, you’ve been in 20. We’ve never gone 20+ years without getting to the finals. You have.

Your core is old and have one or two years left with any chance to compete for a ring. The Lakers have one guy, Derek Fisher, who is in that category. Kobe has 3-4 years of top basketball left, and the other guys are either in their prime or growing into good role players. We’re on the rise.

One day the Lakers will surpass the Celtics with the number of championships, just like Jackson passed Auerbach, and then there will be no more arguments about which franchise is superior.

You guys are likely headed for another long drought, given how young Lebron and Dwight Howard are — maybe another 20 years.

Enjoy the trip to obscurity again.

All of us in L.A. wish you “bon voyage.”