I can appreciate that the man is a terrific basketball player and will probably go down as one of the best ever, but I wouldn’t spit on him if he was on fire. He plays for the Lakers, who as a Celtics fan I am legally required to hate, and he is a pompous cry baby, who acts like Snookie getting told the open bar is over every time a foul is called against him.
During last nights game against the Hornets, when Kobe wasn’t watching Andrew Bynum save his team’s season he was bitching to the refs. Which by itself wouldn’t be so bad, every player in professional sports has this indignant “I didn’t do shit” routine down to a science, so I can’t crucify Kobe for it. However he did it every single time the whistle blew and the call went against him. The worst part? The calls were all correct.
The foul on Chris Paul’s three pointer where Kobe claimed Paul kicked his leg out, and earned a technical for his impromptu Rockettes performance? Foul.
The play where the ball went out of bounds and he ran down the court all bug eyed like the guy must have been high on crack to say it was off Kobe? The ball clearly went off your knee.
There were a few instances where I think that Kobe was actually fouled, but the refs refused to call it. I can’t blame the refs. Their job is hard enough with out some arrogant super star showing you up when you are actually doing it correctly.
Last night Kobe was the basketball player who cried wolf. Here’s hoping that the Hornets get a chance to devour his whiny ass for the rest of the series.
—–Corey
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