But I am also pretty weary of maybe 9-10 comments about any given subject once in a blue moon being described as "all the 'X' on this site".  "Kobe bashing" comprises no more than 1-2% of the total comments even on discussion of the L*kers, let alone all of the comments in general.  Nor have the proprietors of this site engaged in such.  Nor, I believe, are negative comments about Kobe localized to this site alone.  It's shorthand, I understand, but it's also a fairly inaccurate way of describing the community and its conversation about Kobe or any subject.

--Dave

I hate the guy but I don't HATE the guy.  I respect his game and think he is the best player in the NBA.  If he was rotting on the end of someone's bench, no one would care about him.  I think he knows that and for the most part, so do most fans.  

Let's keep up the good work.

Jokes are about repetitive topics (the silly doing silly things, the miser being miser, Jscot ruling the World, etc.) and Kobe is an easy one. USA citizens aren´t considered envious people (at least in my country, we think you may have other characteristics, but not this), but people that value other´s success instead of hate him. So I think it is a matter of rivalry and fun.

the L*kers have been better than us for a long time, pure and simple.  You may admire the guy that walked away with your girlfriend.  He may be better looking than you.  He may have a better job and more money than you.  He may actually use a napkin at the table, know the correct way to hold a knife, and be able to get through an entire meal without once belching and then proclaiming, "Everyone has a little Captain in them!"  All of that's good and admirable.  But when you talk about him you're still going to call him a schmuck.  That's human nature...and the better he is, the more it's going to happen.

--Dave

Respect:  3 titles, unguardable, clutch, smart

Hate:

Biggest whiner in the NBA
2nd best player on the team that took a title from our grasp

Colorado--- at best he betrayed his wife/kids by cheating.  At worst he is a rapist... he did pay her off.  I hate the  destructive action of cheating and I believe most rapists should be in prison for decades

that gets me. Have some respect for the game!

It rolls off my tongue and it makes me think of a movie.

My name is Kobayashi. I work for Keyser Soze.

And that quote from Kobe means nothing. When is the last time you've heard someone say the "athleticism" of our team is overwhelming? I think he was just throwing out a pat answer to a lame question so he could get on the sorry bus and go home. WHAT A LAME LOSING LOSER IS HE!!! SOUR PUSS!!!

/rolleyes

Kobe bashing and Kobe heckling are one of my favorite ways to express my NBA fandom. That said, I completely respect the guy and acknowledge that he has super-powers. I saw one of his 60+ point games at the Staples Center and it was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen on the basketball court. He's a Magneto type; A super-villian of enormous power who I respect even though he uses his skills for evil. I hate very few NBA players (Reggie Miller and Manu Ginobili are the first to come to mind) but villiany is an important part of my enjoyment of the game. It gives the games an operatic quality that would be missing if we had to look at the game "objectively" all the time. I think you can boo and hiss a player and still vote for him to be MVP at the same time. I can handle the cognitive dissonance.

  Come on. This is Blazers Edge. Too much Kobe Bashing?

  I hate The L*kers. Kobe is the face of the franchise, and IMO not that likeable in any case.

  I'd dislike Kobe for several reasons beyond him being a L*ker.

  Bashing The L*kers and Kobe is an expected and natural condition as a Blazer fan.

  Sure I respect Kobe's on the court talent. It's undeniable. But stop bashing him? OK, I'll stop when Kobe stops whining after every call that goes against him.  

we'd all love him if he was a Blazer from day 1, don't even deny it. I can't stand him either, but I'm not so naive as to think that if he had started his carreer as a Blazer, we'd think he was the greatest player ever, and whine right along with him!

It looks like Kobe bashing is sport in itself that many enjoy so I'll have to try to "un-weary" myself.

I imagine though there are more than a few out there commenting negatively on Kobe's whining over ref calls that were blind to Jordan's propensity for the same. In Jordan's mind, I don't think he ever committed a foul in his life. Duncan's a whiner too and so was Magic and a host of others.  

Yeah, Kobe did some bad things like cheat on his wife. But if that is a criteria used to determine who to root for, and the truth were revealed NBA wide, I'm afraid our hero list would be shortened considerably.

BTW, I found it refreshing that Kobe gave credit to Blazer's skills instead of making excuses about the loss like many do, e.g. "we gave them that one".  "Give credit where credit is due" was my father's favorite adage, and it has served me fairly well too throughout my life. Kudos to Kobe for that.

       

the L@kers draw the absolute ire of Blazer fans. They have reached the pinnacle of nemesis-ness, and he (Kohbee) is their leader.

Is he an amazing talent, one of the greatest ever? Of course. Would we love him if he was ours? Likely. Has he repeatedly thrust daggers into our hearts? Most certainly. I doubt we'd have such distaste for him if he never played for them. But he does. And so we shall valiantly root against him.

Also, the Coby Sucks chant thing, though seemingly immature, was without a doubt in response to the MVP chants that were ringing loud and clear through our house, the Garden of Oden (I've decided Greg should buy the rights to the arena and name it after himself... it's the right thing for a world class center to do). I don't think that any fan would actually think that Briant sucks. Besides, he's got to be 3rd or 4th on the MVP list right now (behind Paul, James, and maybe Garnett).

I can think of scads of reasons to despise K*be but none of them has anything to do with his basketball acumen or athletecism. He's fantastic at what he does for a living but it certainly doesn't make him a good guy. He exudes slimy-ness and entitlement. UGH.

   Jordan and Blobe both suck. I never liked
Jordan when he was our enemy, because I loved
Clyde. JORDAN RULES were ridiculous due to
him getting all the key calls. In addition,
most of his fans (kids) couldn't name more than
one or two other players on the Bulls. I hate
the Star system, because it rewards (foul calls)
based on the player, not the actual foul call.
    BLOBE? You name the reason, and I'll hate
him. Most of all it's the look on his face when
a call dosen't go his way. He gets this angry,
"you didn't call that, you @$%^&$%$%^&". He
often looks like he wants to beat the ref
senseless. I can't stand the sight or mention
of him, so don't mention HIM again, please!!!!!

Kobe bashing is second hand nature to most true Blazers fans. Anyone who claims to have had enough is obviously a Lakers fan in disguise or a bandwagoner who hasn't quite caught on yet to how things are done around here. I personally hate Kobe more than anything person, place, or thing in the known universe. I will never tire of Kobe bashing and I would appreciate it if you didn't bother me about it.

last night during the LA/LA game (what a great game it was) cOBY got benched due to the sizeable margin and was over on the baseline during a timeout juggling the gameball (not like circus juggling, but like soccer juggling... you know, when someone keeps the ball off the ground by continually kicking and kneeing it to oneself).

just more of his antics... What, MLS started up and you were seen watching David Beckham play at an LA Galaxy game and you wanted to show your skills Kobe? blah. He's so smug... how could you NOT want to bash him?

Of the song "Monster Mash" and call it "Kobe Bash."

He's one of the two best players in the NBA.

He's an imaginative player and drives to the rack as well as anybody. He's capable of being a great passer. He's clutch.

People that slag off on him are wimpy little weiners that can't appreciate the TRUE "buffet of goodness."

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