I remember Whitlock, calling Kobe overrated, a bad teammate, selfish, an egomaniac, a shot chucker, was made by Shaq, etc then changed after Kobe passed.
Kobe was asked in the WCF “do you maybe need more help out there? Nobody had more than 15 points and you had 38. No one had more than 3 assists, you had 10.” Kobe incredulously shook his head no and said “that’s not what wins championships. Everybody wants to talk about the offensive side of the ball. That has NOTHING to do with it. We GOTTA defend.” So when presented with the opportunity to throw his teammates under the bus, he took it back to what they need to do as a team to win. That’s what a leader does. That’s not what a sociopath does. The Kobe scrutiny is maniacal. They just truly love to do it. They get high off the sh*t.
Don’t call me Shirley.
In the book 3 rings former players talk about much of a bully Kobe was to them. They still had bitterness towards Kobe after death.
All of this stuff said about Kobe is true! Now apply it all to Mike as well. They were both Sociopath's it fueled the drive to be great in them both. Neither of them would you want to hang out with! Kobe worked his ass off and some of us fans saw and appreciated it.
For us late 90s babies, Kobe was must see TV
I think when Kobe retired he became a much chiller guy all in all
Whitlock, we don't forget how Kobe trashed you in that attempted interview, lol 😂
Sounds like Kobe hurt this guys feelings 😂
Just because Kobe wasn’t nice to him doesn’t mean he was a bad person iron sharpens iron
He was soft and Kobe sensed it.
Yall are talking as if there was no video or interview before kobe died. Kobe has always been great. When he died, he couldn't defend himself every hater out to trash his name. Kobe was and still is the most popular basketball player after mj, especially outside the US.
Who was saying Kobe was a nice fun guy?? If you want a nice fun guy, go follow LeBron.
Kobe was obsessed being Michael so much that he took it to far
Who in the hell is Paul Shirley?
It’s crazy, these dudes be clowns out here.
This is not news we already know how Kobe get down. He was serious business
Nobody admired Kobe because he was kind to his teammates. We admired his drive, work ethic, killer instinct etc. To call him a sociopath is a step too far, that’s just stupid to say.
People that say you have to be arrogant or selfish to be great like Jordan or Kobe untrue look at Tim Duncan
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