It is Official: I hate Kobe less than LeBron.

[indeedproceed]

I realized it about halfway through this youtube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnDrm8YPSBE

In it Kobe goes on to say he would easily beat LeBron in a game of 1 on 1, because LeBron is more of a 'Magic Johnson' type, while Kobe grew up playing 1 on 1.

I was watching the video thinking to myself "I like that answer."

Then, the unimaginable happened. I realized I hated LeBron more than Kobe.

Now hate is a word I'm using hyperbolically here. Nobody should "hate" a professional sports player for playing the game they love just because they wereaccusedbutneverconvictedofrape play it for another team, I dislike Kobe in an irrational and completely superficial way.

But I dislike LeBron in an irrational and completely superficial way..MORE. And I didn't think that was possible. I thought Kobe would just always be number 1.

[Redz]

Hey man, like, if you can't hate everyone equally, don't hate at all.

Or...If you can't be with the one you hate, hate the one you're with.

[MattG12]

If they played 1 on 1 they would both lose because they are named Kobe and LeBron.

[housecall]

What a difference a click makes...one google could change it all back,just that fast.

[Rondo2287]

I wonder how much has to do with the fact that we only play kobe once a year.  I think the ammount of times we have seen bron bron over the past couple of years has made me hate him more and more

[Eja117]

I also realized this during the week. I was having an argument with myself and said to myself "Yeah, but Kobe is a real live NBA basketball player".

Lebron is just a freak show wannabe.

[Roy H.]

I'll stick with hating Kobe more.  Both guys are arrogant jerks who think the world revolves around them.  However, Kobe is more hatred-worthy because:  1) he's a Laker, and 2) (more seriously) I think he probably forced himself on that girl in Colorado.

I don't want to debate the episode; I think he did it, and because of that, there's no way I can respect him.  Lebron is clueless and lets his hangers-on dictate too much of his life.  Kobe is an evil person.

[Witch-King]

Lol, either way LeBron's Cavs defeated the Lakers twice during this past year's regular season, one of those times being on Christmas Day. Now I'm not comparing regular season victories to playoff wins, however if anything that just proves that LeBron can find other ways to beat Kobe without having to rely on iso's or that LeBron is a better team player than Kobe because the Cavs aren't the NBA Champions, yet they were able to beat the Lake-Show on Christmas (something we weren't able to do the year before) and they led the league in wins for two years in a row.

As for who would win 1 on 1, Kobe might have the upper-hand there though LeBron still has some of that young athleticism in him so he might be able to out-hustle Kobe.

The thing with that is that ESPN basically wanted the Cavs to advance to the finals (despite the fact that they didn't get there in '09 after leading the league in wins that season, or that they made it there in '07 but didn't win any games) just so that we could see a sort of Kobe vs LeBron 'showdown', which is kinda retarded seeing that basketball is a team sport. You might as well have been asking the two guys duke it out in a cage-match on pay-per-view. 

I mean who honestly thought that the Cavs would have any shot at beating Phil Jackson and Kobe Bryant in the finals (I know I didn't)  after all of the instances of misery that has come to be associated with sports in the City of Cleveland? I'm thinking that the Celtics put the Cavaliers out of their misery, before being hacked to death by D. Howard's 'Magical' fouls that were never called and then losing in the 4th quarter of game seven of the finals to the Fake-Show after our starting center had been injured the previous game.

Either way, I'd still rather watch that cage-match than La-Liga 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/may/19/la-liga-debt-passes-three-billion

[housecall]

I'll stick with hating Kobe more.  Both guys are arrogant jerks who think the world revolves around them.  However, Kobe is more hatred-worthy because:  1) he's a Laker, and 2) (more seriously) I think he probably forced himself on that girl in Colorado.

I don't want to debate the episode; I think he did it, and because of that, there's no way I can respect him.  Lebron is clueless and lets his hangers-on dictate too much of his life.  Kobe is an evil person.

I agree about Kobe and the girl episode,but i hate them equally as much.I disliked Lebron even before the Decision.I think i started to dislike him when i saw how self-centered he was when the Magic beat them in the 2009 playoffs.It was his right to walk off the court without acknowledging Howard for winning but before that happened  they had recently won a gold medal together.You'd think he could have waved to Howard even if he didn't want to talk at the time.After that day i started to notice other things about his character i didn't like.I never was big on guys entered the NBA straight out of HS...at least a few years of developing mentally as a person wouldn't hurt.Funny thing the most hated  are two guys who bypass the higher learning experience.

[Assassin70]

The ONLY thing Lebron could do to make me hate him more then I hate Kobe would be to sign with the Lakers once Kobe retires.

I actually do not hate Lebron @ all to be honest.

[indeedproceed]

What a difference a click makes...one google could change it all back,just that fast.

True.

[slam]

For answers like that where he has a good justification, I actually like Kobe.  LeBron is maybe my least favorite professional athlete.

[Donoghus]

I don't.

Still hate Kobe much, much more.

[Kane3387]

I'll stick with hating Kobe more.  Both guys are arrogant jerks who think the world revolves around them.  However, Kobe is more hatred-worthy because:  1) he's a Laker, and 2) (more seriously) I think he probably forced himself on that girl in Colorado.

I don't want to debate the episode; I think he did it, and because of that, there's no way I can respect him.  Lebron is clueless and lets his hangers-on dictate too much of his life.  Kobe is an evil person.

I agree about Kobe and the girl episode,but i hate them equally as much.I disliked Lebron even before the Decision.I think i started to dislike him when i saw how self-centered he was when the Magic beat them in the 2009 playoffs.It was his right to walk off the court without acknowledging Howard for winning but before that happened  they had recently won a gold medal together.You'd think he could have waved to Howard even if he didn't want to talk at the time.After that day i started to notice other things about his character i didn't like.I never was big on guys entered the NBA straight out of HS...at least a few years of developing mentally as a person wouldn't hurt.Funny thing the most hated  are two guys who bypass the higher learning experience.

KG came out of high school too. It depends on the individual. Kobe and Lebron have been catered to their whole lives. Sure both were amazing prep stars but all NBA players were at some point. I mean Kobe took a pop star to his prom and Lebron's HS games were on Pay Per View. They were a little different than Amare and KG T-MAc, etc. Those guys weren't spotlighted coming out like the other two.

Anyways I agree with Roy because Kobe is a Laker, so it's not even close. Also he is more selfish in my opinion the Lebron. James is ignorant and immature but he is 25. I don't want to make excuses for him but the guy comes from nothing and then all of a sudden has everything. Yet, he has no guidance from a father. He has no one to teach him how to be a man, and it looks like a lot of leaches in his inner circle. He also seems to genuinely care about his teammates more than Bryant.

Both have made poor decisions because of legacy. James has to win six titles at least. He is battling the Jordan brand for control of Nike. Wojo has documented this - check his archive. James wasn't going to win in Cleveland like he was in Miami. No way he finishes his career in Miami either where Wade can always have one more ring. No way. His contract expires when he is 31 and by then he could have at least two rings. Same as Jordan did at 31.

As for Kobe. The selfishness he displayed in getting Shaq out of the picture so he could be number one was sickening. Yeah shaq had his moments but at the time do you think KG would have wanted Shaq to leave Minny so he could get Finals MVPs and all the credit? No way because Kg just wants to win. He would have reconciled with shaq and even deferred like he did with Pierce if it meant his chances of winning were greater. Winning wasn't good enough for Bryant. He needed more. He was never going back to LA if Shaq stayed. Not when he was casted as the Robin of their duo. Kobe disgusts me and I think he has no honor. The guy is almost 33 and he still had to remind everyone Im better than Oneal after the finals. It wasn't about the team but him beating Shaq. That's how I know he ran Shaq out. Buss, the lakers, and Jackson can say what they want but Kobe and his ego ended a dynasty. Jackson basically said so in his book but now they say things differently because the organization bows before Kobe. He is worse.

[moiso]

Kobe has toned down his act in recent years.  I find myself tolerating him a lot more of late.  Lebron's act has gotten out of control.  As of now, looking at Lebron makes me more sick to my stomach than looking at Kobe.  A couple years ago, I would have thought this to be impossible.