Published 6/21/2009
by Dwyane Montell
at Bleacher Report - NBA
Last Sunday when Kobe raised the Larry O'Brien and the Bill Russell (Finals MVP) trophies, he proved why he is still the best player in the world. The entire playoffs and the entire series Bryant proved why he is still better than LeBron James.
Talk about a man who has gone through so much adversity through his entire career. From the sexual assault case in Colorado to unfairly being blamed for running Shaq out of town. Kobe has been hated the most by people than any other player in the history of the NBA. But he answers the hate every time.
Kobe has been the best player in the league for about three years now and even in 2003 you could make a case that he was the best. But there are a lot of people that still hate Bryant for his past. They hate the young arrogant, cocky, selfish Kobe Bryant. Judging a man by his immature past is totally unfair. A lot of it is again the media always knocking Bryant. Just like they did with Iverson they do not want Kobe to be the face of ...
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