I wrote before that Rick Reilly is a horrible writer. He also is an idiot because he has no idea why people dislike Kobe Bryant.
And talking about the fact that people dislike Kobe, Reilly writes, "John Stockton makes Bryant look like a stand-up comedian and nobody hates on him."
That's because John Stockton wasn't unlikable -- he wasn't likable either, but he wasn't unlikable. He was (not talking about his skin color, I promise), vanilla.
People is actively unlikeable. He's hateable. That's why nearly everyone who isn't a Lakers fan isn't happy that Kobe won his first non-Shaq title.
If only Reilly, arguably the biggest sports columnist in the United States, would realize this. But in addition to being such a very successful columnist, Reilly is an unabashed and unrepentant Kobe lover and apologist.
Monday, June 15, 2009
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Kobe makes me ill, and I'm a longtime Lakers fan, since I lived in LA in the 70s. Lamar Odom sucks, too. They should trade Odom and Farmar to the Heat for Michael Beasley. Beasley will be great with Kobe, and Shannon Brown will play the point as they get younger. Rick Reilly also thinks Kurt Warner is a Hall of Famer. Then what is Dan Fouts?
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