Yeah yeah the Celtics and Lakers are getting ready to face off yet again for an NBA championship, but please spare me the rivalry renewed nonsense these franchises haven’t meet in the finals in over 20 years I have a hard time thinking Kobe and Lamar Odom wanna get a ring for the showtime Lakers and make them proud. Sure thats a nice added bonus but lets be real these guys are trying to win for them and for now, history is irrelevant except for of course when you take into consideration that this could go a very long way to establishing the legacy of one Kobe Bean Bryant. Over the course of the season I was one of the most adamant that Chris Paul should of won MVP, I can say it now, no matter how much it hurts, I was wrong. There is no one player more important to his teams success and it all starts with him buying into the team concept. I thought the Spurs might of been able to derail that train of thought but it only took Kobe the first half of game one to snap out of it and see what they were doing and how to attack it. So David Stern got what he wanted ( I’m stunned really you should see my face, sorry sarcasm button is broke again ) and 2 of the most storied franchises with 2 of the biggest fan bases have made the finals a perfect storm for Stern and the NBA. On one side you got Kevin Garnett everyones favorite player, seriously good luck trying to find someone say a bad word about K.G. and if you do manage to hear it you can literally feel the bitterness and jealously seeping through the words, teamed up with 2 more all-star vets who people actually wanna root for. On the other side you got L.A., yeah Hollywood will be out in full force which Stern will no doubt love but more importantly you got Kobe aka the black mamba getting ready to really put the game in a choke hold. People who know me know I’m a Kobe hater always have been, from watching him as a spoiled egotistical punk right out of high school to driving Shaq off the Lakers and the hate grew to an all time high when he snitched on Shaq when he was hemmed up with that mishap in Colorado. However at some point in the middle of the season, I’m not quite sure when it happened, I couldn’t allow myself to hate on the man anymore. Sure he comes across more smug and arrogant as ever, sure he seems to be forcing smiles and putting on a show as contrived and fake as can be but watch him play basketball and all the rest because moot. True no matter how good someone is at a sport doesn’t mean they are good people but Kobe will never be anything other than a basketball player in my life so thats all I can and am willing to judge him on, basically I’m making myself be objective because well he is that good. So while everyone is eager to try and restore the historic rivalry
or argue great defense vs. great offense my main focus is on Kobe Bryant and him trying to stake his claim as the best to ever play the game.

* Patiently waits for the Jordan Stan’s to come out with their preprogrammed thoughts and ideas of how since Jordan was the first player to convince them to spend over 100 $ on a pair of shoes, they fell for the not so subliminal advertising and literally wanted to be like Mike and after all Jordan started in a movie with Bugs Bunny so there no way anyone will ever be a better basketball player than him. * (more…)