Kobe Bryant: Most Hated Man in Boston, Also Very Much Respected

As Celtics fans all over the country are mourning over being so close to another championship, many Boston fans are saying one thing, "I hate Kobe Bryant."

He is the face of LA, and the face of basketball for years. He makes shots that no one on this earth can, and is perhaps the most clutch player of our time. 

I have never seen a player do the things that he does, scoring 23 straight points for the Lakers in Game Five, hitting turn-arounds with two hands in his face, and three pointers that were two or three feet behind the line.

He did things in this series that no player in the game today could dream of doing (yeah "King James," I mean you too). 

In Game Seven, the Celtics completely shut Kobe down from the field. They double teamed him, triple ...

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