Fresh off of the Lakers winning their 15th NBA title, sports columnist Rick Reilly ponders in a short musing that "there are five reasons most of America finds it impossible to be happy for Kobe Bryant (and why they're wrong)".
Gee, somehow Reilly left out that Bryant, a married father of one at the time, was charged with a rape for which the trial coincidentally ended when the accused refused to testify after agreeing with Bryant on a large monetary settlement.
Hmm... maybe that's possibly one reason why people don't like him? You think?
That rankles me a little more than the belief that "he hogs the ball". Hmm... maybe Reilly is simply reflecting the though process of the average sports fan: I can get past cheating on his newlywed wife by forcing himself sexually upon an unwilling participant, but the fact that he doesn't kick the ball out to the open man when he's double-teamed, that's unforgivable.
Unbelievable.
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