LMAO, I really thought that the Katrina thing and all the support Kobe was giving it would have earn him some bonus points but I guess not. Kobe's disconnect from the black culture has been because he always came off like a spoiled brat even way back when who was 'forcing' it.
As dumb as it sounds I always believed Kobe never having a GOAT shoe hurt his status, like Grant Hill for example. He basically grew up like Kobe in a well-to-do environment where he most likely was the only black in his school for his formative years yet G Hill was more embraced even though Grant was a cornball (but not a cornball brotha, big difference) and soft but he had those Filas working in his favor. It really was the shoes.
His shoes early on matches his personality which was a fukking fakkit
lebron will pass kobe in several other categories when his career is over
jordan....are we really supposed to be surprised that the transformation is now complete? 