maybe the people around you weren't fans.
he was on video game covers, magazine covers, tv shows, red carpets..what are we even talking about? acting like Kobe was hated is absurd and revionist history. only people that hated him were in philadelphia. some thought he was corny but hated? he had every endorsement deal. he was probably the most loved basketball player prior to Colorado. after colorado is when he got the black community tbh
NAAH DUDES RIGHT .. WHILE THERE WERE MANY CATS WHO LOVED HIM, THERE WAS ALSO A FAIR SHARE OF IDIOTS THAT SAW HIM AS THE COCKY BALLHOG WHO DROVE SHAQ OUTA TOWN.. I REMEMBER IN REAL TIME THERE WERE A LOT OF LAKER FANS WHO WERE DEVESTATED THAT WE CHOSE HIM OVER SHAQ
SO WHILE, YES, A LOT OF US WERE RIDE OR DIE.. THERE WAS DEFINITELY A FAIR SHARE OF WEIRDOS WHO DIDNT FUX WIT HIS PERSONALITY TYPE AND OVERALL CHARACTER
HE WAS ALSO RIGHT BOUT THE SHIFT COMIN AROUND 2006, WHEN THOSE HATIN LAKER FANS STARTED FUCCIN WIT HIM AGAIN, DURING THAT UNDEBIANLE RUN WHERE HE HAD 81 POINTS
BUT THAT JUST MADE THE NON-LAKER FAN HATERS HATE HIM EVEN MORE