Why do people ignore that there's a racial component as to why Kobe is so disrespected as a player?

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Both of these posts are stupid.

If you frequent r/NBA and r/NBATalk like I do, you would notice that they have a noticeable bias against Kobe. IT'S NOT LIKE HERE. Its a noticeable, observable bias as in people think he's top 15 at best. It's irrational and not objective.

So yea, I googled Kobe threads and this popped up. It doesn't matter that it was four months ago :childplease: The Coli would never have a 600 post thread in 2024 about Kobe being a rapist :childplease: So obviously if cacs are still talking about this man as a rapist, then of course that plays a role in why they discredit him so much. Stop being dumb and disingenuous.


You realize some of these guys u going back and forth with ARE the reddit cacs right :pachaha:
 

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The moment that white woman put those charges on him it shattered white America’s ideals of Kobe as the next Jordan they could prop up. He was pretty much tossed to the shadow realm after that and it didn’t help that he was viewed as a “snitch” for speaking on Shaq’s business at a time when Shaq was universally beloved.

The fact he was able to bounce back the way he did was through sheer force of will and talent. It’s testament that he was able to get back some respect.
I still maintain that without that he wins MVP in 06.
 

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Both of these posts are stupid.

If you frequent r/NBA and r/NBATalk like I do, you would notice that they have a noticeable bias against Kobe. IT'S NOT LIKE HERE. Its a noticeable, observable bias as in people think he's top 15 at best. It's irrational and not objective.

So yea, I googled Kobe threads and this popped up. It doesn't matter that it was four months ago :childplease: The Coli would never have a 600 post thread in 2024 about Kobe being a rapist :childplease: So obviously if cacs are still talking about this man as a rapist, then of course that plays a role in why they discredit him so much. Stop being dumb and disingenuous.
I'm not going on reddit to talk about basketball. That sounds horrible. But just because people don't place Kobe as high as you think doesn't make them racist, because more than likely every player they have higher is also Black (with the exception of Larry Bird). The rape stuff is probably Stan War shyt that people use because they know it will make Kobe fans mad. With a name like Ozymandeas, you gotta be smarter than this.
 

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@madness got banned last year for making fun of Kobe's death, and since being unbanned *all* his posts have been passive aggressive responses to negative posts about Kobe.

Y'all keep going back and forth tho. Imma go enjoy my Saturday.
 

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Both of these posts are stupid.

If you frequent r/NBA and r/NBATalk like I do, you would notice that they have a noticeable bias against Kobe. IT'S NOT LIKE HERE. Its a noticeable, observable bias as in people think he's top 15 at best. It's irrational and not objective.

So yea, I googled Kobe threads and this popped up. It doesn't matter that it was four months ago :childplease: The Coli would never have a 600 post thread in 2024 about Kobe being a rapist :childplease: So obviously if cacs are still talking about this man as a rapist, then of course that plays a role in why they discredit him so much. Stop being dumb and disingenuous.
Kobe is arguably the most beloved basketball player of the last 25 years.

Just because you can find hate toward him online doesn't overshadow the bigger picture.

You have some weird "Kobe is a victim" mentality or agenda.

Like God forbid your "Dear Leader" has some idiots who hate or dislike him.

Many websites, forums, subreddits have their own bubbles where narratives don't always jive with reality.
 

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I'm not going on reddit to talk about basketball. That sounds horrible. But just because people don't place Kobe as high as you think doesn't make them racist, because more than likely every player they have higher is also Black (with the exception of Larry Bird). The rape stuff is probably Stan War shyt that people use because they know it will make Kobe fans mad. With a name like Ozymandeas, you gotta be smarter than this.

Then there's really no point to read what you have to say.

Kobe is arguably the most beloved basketball player of the last 25 years.

Just because you can find hate toward him online doesn't overshadow the bigger picture.

You have some weird "Kobe is a victim" mentality or agenda.

Like God forbid your "Dear Leader" has some idiots who hate or dislike him.

Many websites, forums, subreddits have their own bubbles where narratives don't always jive with reality.

Stop grasping at straws. I'm pointing out something I see.

From my POV, on black spaces, Kobe is talked about normally. On white spaces, the disrespect is rampant.

So that's why I said it can't just be about basketball.

If you were being honest, you have to see it. Every time Kobe is brought up, there's always someone saying he's an imitator, second best, he's an MJ ripoff, or they'll do the 6 player image and say who needs to be removed and they'll have Kobe on there :troll: Now why is it they never do those images with Bird, Magic, Kareem, Hakeem, Bill Russell, Dirk as the 6th guy? Why is it always Kobe? :troll: Why is it that people online can talk about Dirk as a PF and there's no posts about how he sucks compared to Duncan, or that we can talk about Kareem/Hakeem/Shaq as Centers and there's no posts pointing out how they're second and third best and suck compared to the top center, or that we can talk about Bird as a SF and there's no posts saying he sucks compared to Bron. The bias is there. You're just pretending to not see it.
 

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I looked at a rap forum and a guy asked "what does the word hev mean" then quoted "MVP" by Big L where he says "I'm like Heav, I got nothing but love for you, honey"; that told me all I needed to know about reddit.
 

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kobe was hated because he was good, he fuked up dearly in colorado and humilated himself though
 

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Bean a polarizing figure just like any other cat tbh

I definitely see where you coming from but I feel it can apply to all the black athletes
 
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