StrengthAndHonor
11-18-2014, 01:37 PM
Kobe Bryant (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/430/kobe-bryant) had some unpleasant words (http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/10/29/kobe-bryant-dwight-howard-have-little-dust-up-kobe-calls-howard-soft-video/) forDwight Howard (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1041/dwight-howard) on the court when the Lakers faced the Rockets earlier this season, and the animosity we saw was completely understandable.
Howard left the Lakers in free agency after famously clashing with Bryant from a personality standpoint — Bryant is the game’s fiercest competitor, while Howard … well, not quite as much (http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/10/25/report-kobe-bryant-viewed-dwight-howard-leaving-lakers-in-free-agency-as-a-positive/).
It was no surprise, then, to see Bryant engage in some not-safe-for-work name-calling. But when one of the league’s nice guys in Kevin Durant (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1358/kevin-durant) was spotted doing the exact same thing (http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/11/17/kevin-durant-reportedly-tells-dwight-howard-youre-a-p/) recently, it was worth wondering just how many of the league’s stars share this negative opinion.
According to Gary Payton, it’s a very long list.
LaMarcus Aldridge (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1249/lamarcus-aldridge) is at least one other player who has been seen using a certain p-word (http://thebiglead.com/2014/04/28/video-did-lamarcus-aldridge-call-dwight-howard-a-pussy-after-this-late-foul/) where Howard was concerned.
“I think he’s disliked by a lot of players,” Payton said. “What Dwight does is, you know you see all the smiles and all the antics, that is getting on player’s nerves. To get this guy, Kevin Durant, to do what he did, you know it’s starting to become a problem with players, because Kevin Durant doesn’t really talk to anybody … [Durant] goes at people that are fake with stuff. Only fake guys. Fake guys to me are when they’re always woofing, woofing, woofing, and they don’t really do nothing.”
Howard left the Lakers in free agency after famously clashing with Bryant from a personality standpoint — Bryant is the game’s fiercest competitor, while Howard … well, not quite as much (http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/10/25/report-kobe-bryant-viewed-dwight-howard-leaving-lakers-in-free-agency-as-a-positive/).
It was no surprise, then, to see Bryant engage in some not-safe-for-work name-calling. But when one of the league’s nice guys in Kevin Durant (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1358/kevin-durant) was spotted doing the exact same thing (http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/11/17/kevin-durant-reportedly-tells-dwight-howard-youre-a-p/) recently, it was worth wondering just how many of the league’s stars share this negative opinion.
According to Gary Payton, it’s a very long list.
LaMarcus Aldridge (http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1249/lamarcus-aldridge) is at least one other player who has been seen using a certain p-word (http://thebiglead.com/2014/04/28/video-did-lamarcus-aldridge-call-dwight-howard-a-pussy-after-this-late-foul/) where Howard was concerned.
“I think he’s disliked by a lot of players,” Payton said. “What Dwight does is, you know you see all the smiles and all the antics, that is getting on player’s nerves. To get this guy, Kevin Durant, to do what he did, you know it’s starting to become a problem with players, because Kevin Durant doesn’t really talk to anybody … [Durant] goes at people that are fake with stuff. Only fake guys. Fake guys to me are when they’re always woofing, woofing, woofing, and they don’t really do nothing.”