Not to mention how the media twisted stories to suit their story. Three Ring Circus talked about how Kobe sucker punched Samaki Walker over $100 in a game of half court shot, Samaki challenged Kobe to a fight on the bus, Kobe backed off, called later to Samaki and left a VM on his phone, crying and apologizing. Articles on Bleacher Report and other outlets twisted it into how Kobe is such an intense person that he smacked Samaki but was a big enough man to apologize afterwards, totally left off the crying part.
Media also totally neglected how Kobe belittled Mike Penberthy just to act like a jerk, only for Penberthy to stand up to him, with Kobe walking away with tail between his legs.
Kobe has all the markings of a psychopath who did more to destroy his team than help early in his career. The Lakers won because of immense amount of talent up front with Shaq, then MVPau/Odom/Bynum, and yet Kobestans continued to fabricate stories and minimize the contributions of teammates to perk Kobe up.
Karma eventually caught up to Kobe, it's disgusting that he had to drag 8 other innocent lives with him.