That is a bunch of BS!! You only believe that because you are a Kobe hater and anything anyone says to trash Bryant will get your jaded, uninformed and undivided attention. This article was horrible. He started the damn thing off by comparing a legend to some guy who thinks he better than he is but is actually very dispensable to his team. There is no comparison between Chad and Kobe. You only like this article because it is yet another shameless attack on Kobe Bryant. This article doesn't hold any water or substance what so ever. For someone to say "finally an article worth reading" and give praise for such a crap article is just plain stupidity fueled by homerism and bind biased. This article is so crappy that it has turned one Patriot fan on the other.
Kobe is the only athlete/ rapist to win a mvp. All you kobe fans remember he destroyed that poor young girl, and he snitched Shaq out to his wife and the world to save face.
JBank he's not a Patriots fan look a little closer at his display picture, and there is no way you should defend Kobe Bryant cause that is BS, last summer he did the exact same thing Johnson is doing right now. He's a hell of a player but will always be a selfish whiner.
I didnt realize he wasnt a Pats fan until I saw his avitar closer.
But about this chad Johnson thing. The two situations are very different. Kobe was promised the Lakers would build a championship caliber team around him. That never happened until Kobe forced their hands. Chad wants to be traded because he feels like he is the scapegoat for the Bengals failures. Kobe wanted to be traded because the Lakers had no interest in winning now based on the lack of moves that were being made. In fact it was revealed the Lakers were "looking to minimize costs and do what was best for the time in terms of long term by starting over with young talent". That doesn't sound like a team trying to win now as they promised Kobe. He was furious about that. On top of that Chad Johson doesn't realize how dispensable he is. He is a good football player but no where near hall of fame type. Kobe is one of the top 5 players to ever play the game. PERIOD. No matter how much you dislike Kobe, that is fact. Comparing the two is like comparing apples and oranges.
i don't care how good Kobe is thats not the point and Johnson may not be the best in the league but he is certainly pro bowl worthy when he decides to play. Kobe Bryant does have a me first attitude yeah i get the whole wanting to win now thing but to act like a little kid about it and pretty much throw a temper tantrum, that is ridiculous. He should not have publicly called out the organization and slammed them like he did i don't care if he wanted out he should have been professional about it. This is the same guy who said he would rather play on Pluto at this point and the same guy who pretty much said Mitch Kupchak doesn't know how to do his job by saying they should bring back Jerry West to fix the situation, does that sound very reasonable to you? No he is an immature whiner.
mistakes were made on both sides eightzero. I don't condone Kobe embarrassing the Lakers like that, but I dont condone the Lakers being deceptive of their intentions and what they told Kobe either. If Kobe didn't light a fire under the Lakers would they have made the Gasol trade? If they don't make the Gasol trade are they title contenders? Even in a bad situation positive things came out of it and both parties have apologized and reconcilled. Also, you all get on Kobe but this situation isn't that abnormal and happens all the time. Michael Jordan called out the Bulls and his teammates many times before they started winning titles, Shaq embarrassed not Mitch K, but Dr. Buss in a preseason game in Hawaii. It is only as blown up as it is because it was Kobe.
That is a bunch of BS!! You only believe that because you are a Kobe hater and anything anyone says to trash Bryant will get your jaded, uninformed and undivided attention. This article was horrible. He started the damn thing off by comparing a legend to some guy who thinks he better than he is but is actually very dispensable to his team. There is no comparison between Chad and Kobe. You only like this article because it is yet another shameless attack on Kobe Bryant. This article doesn't hold any water or substance what so ever. For someone to say "finally an article worth reading" and give praise for such a crap article is just plain stupidity fueled by homerism and bind biased. This article is so crappy that it has turned one Patriot fan on the other.
I don't care about the NBA. I'd rather watch grass grow. I simply agree that Chad Johnson is treated far worse by the general media than Kobe Bryant.
Most of Mike Freeman's articles are horrible. This is actually one of his better arguements.
If Chad Johnson were so dispensable, I think the Bengals would gladly part ways with him and get some sort of value for him. Regardless of your personal views, there are many franchises that would love a receiver like him.
Again, I don't care about the NBA or Kobe Bryant.
The Patriots are my favorite team, but by no means am I a New England fan.
The problem with Kobe haters is that they don't like any notion that he challenges MJ's legacy. Not the best player in the NBA now? WHO is then?? Considering all the NBA coaches unanamously think kobe is and so do 90% of the players including LeBron James, Chris Paul and Kevin Garnett to name a few. I can see any argument placing Jordan 1 at the list but any argument that doesn't even have Kobe in a top 5 is flawed and biased. Larry Bird himself, on a radio show as recent as 2 weeks ago said Kobe is the best player in the NBA, one of the most prolific scorers of all time and the guy he wants to have the ball if the game was on the line. Magic Johnson thinks Kobe is the best player to play the game since Michael Jordan. Everybody seems to want to lie to you bleat_on. From someone who doesn't even care about the NBA why should I even bother offering a rebuttal to your silly argument.
PS...I agree that Chad is scrutinized more than he should be. This point is against Chad. I like Chad, I think he plays to win and has fun with the game he loves. I also know he is a hard worker. The Bengals don't want to trade Chad because they were so adamant about not trading him and now they have to hold firm on their word. This is an organization that is mixed up. After all, look at all the players of questionable character they deal with. Carson Palmer has completely turned his back on Chad and it would be foolish to keep him there wasting the opportunity to get a lot of value for him...then again we are talking about the Bungles.
