After losing in this year's finals to the Dallas Mavericks, LeBron has forcefully come down to earth and the constant criticism from fans and the media haven't stopped. But when the entire world seemed to have teamed up on King James, Kobe Bryant unexpectedly tells everyone to "lay off the kid."
In a recent interview with ESPN, Kobe told the media, "I've gotten to know him pretty well, playing with the Olympic team, and I think they just need to back off him and just let him play and let him live his life and let him make his decisions and let him mature as a player."
Before all you newly converted "LeBron haters" alongside the already largely amassed group of original "LeBron haters" come out and question Kobe for his antics, I assure you, it's nothing more than it seems. Kobe is simply telling the media and fans to lay off LeBron a bit—however difficult it may be.
Now this may have been understandable for anyone else not named Kobe, but the fact is, LeBron's biggest competitor was the one to come out and say such a thing—not Erik Spoelstra, not Dwyane Wade, and certainly not any Miami Heat fan; it was Kobe and Kobe alone.
What Kobe has essentially done is comparable to Rocky becoming friends with Apollo Creed, Harry Potter helping Draco Malfoy and any other movie in which good and evil end up teaming together. The bottom line is, Kobe stood up for arguably the most hated men in basketball, and on top of that, the player is someone has arguably taken some of the spotlight away from Kobe himself—some even going as f...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Los Angeles Lakers
