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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Kobe Booed on Home Court, Lakers Win Opener For Houston Los Angeles loses by two points, the margin provided when the Lakers' Kwame Brown and Luke Walton teamed up to tip a rebound into their own basket. The Jazz and the defending NBA Champion Spurs open with wins on Opening Night.

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Kind of makes him the A-Rod of the NBA. Nothing like your own fans booing (one of) the best players in your league.

Kind of makes him the A-Rod of the NBA. Nothing like your own fans booing (one of) the best players in your league. More like the A-Hole of the NBA. He deserved to get booed at home, and it sounded like all 19,000 were doing just that. I don't care what he was promised by the team, or who lied to him, or any of his complaints. He's being paid something like $30 mil a year, and he has complaints?? He told a reporter at halftime that the fans don't understand what's going on. Really?? Fans aren't stupid. If you don't want to play here, so be it. It's a .500 team even with Kobe, and I think most Laker fans have already moved on. See ya, Kobe. What really sucks is, we lose one A-Hole, and are probably getting another, only this one swings a bat.

Even though registration is free to the LA Times, could we change the FPP link to one where i don't have to sign up? Just wondering.

I also heard later in the game, many in the crowd were chanting MVP as Kobe closed in on his, what was it, 44 or 45 points.

It's a .500 team even with Kobe Kobe's the reason that they're at least a .500 team. I also heard later in the game, many in the crowd were chanting MVP Yeah they did. It's funny to see these so-called fans switch their mind frame about Kobe so quickly since he is the only reason that team is at least competitive.

He's being paid something like $30 mil a year, and he has complaints?? Why would you want to pay $19 million (not $30 mil) to a player that is fine with the paycheck, but doesn't care about winning?

The fans may have just been applying simple psychology to Kobe. Booing bad behavior (being a jerk and malcontent) and chanting good things for good behavior (scoring points). That's a pretty simple message but I bet he doesn't get it either.

The fans may have just been applying simple psychology to Kobe. Well, leave it to people from L.A. to apply psychology. This may be a case where experience comes in handy.

Kobe can't do it all himself, he just thinks he can.

This will happen all year. 45-50 for Kobe and losing....get him out.

More like the A-Hole of the NBA. How is he an ass-hole!? He's a great player looking for a way out of an organization that refuses to build its team around him. He's been waiting for them to bring in some players to complement him. I say he's right. He;s BETTER than a-rod in that all a-rod wants is money...kobe is looking for a championship! he's a winner.

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