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It seems there is an anti-Lakers bias going around these days, just like with the Yankees.
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These days? How long have you been following the NBA? By my count the Lakers have been the most hated team for at least a decade, and it would be 3 decades in a row if they weren't so irrelavent in the 90's. LA is either the biggest, or right behind Miami as the biggest bandwagoning cities of them all, so most normal sports fans despise the fact cities where people only go when the team is successful get to enjoy any success. Like being a Cowboys or Yankees fan, it simply comes with the territory.
As to Kobe being a leader, it's about degrees. For how he used to be, I suppose he's a much better leader. But I could think of probably 30 better leaders currently in the NBA, and more than 100 ever. For how great a player he was, he's leadership skills simply do not match up well. He's an A as a player and a C+ as a leader.