by John Levasseur and Steve Travers
Throughout the history of the NBA, there have been guys fans love to hate. This is true in all sports really, ask any NFL fan outside of Seattle what they think of Richard Sherman and you will see that fact as being self-evident. However, the NBA has always had players that garner stronger emotional reactions from fans than any other professional sport in America. The ire Sherman draws is nothing compared to what Kobe or LeBron have received over the years. To be completely fair to Sherman, Kobe was on trial for sexual assault at one point, while Sherman is an ivy-league grad with a big mouth. However Lebron was never embroiled in those kind of affairs.
Throughout the history of the NBA, there have been guys fans love to hate. This is true in all sports really, ask any NFL fan outside of Seattle what they think of Richard Sherman and you will see that fact as being self-evident. However, the NBA has always had players that garner stronger emotional reactions from fans than any other professional sport in America. The ire Sherman draws is nothing compared to what Kobe or LeBron have received over the years. To be completely fair to Sherman, Kobe was on trial for sexual assault at one point, while Sherman is an ivy-league grad with a big mouth. However Lebron was never embroiled in those kind of affairs.