[Porsche-O-Phile]

Kobe is a talented player but I just can't like the guy no matter how much I try. There's a BIG difference between being confident in one's abilities and an arrogant jackass. Kobe is the latter. He constantly expects to have championships handed to him and the Lakers "just because". And even worse, he uses it as an excuse to play way below his abilities half the time. Honestly I think at his core the Lakers are a very lazy team and only work hard when they have to. They do not play at the level expected of a championship team all the time. They do it when they feel like it or when the other team doesn't just roll over for them. Gotta' hard time respecting that.

A champion brings UP the level of play in their opponents. This is not the case with the Lakers - they allow the level of their play to be brought DOWN by their opponents. They only do the minimum required. They do not set the bar, they allow it to be set for them.

I'd love to see Denver win this. I think C. Anthony has three times the class Kobe does any day of the week - and he plays his heart out each and every night, all season long.

Whether the matchup ends up being LeBron vs. Kobe Bryant or LeBron vs. Anthony, it'll be good.

A Denver/Orlando final wouldn't be terribly interesting, IMHO. It'd be like getting the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the World Series.