So who did you or do you currently still enjoy hating the most? 1. Karl Malone 2. John Stockton 3. Shawn Kemp 4. Gary Payton 5. Dirk Nowitzki honorary mentions: Boozer, Larry Bird, Charles Barkley, Detlef Schrempf, Kobe Bryant
I hated Seattle but never really Payton/Kemp. Now Karl, Ellis, McMillan, and sometimes Hawkins and Shempf I hated.
This list begins and ends with Karl Malone for me. I actually kind of liked/respected those Sonics in the 90's.
i started watching nba around 1999 so I do not really hate karl malone or stockton, or payton/ kemp, however I do hate the lakers for last year's 2009 semifinal playoff series especially kobe and fisher and his dirty elbows and kobe for kneeing battier on the face! I also yet the deron williams/ boozer jazz teams of 2007/08 for knocking rox out playoffs. I think rox did well in 1990s winning two titles.
Why must we hate n players that beaten us? I personally hate Andrei Kirilenko because of his lame flops
Can't really hate Shawn Kemp, the man was a worthy adversary. Same goes for Kobe Bryant (see his YouTube video about enlisting Hakeem's help). Karl Malone on the other hand gets my vote. Despise(d) that guy.
How about Kobe or Tracy McGrady? Dirk shouldn't be on there, he's an accomplished guy who isn't worth hating or liking.
As much as I despise the Mavs, I find it hard to hate on Dirk after reading his ESPN magazine article. http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/insider/news/story?id=4820406 *flame suit on*
kobe's not a rival, our teams havnt faced each other enough. i dont think anyone considers t-mac a rival. he's been a joke the past 3 years :grin: