I'm in. I would rather see Kobe win #6 than the ambiguously gay trio win next year.

I'm pro Kobe for sure. I think the Heat will be interesting to watch, but I'll be really surprised if this team can beat LA next year. LA plays well together, and they know where to go when they need a bucket.

i've got no reason to openly cheer against the heat. none of those guys did anything to me.

so three buddies wanted to play ball together and jumped at the chance to do so. who cares if their plans differed from your wishes?

Sorry. It's the Spurs or bust for me.

I'm going to root for them! Go Bron!

I'm anti-rapist, pro Miami 3 if you have to compare the two.

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none of those guys did anything to me.

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Kobe never did anything to me. He doesn't even know I exist. Yet, I still don't particularly like him.

I'm curious to see how this experiment plays out. I don't really give two ****s about Cleveland, so I can't say I'm bitter about the core decision. However, this entire fabricated drama (this thing was done LONG ago) has taken attention hoaring to a new level, so I probably will find myself rooting against.

Overall, I'm a fan of watching trainwrecks, and this thing not actually working would definitely fit the bill as a trainwreck. So I'll be hoping for a wreck to watch.

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I hate the Lakers too much. The heat are definitely my second least favorite team now...but thats for more mavericks related reasons than anything

My two favorite teams are the Bulls and whoever is playing Miami.

GS- but did you cheer against kobe before the allegations and trial?

clearly, a lot of people now cheer against kobe because of his very public extra-marital affair. while that wasn't done "to you", he did something that you find morally or legally objectionable and you want to cheer against him. that's different, at least to me, than cheering against lebron because he's an egomaniac, ripped out the hearts of cleveland fans, or is "trying to gravy train" to a title.

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GS- but did you cheer against kobe before the allegations and trial?

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Yep. I always thought he was an ass.

i did too and i actually agree.

but what i find odd is that everybody is crucifying lebron for not wanting to be "the man" and not being like kobe.

BUT MOST PEOPLE OUTSIDE LA DON'T LIKE KOBE ANYWAY

look, lebron made his bed by flirting with so many teams. no matter what he said last night, fans in 5 cities were going to be upset with him. now, the fallout would've been less had he stayed in cleveland. but the best way for lebron to have saved face during this process was to announce almost immediately that he wanted to play with wade and bosh and whatever team offered the best chance to do that would be the front-runner. at least if that was really his plan all along.

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i've got no reason to openly cheer against the heat. none of those guys did anything to me.

so three buddies wanted to play ball together and jumped at the chance to do so. who cares if their plans differed from your wishes?

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+1

Not to mention that is going to be some pretty badass basketball with those 3 together.

a pretty badass Hoop-It-Up team. What kind of NBA team it shakes out to be, especially under playoff intensity, is TBD.

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Amen.

I don't dislike any of them and they should be fun to watch so I won't openly root against them, at least not anything like the Lakers in the Malone/Payton years.

However, part of me would like to see them fall short of winning it all. If it's the Heat and Lakers in the finals, I'm not sure who I'd root for yet.