The Kobe Bryant fairwell tour makes its only stop of the year in the Alamo City. Potential Danny Green bounce-back game?
For reasons both on the court and off, Kobe Bryant has been one of the least sympathetic figures in the basketball world for nearly 20 years. More than a human being or even a basketball player, he's been an absolute (or just an absolute a-hole if you ask Smush Parker) -- an imperfect, unflinching brand that divided opinions like few other athletes have or will.
Takes on Kobe are maybe less binary among Spurs fans, who fashioned those glorious 'Lakers Suck' T-shirts through the 2000s and saw the two teams alternate Finals appearances throughout the Big Three era.