Westbrook was never one of my favorite players during most of his prime, but seeing how Westbrook has handled his last few years helped me gain a lot of respect for him.
Sure he never was the lead guy on a championship team, but his competitiveness is amazing. He played his best through all the Lakers drama. Westbrook also put up 37 in a playoff game in the most recent playoffs. I’m quite a huge fan of this late-career Westbrook.
Kobe - when I first started following the NBA as a kid, Kobe was the player I liked to root against. Near the end of his career I had nothing but love for him.
I actually had the exact opposite feelings about Kobe - I loved the #8 kid with hair playing as Shaq’s Robin, but I always thought bald black mamba rapist #24 Kobe was the most overrated player in sports.
Yeah, people just kind of forgot about that little “incident”.