 Los Angelinos, didn't view LeBron as a Laker. They still don't. LeBron plays for the Lakers. He's not a Laker. It's a Kobe Bryant town. Why? Because no matter what you think of Kobe Bryant, because I'll just be honest, there was a lot of times in Kobe's NBA career, I didn't like him as a player. I thought he was selfish. He was arrogant. Remember, there was a bunch of different stages to Kobe.