[Stardust]

I'm not a fan of Kobe but I don't deny him his status in the history of the game. He is where he is at in the history books because of his no non-sense attitude and his all business approach to the game. Before he came into his own, he took a backseat to the clown prince of basketball - Shaq. The Lakers decided to build their team around the serious assassin of Kobe versus the fun and games of Shaq.

The new clown prince of the league is D-Howard. He has stepped into the Superman gimmick and is constantly playing the game like he's on the playground with his boys. He loves to joke around with his opponents and makes the game fun for himself.

Both players are polar opposites in attitude, just like Kobe and Shaq were when the Lakers management decided to make Kobe the face of the Lakers. Now, the Shaw attitude is back. I'm not saying this team wont win, but this will fester with Kobe. We will see a replay of the dislike in each others approach that we saw with Kobe and Shaq and it will result in words that reach the LA media that indicates problems in Hollywood!