So many debatable points you raise...and it seems perhaps you and i are watching a different era and parallel universe of pro basketball. Perhaps you know Kobe Bryant personally, perhaps he rubbed you the wrong way back at Temple...as i mentioned, if i don't know someone personally, in particular a celebrity, i will not pass judgement nor assume until i witness for myself. You'd be surprised how many other ballplayers, including the ones you just mentioned, past and present are really no different from Kobe, both on and off the court.

And M. Jackson was "not the only one for Pop music at that time".,.but that's a whole other topic...it was an analogy.