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A new era…a better eraWe’ve bashed Kobe Bryant pretty consistantly since coming onboard here, and even we were somewhat touched to see him and Shaq make up last night, even if it was probably fairly superficial. It was nice though, and on top of that, we got to see a good game.

Charley Rosen is a different story, though. He took the opportunity this morning to lay out everything bad about the Lakers, Shaq, last night’s game, tomorrow’s games, the Holocaust, Fruit Roll-ups, global warming, and American Idol. His greatest scorn, as always, is left for poor Kobe, who was dominant, AND whose team won the game.

At the same time, [Kobe’s] defense is getting worse and worse. He reacted passively to every screen set in his vicinity — making no effort to get through, get over, or even get under. Whenever possible, Kobe leaned into the passing lanes. If he did intercept one pass, he also lost a pair of gambles that directly led to one basket scored by the bad guys as well as a foul being called on Kwame Brown.

Throughout the game, Wade obliterated Bryant’s faux defense on fourteen separate occasions.

Fourteen separate occasions? That’s a lot we guess, but who counts “occasions on which Dwyane Wade obliterates the opponent’s faux defense”? Is that a stat?

How about this one? We counted Rosen’s entire writing resume, and 154% of the articles were about hating Kobe Bryant. That’s not even possible, so you can see how serious it is.