Quote Originally Posted by heyhey
it's the oedipal complex, Lebron and Wade both spent their adolescent years watching Kobe tearing up the league. So Kobe's their metaphorical father and they get to the league wanting to tear him down. But they realize they can't so they band together.

For Lebron, the hatred is even deeper because his real father left him. So that displaced anger is transferred onto Kobe.
Deep.