I agree. Not to the point of him saying "I'm going to hit this guy in the face" but when his game gets frustrated, like it has been recently, he starts playing with more zeal and tries to create a lot more space. Either way, I'm tired of all the people decrying him for being too rough in their "pure" game of basketball.
There's just all this flat-out hatred for him out there... I still don't get it. People are waiting to jump on him at every turn, and he's not even winning games anymore. I don't like Kobe either. But even though nobody in the country detests Kobe more than your average Blazers fan, I don't get it. The guys not even close to being the goon we make him out to be.