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No correlation.
Would there be this amount of hate if he wasn't on the team w/ the best record in the regular season?
Clearly, winning isn't the only factor.
We weren't over saturated with images of those players the way we have been with Kobe and LeBron. Still, Dirk and AI had haters coming after them thoseseasons.
It's just hard to remember the hate on Dirk because he played all of zero playoff games as the MVP.
AI felt the love for a season, but fans have just been doing all they can to prop him up in comparison to Kobe since then.
Think about it, there are no "cocky" fans or conspiracy theories if Kobe and 'Bron aren't on the best teams.