Kobe would have done the same thing.

In the end, nba players are still greedy millionaires which basketball is their main source of income.

Kobe was always 100% focused on the game of basketball (his job). He doesn't get his feet wet in social issues and politics.
during Kobe's 20 year career, I've never heard him mention anything other than basketball and winning championships

So he would of folded too

i think he would've just let NBA decide. Which means yes, NBA folded.

So nba folded, not lebron

NBA and owners brought out the whips and LeFraud was Uncle Tom

The key difference is that LeBron constantly espouses horrendously ignorant political views that he doesn't actually believe in (presumably to sell merch and lay the groundwork for staying relevant after NBA), and as ciroc already mentioned, Kobe wasn't political

You aren't folding if you didn't pretend to care in the first place

You have to agree that it brought massive amounts of attention to the world. I say mission accomplished.

politics in sports

you know its going down

The avg IQ?
Yeh is plummetting