TAMPA — José Caballero is the kind of player you despise if you are playing against him.

He knows it — embraces it, in fact.

“I’m trying to make them hate me,” Caballero said. “I don’t want them to like me. I’m just trying to mess with them. I don’t want them to have the full attention on what they’re doing. I’d rather them have a little more attention on me and try to hate me.”

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And then, when he is on your team, well, all of that can quickly change.