I don't need to explain to the billions of (daily) readers that I am a die hard Lakers (and Kobe) fan. I have stuck with them (him) through the good: 3 championships, scoring titles, 81 point games, and the bad: not winning a playoff series in 3 years, departure of Shaq, an alleged rape case, rarely in-sync with the rest of the team, etc…

On Wed, May 30th, 2007, Kobe said "I would like to be traded, yeah," on 1050 ESPN Radio in New York, hosted by Steven A. Smith. Later that day, Kobe told AM570, the Lakers Radio Syndicate in LA, that he "would like to be a Laker for life. " An hour later, he told the LA Times, "I would like to be traded."

Over the the next 24 hours, (hmm coincidence?) Kobe had brought all of the sports attention upon himself. I didn't blog it. I didn't really give it much thought. I figured he was mad at the front office. Supposedly, some "insider" said he was responsible for driving Shaq away. Steven A. Smith asked Shaq and he said "no way, it was 100% Buss." But let's not forget Kobe said "I should have paid her off, like Shaq does" to the detectives when being interrogated for alleged rape. That's the kind of guy he is.

Yesterday, reports of Kobe meeting with Dr. Buss (Lakers owner) in Spain took place and Kobe said he is adamant on being traded. This morning, MSNBC reported Kobe had "bloged" about wanting to be traded. I went to KB24.com and clicked on the news. A post, dated, June 17th, 2007 reads "The Truth: A new road ahead." What I find particularly interesting (infuriating) is this post is from May 30th. How do I know? I read it…on May 30th. If you look at the second paragraph, the line "this week to have someone 'inside' the Laker organization try to blame me in the media for us not being a contender right now.." indicates "this week." That Lakers insider thing happened the week of May 30th, before Kobe spoke on the radio. That's what started all this, remember?

So Kobe decided to up his drama. He woke up on Father's Day, did what ever Kobe does on Sunday morning, and then changed the date of an old blog post to today. I wonder if he called the Associated Press himself? This ridiculous (ridonkulous) PR Campaign is so narcissistic it's as if Kobe is dating Spencer Pratt. Seriously, doode! If you want the world to talk about Kobe, go drop 81. Take the Lakers to the finals, like the old days. Win a Championship. Actually play in the Olympic qualifying games you committed to this summer. Start a charity. Recycle aluminum. Pick up cigarette butts. Go do something constructive. Please stop bitching…every day…about being traded. Please stop being the douche of every day!