and the drama begins...

i knew the lakers would have drama in the off-season as a result of them losing the championship... i just didn't realize it would involve former laker, shaquille o'neal, taunting kobe bryant in a very awful rap as obtained by tmz.com and which i got from youtube below.


while shaq apparently issued a statement to espn saying that there was "no issue at all" and that he was just being a "funny freestyler," the rap was neither funny nor artistically good (um, just listen to it).

i am a laker fan but not necessarily a kobe fan. but, come on now. yeah it is true that kobe didn't win the championship for the lakers. after all, the lakers had 1 all star v. the celtics' 3. the lakers weren't even a contender for the championship until after the all star break and the lakers acquired pau gasol. so while it is true that kobe has yet to win a championship without shaq, it is more a function of kobe's supporting cast. shaq, on the other hand, has been fortunate to have won his championship rings with, first, kobe, and second, dwayne wade.

so to me, the freestyle sounded more like spite for the lakers' decision to trade shaq.

let the drama continue...