While there is NBA Free Agency fiasco going on, Kobe Bryant wanted to create some headlines today of his own. 18 years ago today, the Black Mamba was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets in the 1996 NBA Draft, but was then traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for Vlade Divac.
Bryant thanked the Hornets while dissing them at the same time for trading him to the Lakers:
https://twitter.com/kobebryant/status/484037007833051136
He added the following photo to Instagram with the same caption:
Hilarious.