Dunno if that was necessarily a response to my comment, but to make it clear to everyone on MY end, I'm just not all that surprised by the Kobe shout out. 2K Sports has been pretty tight with OS for a while now, and having the cover boy (who is paid by the company) promote the game, it doesn't surprise me that 2K would ask their cover boy to make a short video for the fans here.
Same reason why I wouldn't have been surprised if Dwight Howard made a video from EA promoting confidence in the game to OS members as well. Good to see Steve getting the respect he deserves, NOW SHOW SOME DANG GAMEPLAY VIDEOS 2K! LOL.