Shaq to Kobe: "Because I had you, I was able to chill out every summer"

[KravenMorehead™]

All of that is nice stuff and he gets his due for that. But the fact remains that the Laker era he ushered in is defined by Kobe because he chose for it to be that way. He didn’t have to be a dikk towards Kobe his rookie year but he was, he didn’t have to be unprofessional and lazy but he was, Shaq had a lot to do with fukkin up his legacy with the Lakers. Doesn’t take away from the positives, but no one that was a fan of the Lakers back then gon forget the bullshyt.

You're right. I forgot about that time Shaq ratted a teammate for his personal transgressions.

Maybe if Shaq wasn’t such a self absorbed piece of shyt he could’ve took a young and dumb Kobe under his wing and teach him some things about interrogations since he’s a cop.

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[hayesc0]

Shaqs opinion changes with who he likes at the moment last few years him and kobe have had a bromance. I know kobe stans gonna eat this up though.

 

[Supreme365]

Shaq is better because he beat up on fat white canadian or a scrub african while kobe had to carry them past the blazers, spurs, mavericks brahs

you do realize that shaq always had the tougher matchups...while shaq was going toe to toe with D.rob and Duncan kobe was battling it out with Doug Christie and Antoinio Daniels

 

[King Poetic]

And the man, the myth, the legend Dr. Buss knew all along while some of u nikkas was in diapers Kobe was the one to keep

 

[McPiff]

 

[madness]

Kobe stans are mentally ill

basically. kobe stans will be old heads one day, lying to the future generation of kids that shaq was pippen to kobe's jordan. good thing all the kids have to do is look up shaq's highlights and look up his stats and they'll see what the truth is

 

[prophecypro]

What do you mean? Kobe was on the Lakers before Shaq joined the team.

Guess you can say the trade of Kobe for Divac was done in design to clear room at centre and cap space to sign Shaq in the summer of 96.

 

[mr. smoke weed]

You guys are idiots. There's video footage of all this shyt.

 

[mr. smoke weed]

Actually this is true. Technically.

Though it makes absolutely no difference as far as the impact Shaq had in changing the landscape of the western conference, the doors it opened for Lakers players to operate on the floor, getting Phil Jackson, and Kobe’s overall development.

On 3 teams with 3 supremely talented athletes (Hardaway, Bryant, and Wade), it was Shaq’s dominance that allowed them to flourish. And without Shaq, each of them went on to rather modest personal achievements while wearing themselves out trying to fill Shaq’s void. Hardaway never did become as successful without him. And both Bryant and Wade would have followed suit had they not been given Gasol, James and Bosh.

The Big Diesel’s impact cannot be overstated.
That people merely “like” Kobe or the aesthetics of his game will never change that.

Why even bother with more than a sentence? This board could be called KobeLand and nobody would notice a difference. Anyone who has a non emotional data driven conversation about the subject will arrive at the same conclusion.

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

“Foundations” Kobe haters got a new one I see

Dudes are pathetic with the hate.

 

[kingest_kong]

Say what you want about his laziness, but I watched those 4 final trips for the Lakers and Shaq balled his ass off in every single one of those finals.

 

[Danie84]

Diesel always starting the seaon out on on his Larry HOLMES Garden shyt

 

[FreshAIG]

“Bu bu but Shaq carried him to those 3 rings brehs”

He did tho. He just didn't have to work as hard, Kobe had to work harder. Shaq put in minimal effort and was the superior player.

 

[75 Others]

Be lazy yet still get league MVP, scoring title, 3 FMVPs while the supposed "Batman" gets the praise going off against Mario Elie, Derek Anderson, and Antonio Daniels brehs

 

[75 Others]

He did tho. He just didn't have to work as hard, Kobe had to work harder. Shaq put in minimal effort and was the superior player.

Wait Kobe worked harder going against shytty guards while Shaq was matched up with DUncan, Robinson, Sheed, KG.......