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The Shaq–Kobe feud was the conflict between National Basketball Association (NBA) players Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, who played together for the Los Angeles Lakers from 1996–2004. O'Neal and Bryant won three consecutive NBA championships ( 2000 , 2001 , 2002 ), and made an additional NBA Finals appearance in 2004 .
[123] Mark Madsen, a Lakers teammate of O'Neal's for three years, found it amusing since "everyone in the league tries to flop on Shaq and Shaq never flops back." [ 124 ] In a 2006 interview in TIME , O'Neal said if he were NBA commissioner, he would "Make a guy have to beat a guy—not flop and get calls and be nice to the referees and kiss ass."
The Lakers had a star-studded lineup that included offseason acquisitions Karl Malone and Gary Payton as well as mainstays Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal. Malone and Payton were perennial All-Stars ; Payton had led the Seattle SuperSonics to the Finals in 1996 , while Malone's Utah Jazz reached the Finals in 1997 and 1998 . [ 17 ]
With the help of Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, and Hall of Fame coach Phil Jackson, the Lakers played in seven NBA Finals between 2000 and 2010, winning three of them consecutively from 2000 to 2002, losing the next two in 2004 and 2008, and winning in 2009 and 2010; the last three appearances were without O'Neal.
Shaquille O’Neal, who got his NBA start with the Magic, ... O’Neal then left the Magic after the 1995-96 season for the Los Angeles Lakers, where he won three NBA titles. He later spent time ...
Los Angeles also signed free-agent Shaquille O'Neal. [151] Trading for Bryant was West's idea, and he was influential in the team's signing of the all-star center. [152] "Jerry West is the reason I came to the Lakers", O'Neal later said. [153] They used their 24th pick in the draft to select Derek Fisher. [154]
Shaquille O’Neal’s Real Estate Shaq has a number of properties he’s accumulated over the years, including a Florida mansion he bought for $4 million back in 1993. He’s now trying to sell ...
The Lakers shot better, but so did the Spurs as Los Angeles lost 102–91. Jordan Hill returned and played for the first time since his injury in January. [ 192 ] However, Blake left the game after injuring his right hamstring and was declared out indefinitely. [ 191 ]