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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 .
Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (/ ʃ ə ˈ k iː l / shə-KEEL; born March 6, 1972), known commonly as Shaq (/ ʃ æ k / SHAK), is an American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA.
"Shaq & Kobe" is a song by American rappers Rick Ross and Meek Mill, released on September 29, 2023 as the lead single from their collaborative studio album Too Good to Be True (2023). It was produced by Fresh Ayr and D-Mo.
Shaquille O'Neal * C 19 21% Los Angeles Lakers (2000, 2001, 2002) Miami Heat [43] Manu Ginóbili * G 16 25% San Antonio Spurs (2003, 2005, 2007, 2014) [44] Tony Parker * G 18 22% [45] LeBron James ^ F 21 19% Miami Heat (2012, 2013) Cleveland Cavaliers Los Angeles Lakers [46] Stephen Curry ^ G 15 27% Golden State Warriors (2015, 2017, 2018, 2022)
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 ]
[364] [365] [366] According to sportswriter Mark Heisler of Forbes, "circa 2004–2007, Kobe was the most alienated superstar the NBA had ever seen." [367] After the departure of Shaquille O'Neal, he led the Lakers to two NBA championships; during this period, Bryant became more of a mentor to his teammates than he had been earlier in his career.
Shaquille O'Neal recorded 35 points and 14 rebounds as the Lakers took a narrow win over the visiting Mavericks, 108–106. [82] On their last game of the century and year 1999, the Lakers won their tenth straight game, after defeating the visiting Suns, 103–88, thanks to Shaquille O'Neal's performance of 27 points, 19 rebounds, 7 assists and ...
The 2002 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2001–02 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs.The best-of-seven playoff was contested between the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers (who were also two-time defending NBA champion), and the Eastern Conference champion New Jersey Nets.