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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.
Los Angeles also signed free-agent and former Magic Center Shaquille O'Neal. [71] Trading for Bryant was West's idea, and he was influential in the team's signing of the all-star center. [72] "Jerry West is the reason I came to the Lakers", O'Neal later said. [73] They used their 24th pick in the draft to select Derek Fisher. [74]
I've never seen him have those meltdowns," O'Neal said, adding that he would welcome a second season focused on the Shaq and Kobe Bryant-led Lakers, who won three straight championships starting ...
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 ]
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 ]
Shaq is high on the Los Angeles Lakers if they end up getting the eighth seed in the NBA Playoffs. The Lakers are currently ninth in the Western Conference with a 31-42 record. They’re 3.5 games ...
Shaquille O'Neal says he wasn't going to mention Dwight Howard's name again, only to trash him a day later. The ex-Laker centers who used the 'Superman' nickname are beefing again.