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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 .
The Lakers were looking to trade their starting center Vlade Divac for a player's draft rights to free up salary cap space to make an offer to free-agent center Shaquille O'Neal. Bill Branch, the Charlotte Hornets' head scout at the time, said that the Hornets agreed to trade their No. 13 pick to the Lakers the day before the draft. Before the ...
The Lakers had the eighth best team defensive rating in the NBA. ... Kobe Bryant (19) Shaquille O'Neal (10) Nick Van Exel (5) Great Western Forum 17,505 1–2 4
The 2010 championship marks the 16th NBA championship in Lakers franchise history. The Lakers would claim their first championship led by LeBron James and Anthony Davis in 2020 after defeating the Miami Heat, marking the 17th and tying the Celtics. The list is composed of players who played at least one BAA/NBA game for the Lakers franchise.
Five years ago on Sunday, the basketball world lost a giant. On Jan. 26, 2020, Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others died in a tragic helicopter crash outside of Los Angeles.
The dynamic "Shaq-and-Kobe" era ended when the Lakers traded away O'Neal after the team lost to the Detroit Pistons in the 2004 Finals. It was not until the Lakers traded for Pau Gasol that Bryant and Jackson returned to the NBA Finals, losing to the Celtics in 2008 but winning championships in 2009 and 2010 .
The game featured four all-stars from the Los Angeles Lakers. This was the first All-Star game to feature both Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan. Jordan would come out of retirement once more in 2001 and play two more seasons (earning All-Star selections both years) for the Washington Wizards. In 1998, Michael Jordan led all the players in All ...
The NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player [1] (MVP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given to the player(s) voted best of the annual All-Star Game. The award was established in 1953 when NBA officials decided to designate an MVP for each year's game.