Shaq back to the Lakers in 2010? Never had bad relationship with Kobe.

[Doggystylin]

O'Neal claimed he never really had a problem with Bryant and blamed Jackson for all the conflict on the championship-winning Lakers teams earlier this decade. O'Neal also didn't swat away a question about whether he'd return to the Lakers as a free agent in 2010 as Andrew Bynum's backup ("I don't like to think that far ahead, but anything could happen," he said).

Of course, O'Neal will be 38 by that time, and he might not have a huge supporter if Jackson is still the coach.

The last few days, Jackson found himself answering to O'Neal's latest views on the Bryant conflict.

The Lakers coach also launched a mild rebuttal to O'Neal's assertion that "it was all designed by Phil, because if you think about it, Phil never called us into the office and said, 'Both of you all, shut . . . up.' "

Said Jackson on Tuesday: "I think we did one time. It was maybe after the first championship. It was just about, 'We're about winning, right?' "

In an unpredictably weird twist, the Suns center on Wednesday denied he criticized Jackson.

"America, don't always believe what you read," O'Neal told reporters in Phoenix.

"It just wouldn't be right to say that now, 10 years later. On the record, Phil has always done right by me. Great guy, he always took care of me. We won championships and it would be idiotic of me to say something bad about him now."

O'Neal also added his latest take on Bryant, going against the historically backed belief that they feuded.

O'Neal said Wednesday he and Bryant could have won "probably eight" championships together and that they "never had a bad relationship."

"If I see him and his family in a restaurant, it's, 'Hello Mr. Bryant, hello Ms. Bryant, hello little babies . . . ' " O'Neal said.

O'Neal's musings from last week didn't draw any eye-opening reactions from the Lakers.

Bryant clammed up, comparing himself to Tiger Woods' bland approach with the media and saying, "You're not going to get anything out of me but plain vanilla."

Derek Fisher simply tilted his head back and laughed loudly when the subject of O'Neal someday returning to the Lakers was brought up. (Fisher and O'Neal are still friends.)



http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-lakers20-2008nov20,0,72277.story?page=2

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

O'Neal claimed he never really had a problem with Bryant and blamed Jackson for all the conflict on the championship-winning Lakers teams earlier this decade. O'Neal also didn't swat away a question about whether he'd return to the Lakers as a free agent in 2010 as Andrew Bynum's backup ("I don't like to think that far ahead, but anything could happen," he said).

Of course, O'Neal will be 38 by that time, and he might not have a huge supporter if Jackson is still the coach.

The last few days, Jackson found himself answering to O'Neal's latest views on the Bryant conflict.

The Lakers coach also launched a mild rebuttal to O'Neal's assertion that "it was all designed by Phil, because if you think about it, Phil never called us into the office and said, 'Both of you all, shut . . . up.' "

Said Jackson on Tuesday: "I think we did one time. It was maybe after the first championship. It was just about, 'We're about winning, right?' "

In an unpredictably weird twist, the Suns center on Wednesday denied he criticized Jackson.

"America, don't always believe what you read," O'Neal told reporters in Phoenix.

"It just wouldn't be right to say that now, 10 years later. On the record, Phil has always done right by me. Great guy, he always took care of me. We won championships and it would be idiotic of me to say something bad about him now."

O'Neal also added his latest take on Bryant, going against the historically backed belief that they feuded.

O'Neal said Wednesday he and Bryant could have won "probably eight" championships together and that they "never had a bad relationship."

"If I see him and his family in a restaurant, it's, 'Hello Mr. Bryant, hello Ms. Bryant, hello little babies . . . ' " O'Neal said.

O'Neal's musings from last week didn't draw any eye-opening reactions from the Lakers.

Bryant clammed up, comparing himself to Tiger Woods' bland approach with the media and saying, "You're not going to get anything out of me but plain vanilla."

Derek Fisher simply tilted his head back and laughed loudly when the subject of O'Neal someday returning to the Lakers was brought up. (Fisher and O'Neal are still friends.)



http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-lakers20-2008nov20,0,72277.story?page=2

Shaq is bipolar.

[GangstaBoogy]

"He wasn't welcomed in the first place, how we welcome him back?" - Un Kasa

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

LMAO...Barkley just called Shaq out on TNT and told him to "let it go".


Someone needs to up a clip of that.

[thisoneguy360]

Lol Shaq misses Kobe

[OchoCinco]

O'Neal claimed he never really had a problem with Bryant and blamed Jackson for all the conflict on the championship-winning Lakers teams earlier this decade. O'Neal also didn't swat away a question about whether he'd return to the Lakers as a free agent in 2010 as Andrew Bynum's backup ("I don't like to think that far ahead, but anything could happen," he said).

Of course, O'Neal will be 38 by that time, and he might not have a huge supporter if Jackson is still the coach.

The last few days, Jackson found himself answering to O'Neal's latest views on the Bryant conflict.

The Lakers coach also launched a mild rebuttal to O'Neal's assertion that "it was all designed by Phil, because if you think about it, Phil never called us into the office and said, 'Both of you all, shut . . . up.' "

Said Jackson on Tuesday: "I think we did one time. It was maybe after the first championship. It was just about, 'We're about winning, right?' "

In an unpredictably weird twist, the Suns center on Wednesday denied he criticized Jackson.

"America, don't always believe what you read," O'Neal told reporters in Phoenix.

"It just wouldn't be right to say that now, 10 years later. On the record, Phil has always done right by me. Great guy, he always took care of me. We won championships and it would be idiotic of me to say something bad about him now."

O'Neal also added his latest take on Bryant, going against the historically backed belief that they feuded.

O'Neal said Wednesday he and Bryant could have won "probably eight" championships together and that they "never had a bad relationship."

"If I see him and his family in a restaurant, it's, 'Hello Mr. Bryant, hello Ms. Bryant, hello little babies . . . ' " O'Neal said.

O'Neal's musings from last week didn't draw any eye-opening reactions from the Lakers.

Bryant clammed up, comparing himself to Tiger Woods' bland approach with the media and saying, "You're not going to get anything out of me but plain vanilla."

Derek Fisher simply tilted his head back and laughed loudly when the subject of O'Neal someday returning to the Lakers was brought up. (Fisher and O'Neal are still friends.)



http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-lakers20-2008nov20,0,72277.story?page=2

Shaq is bipolar.

lmao i was just bout to come in here and say that shaq is like the game and his bi-polarness. And i guess he just did that whole rap song about kobe for laughs and no aparent reason. shaq needs to get his shit straight

[7even]

If he wasn't pushed to say that, then that's pathetic. Barkley spits the real.