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It's finally official: Blame Kobe
7even:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=aldridge_david&id=1848060
Shaq shot down Kobe's belief that they could've coexisted on the Lakers.
In a telephone interview, O'Neal said that he didn't think Bryant ever appealed to Lakers management to keep the team together, though Bryant maintained at a news conference earlier this month that he could have played with O'Neal next season. And O'Neal made it clear that he believes Bryant wanted him out of Los Angeles.
"Be careful what you wish for, buddy," O'Neal said several times during the 15-minute conversation.
Asked if Bryant ever lobbied for him or for Phil Jackson, O'Neal said, "Probably not. I think he would have made it vocal. He never said anything, Magic (Johnson, the Hall of Famer and Lakers' minority owner) never said anything. Nobody ever said anything. They're having a press conference, and I'm at home eating cereal, and I see Phil's getting fired. And then Mitch (Kupchak, the general manager) had his little press conference. I knew things were going to be different. I'm loyal to Phil. I couldn't see myself playing for Mike Krzyzewski."
O'Neal said that he thought Jackson would retire after the season, and went to Lakers management during the season with the idea of hiring Rudy Tomjanovich as head coach if Jackson decided to call it quits. O'Neal says he never heard from anyone about Tomjanovich or George Karl, whom O'Neal says was his second choice to replace Jackson.
Asked what he thought about the Lakers now, O'Neal said, "I think it's very funny. We are the No. 1 team, and instead of keeping the No. 1 team, they break it up and we have to start over ... and the Lakers traded the Diesel and got Vlade Divac.
KING VerbalAssaulta:
kobe asked for it now he got it...now he can watch his career go down the tube with it
white Boy:
fuck kobe
Now_Im_Not_Banned:
I still don't see why we should blame Kobe...Shaq is the one who decided to leave. ::)
RXL:
Blame him for what? ^^is right, it was Shaq's decision.
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