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Shaq says Buss making excuses for siding with Kobe
Don Jacob:
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--- Quote from: Dat Nigga Ted aka Eri-Jordan on December 19, 2005, 08:28:21 PM ---
--- Quote from: Lakers Run L.A & Dubcc.com Sports Section :) on December 19, 2005, 08:19:55 PM ---Shaq didn't want to take a pay-cut.....THE END
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And yet he did in Miami. :grumpy:
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Heat 15-11 in the wackest conference and division.
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shaq being out had nothing to do with that record right?
acbaylove:
^ I didn't blame him. I said
--- Quote from: Antonio on December 21, 2005, 06:35:21 AM ---Shaq betta focus his energy on not having a record worse than those Lakers.
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wilz:
God damn u lakers fans that think kobe is god need to get a grip! face it you traded Shaq and your franchise went kinda sour, Miami's went good. Finally in the all star game East out played the West what was the difference this time round? oh yea the big fella. I think Kobe is an amazing talent but to think that he wasn't part of the reason shaw left is idiotic, because i'm sure he would have reached out to Shaq at all star game but niether of them did so there both big cry babies. unfortunately for you guys the Lakers came of worse
Juronimo:
--- Quote from: Don Jacob on December 19, 2005, 03:08:50 PM ---
--- Quote from: 7™ on December 19, 2005, 11:53:41 AM ---no matter what anybody says, the reason why he traded shaq in the first place was that he feared bryant wouldnt re-sign if he doesn't
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yea that's what it was all about IMO
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I agree, that's what happened pretty much.
Buss was in a tough position. Shaq was demanding 30 million a year despite a dropoff in performance. Kobe held the organization hostage with all the opt-out bullshit. The hate between the two was tearing apart the franchise. Buss had to make a choice and even though I didn't agree with it at first, Buss made the logical and the correct choice. That's why he's a multi-millionaire owner of a successful sprots froanchise and the rest of us just analyze on a message board.
Let's be real, there's no way in a million years Kobe would have re-signed if Shaq was extended, no way. That's why he opted out to begin with, to force the Lakers' hand.
Now_Im_Not_Banned:
^^That's all stipulation as far as I'm concerned. Kobe said he wouldn't mind ending his career alongside the big fella before Shaq requested the trade.
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