Shaq wouldn't have won us anything. Letting Shaq go cost us another two or three rings? Please...
And this has nothing to do with Kobe.
Oh yeah, and Shaq's Mr. Perfect right? He's 6 years older than Kobe, and certainly doesn't show any more maturity. Kobe came into the league as a teenager, and instead of being a "team leader," he'd isolate himself from Kobe and slap him around during summer practices. Yep, great leader. Tell me how a team leader habitually goes into camp every year fat and out of shape, and a team leader would take "company time" to heal an injury. Yeah, if I was Kobe I'd be pissed off too. How does my team captain, MY supposed team captain, show so little effort and basically does not even give a damn about working out and keeping his body in shape? As a professional athlete, the very least you can do is show up to training camp, your job, in shape.
Thank you for the link...now where in this does he say he raped her. He stated the obvious if you read it correctly. It can be interpreted as "She is taking me to court on a rape charge, therefore she must view the incident differently"
Yup Wade > Kobe
lol stop calling it a rant when I was just responding to your post.
Kobe didn't force anything. If Shaq actually acted like his age instead of being an immature brat as well, things could've been different. When Kobe was a rookie, Shaq had already been in the league for four years. It should be up to him to be the bigger man and actually take someone like Kobe under his wing, instead of isolating him from the team and slapping him around in practice. Not the other way around.
Yeah winning is important. But you don't think someone like Kobe, who works his ass off every offseason wouldn't get upset over someone coming into camp every year fat and out of shape? You don't think he'd be upset that the "man" of the team would rather take time off of the season to heal his injury, instead of doing it during the offseason because of "company time?" Kobe called out Shaq for being lazy and fat, which was basically one of the main instigators of the whole issue. And he has every right to do so. As a professional athlete, the least you can do is show up to your "job" ready and prepared. Something Shaq didn't do with the Lakers. So basically what you're saying is that Shaq should be seen higher than everyone else on the team, and unlike everyone else, he doesn't have to workout or get in shape during the offseason? He can just use the first 20 games of the regular season as "conditioning," or, after an offseason of no work, he can take an extra months worth of vacation to "heal" his toe, something he could've done during the offseason? Yeah, I'm sure that would bode well for someone like Kobe, who is one of the hardest working players in the entire league.
And again, what's the point? It happened four years ago, and Shaq only got a divorce this year. I'm sure there were other factors that came into play as well. Your making this seem like it was the MAIN reason Shaq got the divorce, and it wasn't. If it was, it would've been done years ago.
Yup Wade > Kobe
Happy?
I said Shaq can't do it alone (nobody can). He needs a superstar caliber player like Wade or Kobe to win the championship, something he wouldn't have if the Lakers chose him instead of Kobe. So who would you rather build around, a 32 year old aging player, who rarely takes the time to workout and get in shape in the offseason, with a bunch of scrubs, or a 25 year old player just entering his prime, with some pieces like Caron Butler and Lamar Odom around him? It's a no brainer. I'm sorry but I don't quite get what you're trying to say. Are you saying the Lakers should've picked Shaq instead of Kobe?
lol stop calling it a rant when I was just responding to your post.
And Shaq could've been more mature and he could've been the bigger man that he was, at 32 years old at the time, instead of feuding with a 25 year old Kobe Bryant. Something he never attempted to do even when Kobe entered the league as a teenager.
Kobe didn't force anything. If Shaq actually acted like his age instead of being an immature brat as well, things could've been different. When Kobe was a rookie, Shaq had already been in the league for four years. It should be up to him to be the bigger man and actually take someone like Kobe under his wing, instead of isolating him from the team and slapping him around in practice. Not the other way around.
Yeah winning is important. But you don't think someone like Kobe, who works his ass off every offseason wouldn't get upset over someone coming into camp every year fat and out of shape? You don't think he'd be upset that the "man" of the team would rather take time off of the season to heal his injury, instead of doing it during the offseason because of "company time?" Kobe called out Shaq for being lazy and fat, which was basically one of the main instigators of the whole issue. And he has every right to do so. As a professional athlete, the least you can do is show up to your "job" ready and prepared. Something Shaq didn't do with the Lakers. So basically what you're saying is that Shaq should be seen higher than everyone else on the team, and unlike everyone else, he doesn't have to workout or get in shape during the offseason? He can just use the first 20 games of the regular season as "conditioning," or, after an offseason of no work, he can take an extra months worth of vacation to "heal" his toe, something he could've done during the offseason? Yeah, I'm sure that would bode well for someone like Kobe, who is one of the hardest working players in the entire league.
And again, what's the point? It happened four years ago, and Shaq only got a divorce this year. I'm sure there were other factors that came into play as well. Your making this seem like it was the MAIN reason Shaq got the divorce, and it wasn't. If it was, it would've been done years ago.
Excuse me? You posted, and I responded to your post. I don't see anything wrong with what I did, care to explain? And how did I "make up" your positions? Again, I responded to your posts, I even quoted you. Your point is?