If the Lakers traded Shaq for the #1 pick in the 2003 draft..

[Donald Trumps Twitter]

How many championships could and would Lebron and Bean have won?


If they stuck together through the end and Bron and Bean retired as Lakers, I'd say easily, at the very least.. 6 championships together.

Bron finally having a Legendary coach
Bean letting Bron do all the running, keeping himself fresher, maybe he doesn't get hurt.
The perfect combo, one unselfish pass-first mentality player, another instinctive, shoot-first player.

The would've been better than Jordan and Pippen imo.




Easily.


And just imagine.. Who wouldn't want to play with Kobe and Lebron in L.A.


The alley-oops and insane dunks, the clutch playoff runs, the insane work of two PHENOMENAL basketball minds grinding together to CEMENT themselves into history, for a storied, decorated, high-profile franchise.

Spoiler

Lebron working with Magic and Kareem

 

[Donald Trumps Twitter]

Let's just say for the sake of rhetorically inefficient arguments, Shaq wanted out of L.A. bad, he didn't care where, even Cavs.




"I'm Shaq I can win anywhere, they could trade me to Pluto"

Spoiler

 

[TrebleMan]

If Kyrie and Lebron could can win a championship, Kobe and Lebron would be a dynasty the better part of a decade.

 

[killacal]

Go to sleep you weird ass nikka

 

[One]

Then that Shaq freestyle would've dropped 4 years earlier after Bron and Kobe got whooped together by the Pistons in the 2004 NBA finals.


"Check it, ya know how I be, Kobe and Bron couldn't do without me- TELL ME HOW MY ASS TASTE"

 

[Donald Trumps Twitter]

Then that Shaq freestyle would've dropped 4 years earlier after Bron and Kobe got whooped together by the Pistons in the 2004 NBA finals.


"Check it, ya know how I be, Kobe and Bron couldn't do without me- TELL ME HOW MY ASS TASTE"

Idk.. Would Detroit get by Shaq in the ecf?

Shaq vs Kobe and Lebron 2004 NBA finals

 

[CarltonJunior]

I think LeBron would be a drastically different player if he played with prime bean to start his career. Probably would've had to develop a jumper quicker and become less of a playmaker, he'd end up much more scoring focused. In my opinion anyway.

 

[Donald Trumps Twitter]

I think LeBron would be a drastically different player if he played with prime bean to start his career. Probably would've had to develop a jumper quicker and become less of a playmaker, he'd end up much more scoring focused. In my opinion anyway.

Idk, remember Lebron started off playing with Rickey Davis and Darius Miles..

 

[One]

Idk.. Would Detroit get by Shaq in the ecf?

Shaq vs Kobe and Lebron 2004 NBA finals

Nah Shaq couldn't have landed in Detroit, I'm saying he still would've dropped the free anyways just like he did in '08. Definitely would've been a fire finals series though.

 

[Hersh]

it would take em 2 years to get a chip.. they would easily do like 10 finals b2b2b

 

[CarltonJunior]

Idk, remember Lebron started off playing with Rickey Davis and Darius Miles..

Kobe was damn near dropping 40 or 50 every other night around this time. Rookie lebron would've spent more time feeding kobe the ball, getting out of his way, and being ready to catch and shoot in the beginning years i would think.

As years progressed I think it would end up becoming more my turn, your turn type ball. Plus he'd be practicing with kobe 24/7 and probably picked up on his footwork and post moves.

 

[No..Money..Mo..Problems]

There is nobody Cleveland was gonna trade that pick for not even Bean himself. Everybody even non basketball fans knew about the kid named lebron. Every scout and analysis had Bron graded as a superstar. And the fact that he was local, Cleveland wasn't trading him for nobody and I mean nobody.

 

[Dame Dash's Motor Oil]

Better yet, imagine if Billy King was Lakers GM in that situation, David Stern walks out on that podium, opens the draft: " With the first pick in the 2003 NBA Draft, the Los Angeles Lakers select DARKO THE GAWD MILICIC from Serbia "

 

[Supreme365]

There is nobody Cleveland was gonna trade that pick for not even Bean himself. Everybody even non basketball fans knew about the kid named lebron. Every scout and analysis had Bron graded as a superstar. And the fact that he was local, Cleveland wasn't trading him for nobody and I mean nobody.

Yeah lebron was untouchable they were calling him magic mixed with Jordan









































And they were right

 

[T.he I.nformant]

Idk.. Would Detroit get by Shaq in the ecf?

Shaq vs Kobe and Lebron 2004 NBA finals

Didn't they get by him in real life?