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Not to mention having Shaq on the court taking up attention for them.Yeah, he was a NICE guy to have on your team. Could do a little of everything without overstepping his bounds and fukking it up for others. Honestly trading him for Glen Rice was just stupid even if Rice was the better scorer and more obvious SF.
I was gonna say, that '98 squad in particular was underperforming as hell. They had four guys make all-star that year (Van Exel, Eddie Jones, Kobe, and Shaq), could play 8-deep, and had a legit MVP-level first option in Shaq, won 61 games in the regular season....and still got swept by an old-ass Utah team.
Besides Kobe they weren't young enough to have no excuses either. They were mostly in their primes already, had plenty of playoff experience, and Shaq, Horry, and Campbell all had Finals experience.
Van Exel: 26
Eddie Jones: 26
Rick Fox: 28
Robert Horry: 27
Shaq: 25
Kobe: 19
Campbell: 28
Fisher: 23
That's barely even a young team. That's a PRIME team. Just not enough true leadership. What they needed was Phil to step in and put folk in their place.
Edit: just looked at the Utah series and those shooting %'s by the guards.
Van Exel: 24% FG, 19% 3pt
Eddie Jones: 41% FG, 29% 3pt
Kobe: 37% FG, 00% 3pt
Fisher 35% FG, 17% 3pt
How you gonna be athletic as fukk with geriatric-ass 6'2" Stockton and Hornacek guarding you and still not hit a shot all series?
Jim Cornette
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Nick vaaaaaaasn Exel
Thats why I would always Hate Fish(and a 18-22 Y/O Kobe
)cause NVE & Eddie deserved to be on the Three Peat Squad but at the same time Nick was a bit of a Young Knucklehead and at least Fish and Kob was very Disciplined for a Phil Led Squad
)cause NVE & Eddie deserved to be on the Three Peat Squad but at the same time Nick was a bit of a Young Knucklehead and at least Fish and Kob was very Disciplined for a Phil Led SquadErratic415
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The 3 Ring Circus Jeff Pearlman book talked about how they should have kept Eddie Jones and how Glen Rice was a bad fit. Rice was a great shooter, but somewhat one dimensional and didn’t mesh well in the Triangle. He also showed up to LA fat and out of shape, whined about not getting enough shots, and his wife publicly whined about the Lakers not using him right. During the finals.
They would have been better had they kept Eddie all along.
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Shaq kept bytching about needing a shooter and a thug. So they got Rodman(very short lived) and Rice along with JR Reid
But they definitely would’ve been better off with Eddie. He was a great defender at SG, could shoot, didn’t need the ball in his hands, was a willing passer, team player and athletic as hell.
RIP Kobe with all due respect that’s one of the reasons I was a Laker/Kobe hater back then. Man I loved van exel and Eddie Jones. To this day still 2 of the most unique players ever at their position. When they traded them i turned on the hate
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I remember him when he was a Denver Nuggets player!
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Kobe was a young giant coming through so the team was gonna be his but Shaq/Eddie Jones/quick would have won a championship I guarantee it
I’ve never been a laker guy, but that whole squad (before Shaq/Kobe) with van exel/jones/ceballos/cambell/divac with peeler coming off the bunch was one of my favorite teams to watch. That team was entertaining as hell.
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Old enough to remember breh #41 for the Lakers, that's IMO the prototype for the PF position back in the day, block outs, post up, dude was just solid at his job.
Elden Campbell I think his name was.
Elden Campbell I think his name was.
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Eddie Jones had some bad luck.
Got traded outta L.A. the year before they win the ring.
Played with Miami up till '05, but got traded (to Memphis I think) before the '05-'06 season when the Heat won it all. Returned to the Heat in '06-'07, but they were toast.
He was a very good player though, kept his nose clean too.
Got traded outta L.A. the year before they win the ring.
Played with Miami up till '05, but got traded (to Memphis I think) before the '05-'06 season when the Heat won it all. Returned to the Heat in '06-'07, but they were toast.
He was a very good player though, kept his nose clean too.
I always thought Van Excel looked like he’s D Wade’s cousin
Big Dikk Nick
THE LEAGUE AND FELLOW DYNASTIESARE LUCKY THEY BROKE
THAT TEAM UP BEFORE PHIL CAME.
