Shaq threw his piss all over rookies

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Mantis Toboggan M.D. said:
Kobe deserved as much blame as anyone for trying to press the issue of when the Lakers would become his team (especially for 2004), but his grievance that Shaq wouldn’t really keep himself in shape during the offseason and then spend half the year playing his way into shape is 100% valid. It’s become real obvious how difficult it could be to be teammates with Shaq though. Just constantly doing stuff that’s over the line.
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I would guess they both were a$$holes, but Shaq played the media game better and the majority of the blame went to Kobe. Of course the Lakers would choose Kobe over Shaq. Both great players, but would you choose the 26 year old who’s dedicated to the game, or the 32 year old who shows up out of shape and is showing slight signs of decline?

Shaq had similar issues on other teams. He didn’t like Penny getting too much attention in Orlando, and had a commercial when he knocks over Little Penny. He had issues with Van Gundy and Pat Riley. And stole a reality TV show idea from Steve Nash.

The way he always takes shots at so many big men is petty and annoying.
 
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Hold a gun big enough to fukking hold Shaq down- 50 Cent

Like other posters said he’s one of my favorite players and I love him on inside the nba. But this nikka has a weird addiction to bodily fluids
 
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Erratic415 said:
Shaq had similar issues on other teams. He didn’t like Penny getting too much attention in Orlando, and had a commercial when he knocks over Little Penny. He had issues with Van Gundy and Pat Riley. And stole a reality TV show idea from Steve Nash.
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Also was envious of Wade and Payton had to do his variation of Taker taping his fist when Shawn was acting like he didn't want to lose to Stone Cold. :mjlol:

When Gary Payton entered the Miami Heat locker room, it didn't feel too different from the one he had walked into a few years earlier in Los Angeles. Shaquille O'Neal was still the towering presence at the center. Only this time, the co-star wasn't a young Kobe Bryant — but a fast-rising Dwayne Wade.
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But something felt eerily familiar to GP, who had previously seen chemistry crumble on contending teams.

Putting O'Neal on check
Payton knew what unchecked tension between "Big Diesel" and a young superstar could do. He had witnessed it firsthand during his season with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2004 when the Kobe-Shaq feud pulled the seams apart on what should have been a dynasty.

With that memory burned into his mind, Payton stepped in before the Miami situation spiraled.
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"We were having problems with who was our go-to guy and Shaq at that time was not our go-to guy," Payton said. "I think this young kid, Flash, was our guy, he was doing a lot of things, and I just called a team meet and said, 'Look, you guys, we gotta know how to play our role.' And Shaq wasn't really going for that, and I had to pull him aside because that's my brother."
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It's romanticized like Shaq willfully conceded to Wade. No, the team literally had to check him and tell him point blank that his ego wasn't going to ruin their championship aspirations. :mjlol:
 
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