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Imagine Kobe as a SpecOps. 


It took Pau Gasol to win 2 titles in the last 13 years. One against a (relatively weak) Magic team. The other in 7 games against an aging Celtics team.
I don't understand the logic of some stans here.
Are you fans of Kobe and pushing for him to personally enrich himself? Or are you fans of the Lakers who want to see your team win?
Winning makes money so I don't see how anyone could argue against Shaq. And they arguably would have been much more competitive in this mid 2000 years.
The last 3 years of Lakers teams have been the 3 worst Laker teams of all time. Consider how bad that is. So when I ask "was it worth it?", are Laker fans happy that Kobe is super rich and the Buss family is super rich and the franchise is in shambles from a competitive point of view?
Is that worth one 60 point game that you've all been in your feelings over in the last week?
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Ends don't justify the means you basic mufukka
Breh are you on crack or are you just stupid? What part of Shaq being on 5 different NBA teams after he left the Lakers and playing like shyt water do you not understand??
History has already proved you wrong. Someone neg this phakkit and anyone that likes his posts.
Can somebody post the full article, I am getting a blank page?
Can somebody post the full article, I am getting a blank page?

Lol. No you choose Shaq. You always choose Shaq.
For the same reason they referenced in that Magic Moment documentary:
It's easier to find another SG who could be Penny, but you'll never find another Shaq

wow at the contrast in opinion on his parents situation from the coli and it's sister site
Kobe Explains Why He Hasnt Spoken To His Parents In 3 Years

And two, the NBA and its corporate sponsors were growing increasingly uncomfortable with anything resembling the inner city, including players. They cringed at Allen Iverson's cornrows and rap sheet. By 2005, the league would enact a dress code that banned clothes associated with hip-hop culture.
So no, it was not a good look for the league's youngest superstar, the heir apparent to Michael Jordan as a player and as a corporate shill, to be showing up in a Philadelphia courthouse to vouch for his high school rapper friend who'd been accused of armed robbery.

Why do you nikkas seem to forget with it being a business move for Dr. Buss, it was a thing where you can't allow a player to be running down the court during preseason games yelling "fukkin pay me" while you sit court side? No owner is going to put up with that BS unless you're Dan GilbertFrankly I don't think it the choice HAD to be made at the time. They could have coexisted. But the lakers likely would have not fallen off like they did with Shaq.
For all Kobe stans like to take sides, they conveniently forget that Kobe wanted to jump ship many times ten years ago. Even he surely had doubts/regrets about how that breakup turned out.
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