Shaq And Kobe: The Past Is In The Past?
- Updated: August 28, 2015
Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant fans stay tuned, because something great is coming your way! Yes, it’s true, the dynamic duo will be teaming up to bring you a podcast on Monday. And yes, they will actually discuss things that you are interested in.
The two had a few personality clashes during their time together from 1996-2004. They won Championships in 2000, 2001 and 2002 while also getting to the Finals in 2004.
The media has made it clear that the two didn’t get along, but was it all just media hype? Or was it a ploy to draw attention to themselves?
ESPN.com reports the following quote:
“A lot of stuff was said out of the heat of the moment,” O’Neal said in an excerpt from the podcast that was played on ESPN Radio on Wednesday. “I guarantee I don’t remember a lot of stuff that they said, because I changed my thought process of, you know what, we won three out of four, what the hell are you all talking about? This is not really even a story.”
They quote Kobe as saying:
“Here’s the thing, though. When you say it at the time, you actually mean it, and then when you get older you have more perspective, and you’re like holy s—. I was an idiot when I was a kid.
“To me, the most important thing was really, ‘just keep your mouth shut.’ You don’t need to go to the press with stuff. You keep it internal, and we have our arguments and our disagreements, but I think having our debates within the press was something I wish would’ve been avoided. But it did kind of create this whirlwind around us as a team with myself and Shaq and the press and the media that just put so much pressure on us as an organization.”
Will you be listening to the podcast? What do you think Lakers fans? Real or fake? Let’s talk about it!
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