Shaq finally retiring
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You're not being serious are you?
"kobe couldnt even get past the first round of the playoffs until shaq came in"
Kobe and Shaq started playing for the Lakers in the same season.
"he couldnt do it after shaq left"
He won two more titles after Shaq left.
"shaq did all the work kobe was just a role player"
He was an all-star who averaged 30.0ppg 7.0rpg 6.0apg in the playoffs.
If you really believe in the shit you just typed, then I feel sorry for you. If you're doing it as a means of provocation and/or shit-talking, then you just suck at it.
"kobe couldnt even get past the first round of the playoffs until shaq came in"
Kobe and Shaq started playing for the Lakers in the same season.
"he couldnt do it after shaq left"
He won two more titles after Shaq left.
"shaq did all the work kobe was just a role player"
He was an all-star who averaged 30.0ppg 7.0rpg 6.0apg in the playoffs.
If you really believe in the shit you just typed, then I feel sorry for you. If you're doing it as a means of provocation and/or shit-talking, then you just suck at it.
lol @ you completely ignoring every other statement he made. just stfu already you dumb faggot. you're the biggest laker hating groupie along with your boyfriend savage. your earlier post proves that you dont know shit about basketball so when it comes to basketball related threads just stfu and stay out of them.
Honestly though, how is this different than any other player who has won an NBA title? Even the all-time greats needed another player to make it happen. Both LeBron and Wade are doing it right now.
The only player I can think of who has come anywhere near a title (in my lifetime) by himself, is Allen Iverson in 2000-2001. They made it to the finals and won the first game IN L.A., then lost every game after.
The starting lineup was:
Allen Iverson
Theo Ratliff (Ended up missing the playoffs).
George Lynch
Tyrone Hill
Eric Snow
They did have a 35 year old Mutombo who ended up playing for Ratliff.
I will forever respect Iverson for his accomplishments that year, which included winning the MVP.
The only player I can think of who has come anywhere near a title (in my lifetime) by himself, is Allen Iverson in 2000-2001. They made it to the finals and won the first game IN L.A., then lost every game after.
The starting lineup was:
Allen Iverson
Theo Ratliff (Ended up missing the playoffs).
George Lynch
Tyrone Hill
Eric Snow
They did have a 35 year old Mutombo who ended up playing for Ratliff.
I will forever respect Iverson for his accomplishments that year, which included winning the MVP.
youre a fucken faggot, just shut up already you and kah dont know shit about basketball or any other sport for that matter.
Lakers plan to retire Shaquille O'Neal's jersey number
At an undetermined time, the Lakers plan to raise Shaquille O'Neal's No. 34 jersey to the Staples Center rafters, making him the eighth Lakers player to have his number retired.
"There is no timetable and there is no plan other than yes, we definitely plan at some point to retire his jersey," Lakers spokesman John Black said.
The news, as first reported by ESPN Los Angeles' Dave McMenamin, coincides with O'Neal's announcement Wednesday that he will retire after a 19-year career that spanned four NBA championships, three Finals most-valuable-player awards, one regular-season MVP award and 15 All-Star appearances. He is in fifth place on the league's all-time scoring list (28,596 points) and has cemented his legacy as one of the NBA's dominant centers.
"We did it," O'Neal said on the social-media site Tout, a video-messaging service. "Nineteen years, baby. I want to thank you very much, that's why I'm telling you."
Although O'Neal's career spanned six teams, including the Orlando Magic, Lakers, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics, most of his professional success happened during his eight-year tenure with the Lakers. After signing with the Lakers as a free agent in 1996 on a seven-year, $120-million deal, O'Neal breathed life into an organization that had foundered since the Showtime Era, and he paved the way to three consecutive NBA championships from 2000 to 2002. O'Neal averaged 27 points, 11.8 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.5 blocks in 514 regular-season games with the Lakers, a jump from his career averages of 23.7 points, 10.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.3 blocks.
The relationship with O'Neal and the Lakers suffered at times. His ongoing drama with Kobe Bryant and Phil Jackson, questions about his work ethic and injury history and a $30-million-a-year demand to Buss prompted him to trade Shaq in 2004 to the Miami Heat. Despite frequent digs at the organization, Bryant and Jackson, the relationship has at least warmed. At the encouragement of former Celtics center Bill Russell, O'Neal and Bryant made peace in 2006. O'Neal accepted the Lakers' invitation to attend Jerry West's statue unveiling during All-Star weekend in February. And Buss released a statement Wednesday thanking O'Neal for his contributions to the Lakers.
Whenever O'Neal's jersey retirement takes place, he will join Wilt Chamberlain (No. 13), Elgin Baylor (No. 22), Gail Goodrich (No. 25), Earvin "Magic" Johnson (No. 32), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (No. 33), James Worthy (No. 42) and Jerry West (No. 44). All seven of those players are members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and Black said the team may not wait for the five-year waiting period before O'Neal likely will be inducted. He also said the Lakers won't intentionally wait to retire Bryant's jersey before O'Neal, especially considering Bryant has a three-year, $83.5-million contract running through the 2013-14 season.
"We don't really have a policy on it," Black said. "But as you can see from the people whose jerseys have been retired, they're all in the Hall of Fame. We have what we think is a high standard. If we're going to retire somebody's jersey, it's going to be of someone deserving."
-- Mark Medina