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I really, really don't want to write about the Shaq freestyle, and Mottram has demanded we not post the video (for the sake of posting the video). And I apologize if others have touched on this already. But really, it's kind of pathetic and desperate that anyone's clinging to this as ammunition to the renewed anti-Kobe crusade -- since, you know, an MVP season where you take an uneven team to the Finals in the toughest conference ever just plain sucks. Oh, and by the way, it can't work both ways: Either the Celtics are holy, or Kobe sucks. Work in extremes and you have to make choices.
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Are you serious??? How are the Lakers an uneven team? They have Derek Fisher at PG, who has multiple rings and has proven to hit big shots on many occasions. Kobe at the 2, enough said. Radmonovic at the 3, I will give you that one. Odom at the 4, one of the most versatile players in the league. And Gasol at the 5, the greatest foreign big man of all time, and a beast from the high post.
The Lakers just got beat, Kobe ran Shaq out of town, that is why Shaq is sour. And he is rubbing it in now.
by 44Caliber on Jun 24, 2008 12:27 PM EDT reply actions
NO. i haven’t seen this shaq video, but pau gasol is not the greatest foreign center of all time. hakeem olajuwon? i’m sure there are others too
and he didn’t exactly proves his high post beastliness in the finals
i feel dumb b/c i read every shoals article on here and every FD post but never have something to say in a comment, but i had to make this point.
by and1thousand on Jun 24, 2008 1:58 PM EDT reply actions
Shaq has NOT forgiven Kobe for LA deal that sent him away!
by KYJurisDoctor on Jun 24, 2008 3:24 PM EDT reply actions
Hello, I love Pau, but there is no way he is the greatest foreign born center of all time. Patrick Ewing, Jack Sikma, Tim Duncan, Hakeem Olajuwon, Arvydas Sabonis, Yao Ming. People forget that Patrick Ewing didn’t come to this country until he was 13 and that Duncan was born on the Island of St. Croix. Some people need to learn basketball history.
by habuy3k on Jun 24, 2008 3:44 PM EDT reply actions
44Caliber – Pau. Best. Ever. ??? Keep drinking the Laker Kool-Ade!
by wiltfongjr on Jun 24, 2008 3:53 PM EDT reply actions
I was wrong about Sikma, but the rest are foreign born.
by habuy3k on Jun 24, 2008 4:02 PM EDT reply actions
2 words – Manute Bol. discussion over.
by elsid on Jun 24, 2008 5:37 PM EDT reply actions
Sabonis was the greatest ever.
The Lakers were able to match up with some of the Western teams, but couldn’t do it against Boston. Hell, they might not have beaten New Orleans if they had to play them.
Shaq could have been the best of all-time. No, not at free styling. But he never learned how to shoot a free throw. Hell, he never had the balls to try it Rick Berry style. Shaq never developed any post moves, other than running into people. If he could have developed a hook-shot, he could have been unstoppable. But Shaq would have never stopped Kareem. Never, never, never.
by NFL Adam on Jun 24, 2008 6:13 PM EDT reply actions
Gasol is a good,not great, 4. Odom and Radmonovic are good 4’s. But the Lakers have no 3 and Bynum ,the only true 5, was hurt. They were very uneven. Next year (barring injury) Kobe gets his first Shaqless ring. Oh and Shaq, was you’re wife the chick in Denver?
by pubear on Jun 25, 2008 12:15 PM EDT reply actions
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