Was the Lakers trade of Shaq in favor of Kobe one of the biggest sports blunders ever?
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I'm a  Laker fan and I can say that trade sucks. No offense, the Lakers need Shaq to win championships. Before, I was a solid Laker fan. Now, I'm like a Spurs fan or a Cavs fan or any team which has great players. I don't hate the Lakers, I'm still a fan, but trading Shaq was not the best idea they ever had. It's going to be a long time since will see again the Lakers as world champs.
615091
I feel it's because he was wrongfully let go. I just think people from L.A. want to see him succeed w/o Kobe so he can prove how much Kobe needed Shaq and not the other way around.
501368
Yes by far it could be Kobe's grestest moment of his career because he is the only star there, no Shaq, no Payton, no Malone, no Horry, and no more .4 second crap Fisher pulled off against my team a couple of years back. He is the one to carry them. He has a steady core of role players which have greatly improved their play over the last 2 yrs. Kwame Brown is starting to crash the boards really well, and Smush Parker has come alive as well. These guys are doing something they have not done ever playing with past teams, and that is that they are playing for eachother, or team basketball, trusting one another to make a good play. You only see that in my opinion, on the Spurs, and the Lakers are starting to take that characteristic as well. The Lakers will be in the second round against their across-the-street-rivals, the Los Angeles Clippers. That series will go 7 games, maybe six, and i do see the Lakers standing a fair chance in that series. If they shut down Elton Brand, they will advance to the Western Conference Finals, against the Spurs, that series would go 5-6 games, and that is when the Lakers would be knocked out. They are vastly improving, and it is thanks to Kobe Bryant. With that shot in Game 4, i think he deserves the Most Valueable Player Award.
586407
YEAH BABY!!! WOOOO WOOO WOOOO!!! \nDWYANE WADE IS THA SHIZNIT LIKE NONE OF UR BIZNIZZ!!\nLEARN THE FACTS MIAMI WITH SHAQ IS LIKE A TRAIN ON A TRACK "UNSTOPABLE"!!!
610523
No the Lakers didn't give up, they are just plain dumb to have Kobe in their line up...And the most important thing is that the Phoenix Suns is better than the Lakers. Phoenix has great teamwork unlike Lakers who is all Kobe ball hogging plays. Well he is not MJ my God!!!! He can't do everything by his own. Look at Steve Nash, great distributor of ball and with that he is the MVP! TWO STRAIGHT YEARS!!! Kobe can't do that, can't even win the award once. Well Nash is really better than rest. He is the best actually. Lakers being afraid of the Clippers? Nope. The Lakers can beat the Clippers but not the Phoenix Suns. That's the story of it. If the Lakers faced the Clippers in the first round then it would be possible that they advance to the second round and face maybe Phoenix. But it happened the other way around and they faced Phoenix in the first round that is why they can't go to the second round. Too bad Phil Jackson's record in the playoffs was ruined by Kobe Bryant...Go Phoenix!!!
558837
look at shaq, the big unleaded got a ridiclous deal, the only player right now that deserves that is kobe bryant, i am not a kobe fan at all but he is the best. yao ming in very popular and watch hell get kobe type money. so it is very important, nba, mlb and nhl are all put people in the seats sports so getting popular players is a priority. the nfl is a tv sport, you have the luxury of not having to put superstars on a team and you can just put the best team possible out there.
710755
The number change does nothing but let the NBA market a whole new set of Kobe Jerseys... that is why he did it. Kobe may be the most talented play in the NBA but after his whole problems in Colorado I have no respect for anything about him other than his talent to play ball. What about Stoudemire? Once he heals and gets back into basketball shape the Suns are going to be monsters in the West. I believe that they will make it to the finals.
1027804
The Lakers should give up half the team for KG if they have to. I've been waiting for this trade to go down for two years already. Plus Kobe and KG...together?...how sexy is that!?!
1180766
Yes, he was talking about Kobe Bryant, he even said it when the reporter asked him who he meant.   I initially thought he was talking about Michael Jordan.  Anyways, I have the game on DVD and I watched it again today (GO HEAT), and he said it was Kobe.
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No. Ever heard of a guy named Lamar Odom? And another thing. I saw another post on this site that explained the "A-Rod affect", in which if the superstar is traded every other player on the team elevates his game.
1173962
No, Shaq has always been a terrible free throw shooter
429269
Does Kobe play FOR the Lakers?
998078
yes they will suck. Kobe is a moron. He's talented for sure, but to think he can carry teams to the trophy is absurd. Shaq made him, and he should be thankful.\n\nShaq made Penny, Dennis Scott, Nick Anderson, Kobe AND DWade. Kobe will soon follow the faded stars that came before him. Hopefully DWade's studied the past.
232901
The heck with the Kobe Lakers.. Lets go KINGS~~!!!
614676
Look. . . LeBron will never compare to Kobe. Yes, LeBron is the biggest name in the NBA but that doesnt mean shit! I remember a couple of years ago when the Lakers lost to the Spurs in the playoffs and Kobe cried at the end of the game. He loves it. Its his life. LeBron lost and shruged it off! ! ! I dont get it? People say , "Well, LeBron isnt on a  good team" What the hell are you talking about?!?!?! Who is Larry Hughes? Who is Zydrunas Ilgauskas? Both these guys are former all stars playing with on of the better players in the league. So ur telling me Kobe can dominate the game running with Lamar Odom and Kwame Brown? Kobe is better hands down!
1060246
Yeah, Kobe Bryant already has a stigma attached to him, stating that he's a bad guy and he forced out Phil Jackson and Shaq a couple of years back. Plus, Dwayne Wade is more fan-friendly nowadays and more marketable, and the media see this and don't jump on him when he takes so many shots. It sucks because Kobe is 100 times better player than Wade.
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Ha yes but what are they gonna do about it? Trade Shaq for Dirk? HAHAHAHAHA!