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07.13.04 (12:40 pm)   [edit]
We go Rudy T. - fine - but I still contend that an older, out-of-shape, "can't shoot free throws" Shaq is more valuable than Kobe. Consider that the Lakers had a center a while back, old, couldn't always hit his shot, couldn't run but Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was still a player, still a force on the court. Shaq is that unique and that valuable.


Kobe is a great player - no argument - but he's replaceable by a like number of other great players and many of those players don't have criminal charges hanging over their heads. The Lakers could completely kowtow to Kobe and still lose him to the criminal court system.


Maybe this is just a downshift. It was - what - over a decade between Magic's Moments and Shaq/Kobe/Phil. Maybe in 10 years we'll get Lebron James, some awesome young center, and rattle off a few more championships. Maybe...

 


posted by: cogito (reply)
post date: 07.13.04 (3:04 pm)

I've been watching the Lakers since the mid 90's and I have to say that Shaq's attitude more than anything else had become a cancer infecting the whole team.



posted by: Little Mr Mahatma (reply)
post date: 07.14.04 (7:03 am)

The attitude was a problem but he's still hard to replace.

Unless Rudy T. plans to make the Lakers more Detroit-like...

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