Shaquille O'Neal on Kobe Bryant: 'I wanted him to be Alfred but he didn't want it, he was like 'nope, I'm Batman'
JJ Redick: Just to be clear you went through a list a number of your teammates and you didn’t mention Kobe and that’s because Kobe’s not an Alfred, right? He’s not an Alfred like you were talking about the guys like me who were like the ‘quote-unquote’ role players. Shaquille O’Neal: The crazy thing about him is I wanted him to be Alfred, but he didn’t want it, he was like ‘nope, I’m Batman’, I’m like ‘no, I’m Batman. No, I’m Batman. I’m Batman, I’m Batman… and it worked to our advantage because when you got two guys that want to take over that’s 60 points right there, right?
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2024 1st Round:
Tyrese Maxey: 32.4 PPG
Joel Embiid: 31.8 PPG
Looking ahead… the last pair of teammates to each average 30 points in the same series was…
Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant in 2001 Conf Semis vs the Kings (min. 4 games played each). – 10:50 PM
2024 1st Round:
Tyrese Maxey: 32.4 PPG
Joel Embiid: 31.8 PPG
Looking ahead… the last pair of teammates to each average 30 points in the same series was…
Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant in 2001 Conf Semis vs the Kings (min. 4 games played each). – 10:50 PM
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Shaquille O’Neal on his relationship with Kobe Bryant: Once we develop that understanding… Unstoppable. JJ Redick: It goes back to I think the the realization that you weren’t HIM anymore, learning to seed control at times in that relationship, did that make it easier when you got to Miami with D-Wade? Shaquille O’Neal: It was one word that kept us together, it’s respect. For example you’ve been talking sh*t to me at my house the whole time… You’ve been talking crazy to me in my house all the time but guess what, we respect each other so it’ll never go overboard. I said some things you cut me off I say some things I cut you off but the respect is there so it can never go overboard. We used to f*cking go at it but the respect is there and I tell people all the time. Do you think we didn’t get along? Go back right now to the first championship after we beat Indiana. It’s a thousand motherf*ckers on the floor. Who’s the first person he f*cking runs to? I didn’t run to him. Who’s the first person he ran to? The respect is always going to be there. -via YouTube / May 3, 2024
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Jorge Sierra: James Harden passed Kobe Bryant in playoff assists yesterday after moving ahead of Michael Jordan earlier in the series. He’s only seven away from Scottie Pippen (No. 10 all-time). -via Twitter @hoopshype / April 29, 2024