<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"Last year I had a couple tanks, a couple grenades," O'Neal said in a telephone interview. "Now I got atomic weapons. I'm going nuclear. I'm Colin Powell, and I can drop the bomb any time I want to." Shaq's war analogies are a bit much. But after he helped persuade Karl Malone and Gary Payton to join the Los Angeles Lakers this week, you could not blame the game's most dominant player for having visions of vindication. Knocked from their pedestal by the San Antonio Spurs in May, ending their run of championships at three, the Lakers reloaded in an unimaginable way. While the Jason Kidd saga preoccupied greater New York for a few days, David Stern's hope for leaguewide parity went out the window on the other coast. O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Payton and Malone ? four future Hall of Famers ? filling the lanes on the same squad? The Dream Team is indeed in the house. The rich didn't just get richer; they got obscenely wealthy. Bill Gates might as well acquire Dell; Donald Trump should just buy out Leona Helmsley. The Lakers are now the Yankees of basketball, a virtual murderers' row of talent and toughness. "I think last season we were obviously missing hungry players," O'Neal said. "And we just signed two starving players." "Did I tell you Anthony Mason might be signing with us today, too?" he added. "That's going to be a lot of beef. No more Hack-a-Shaq."</div> Is this serious or is shaq messing around again? [/quote][/u]
they may not need him but he would be a nice addition....i dunno if he was playin around....but damn KB8, GP, Mail Man, Shaq Daddy, tha is unstoppable...im callin it rite now...their record next year will be 72-10 and they will win the finals and the finals after that and mayb even the one after that
Wrong..lakers won't win the title for 3 straight years...malone will retire by the 2nd year...shaq will be older..although .payton will likely still play..but lakers will need young guys in...in say 3 years time..
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting "olskoolFunktitude":</div><div class="quote_post"> its not even worth whathcing to find out</div> dear god...with statements like this, im starting to wonder if your even a real ball head. not even worth watching? so in your opinion, ball isnt even worth watching this season because the lakers might win it all? ouch...guess you dont love ball as much as some of us do
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting "Damian Necronamous":</div><div class="quote_post">Is Anthony Mason even a Free Agent?</div> Nope... but they could be working on a trade... It's still kinda strange that Shaq said this.. since it could be seen as tampering, which is illegal in the NBA...
lakers don't need mason, he isn't that good and they will be the worst ft shooting team in the league by far with shaq and mason. just give the lakers the rings.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting "sportsrock37":</div><div class="quote_post">lakers don't need mason, he isn't that good and they will be the worst ft shooting team in the league by far with shaq and mason. just give the lakers the rings.</div>Having Mason can't hurt. Do you remember his All-Star days in Miami, New York, and Charlotte? He may be old, but he still has some game left in him.
Yeah.. Gadzuric should've kept the starting spot at center, would've been much better for his progression...
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting "dj_premium_plus":</div><div class="quote_post"><div class="quote_poster">Quoting "olskoolFunktitude":</div><div class="quote_post"> its not even worth whathcing to find out</div> dear god...with statements like this, im starting to wonder if your even a real ball head. not even worth watching? so in your opinion, ball isnt even worth watching this season because the lakers might win it all? ouch...guess you dont love ball as much as some of us do</div> oh thats so cute your trying to show me up and think your on some higher plane than me?..aww...think whatever you want son. ill still be glad to talk circles around you about basketball whneever you want
shaq was probably joking when he made that statement, however the lakers have discussed a sign and trade deal with milwaukee, to help GP get more money. so we might see a GP & Mason deal for some combination of players and draft picks. we'll just have to wait and see.
