Heat: Shaq & Buss Exchange Words <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">MIAMI (AP) -- Nearly a year after the trade, the verbal jousting between Shaquille O'Neal and the Los Angeles Lakers is still going strong. One day after Lakers owner Jerry Buss said O'Neal found motivation for losing weight only after being traded by Los Angeles to Miami, the Heat's All-Star center took issue with the remark. ``I didn't need motivation,'' O'Neal said. ``I needed a real owner. ... I needed a real owner like Micky Arison. You can quote me on it.'' Buss also said he doesn't regret trading O'Neal to Miami. ``And I don't regret him losing money and his not making the playoffs,'' O'Neal said. </div> Source
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting pimpdaddy33:</div><div class="quote_post">Shaq must really enjoy watching the Lakers play bad this season. The Lakers will get better.</div>Actually, there's an article that suggests the Lakers are probably the most hated team in all of America. Here it is Almost everywhere you turn to for sports news, they're always talking about the 04-05 Lakers' season. It's not just Shaq that enjoys watching these Lakers.
You gotta love the Shaq-daddy. The guy is willing to speak his mind, and no matter if you agree or disagree with his opinion, it's still great to see a guy so open. In a time where coachspeak and cliches dominate athlete's comments, this guy is willing to just say it like it is.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Heat4Life:</div><div class="quote_post">Actually, there's an article that suggests the Lakers are probably the most hated team in all of America. Here it is Almost everywhere you turn to for sports news, they're always talking about the 04-05 Lakers' season. It's not just Shaq that enjoys watching these Lakers.</div> So they are the NBA's "Yankees", if you will. Hmm. I remember when the Cowboys were the most hated NFL team. It's weird that so many fans hate successful organizations for being such. I would start to hate the teams that don't amount to much and annually stink up the league. Clippers as an example.
