Why Kobe & Shaq didn't last past 2004 - The great feud 

Kobe and Shaq are one of the best duos ever because no matter what was wrong with them off the court they still balled the fuck out on the court

well both of them had huge egos

To be honest I'm glad that Kobe and Shaq split when they did, otherwise we wouldn't have got to see Kobe's individual dominance carrying the Lakers and the Wade/Shaq connection in Miami. Too much of a good thing always has consequences.

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# 8 Kobe with the afro I miss those days

Shaq healing his foot on company time says it all

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they are both so selfish. They didnt see the overall pitcure that could have been 5 rings in a row.

Shaq was lazy, and Kobe wasn't a team player- what a combo! 😂😂

Kobe was right to question shaq's leadership. if THE alpha in the team sags off, then the whole swags off. a young lion like kobe is gonna pounce. had shaq applied himself, after chip 3, kobe would had dat 5-peat: GOAT

Would have been amazing if they stayed together !

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My impression of those 2 back during their feud was Shaq's jealousy vs Kobe's immaturity...

Great video, love the objectivity of your takes and analysis. You tell it like it is without picking sides.

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wish penny and shaq would've won championships

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this is a great objective analysis. Keep up the great work Dom

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For those that don't know, Kobe snitching on Shaq cheating was a story that didn't break until Shaq was already gone. This is a video about why they split up, hence why that isn't a part of the video.

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This was well done & objective. Thanks!

Shaq openly admitted to not liking when Penny Hardaway became popular and excelled while in Orlando because he wanted it to be HIS team. A wedge had been driven between them too but not on the level of Shaq and Kobe's. Many players that have played with Kobe talk about how he was a difficult teammate. If the Lakers won but Kobe had a bad game he would get angry at them for celebrating which other players have attested to. Years after Shaq left Kobe immediately said "I have more championship rings than Shaq" after winning his last Finals appearance. Both were great players but nobody else was allowed to grow if they played alongside either of the two due to their egos. Great players but bad teammates.

At least this duo won titles. I can think of three exciting duos that would've been great to see more of and probably would've at least competed for titles. McGrady & Carter - Raptors Marbury & Garnett - Timberwolves Iverson & Stackhouse - 76ers All these potentially deadly combos broke up in some way because of ego.

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Shaq won 1 championship without Kobe, And Kobe won 2 championships without Shaq. Man, if these two have played together for a longer time, I think they could've bring longer dynasty in NBA

Grew up with Kobe and Shaq dominating the game and I was really sad when they split up. Thanks for clarifying the events surrounding the split. I'm definitely one of those who wonders what could've been if they stayed together.

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"Shaq & Kobe" was said so many times in the early 2000's. It was a meme.

As a Lakers fan I'm glad the all facts come out. Thanks

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Very nice work Dom! Thanks for the vid

The Kobe & Shaq feud is one of my favorite topics I`ll do on here. I had this planned back in August but it got pushed aside. If anything, I hope people come away enlightened on the fact that it's not either of their faults alone that the duo didn't finish what it could do; rather it was the actions of both. Feel free to share any Kobe Shaq stories you have! Like comment and sub if you enjoyed! Business email: Theweightliftingcentral@Gmail.com Patreon: patreon.com/dom2k16 Facebook: facebook.com/mrnba2khighlights Twitter: twitter.com/mr2khighlights Instagram: instagram.com/nba_2k_highlights Snapchat: Dom_2k

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Awesome vid my dude.

Great video

They were both selfish, stupid, greedy and so arrogant at that time. Well. They could have won at least, at least 2 more.

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Nice video Dom

Love the curb your enthusiasm picture. One of my favorite episodes

I remember Karl Malone had a crush on Kobe wife, i just want to put it out there

I grew up in LA Already know why they split up Just wanted to comment Shaq and Kobe are the greatest 1 2 punch of all time

excellent piece bro... very fair and truthful

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90 percent of the championship teams have had a Top 10 PG ( during that time ) except Kobe. Kobe has never had a true pg or playmaker for any of his championship's so to say Kobe was only a scorer is just ignorant

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Awesome video.

Nice video bro I give you props for this one...

“I got hurt on company time, I’ll heal on company time.” -Shaq

im doing a speech on this lol this was a clutch video

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As a Lakers Fan since Kobe retired we have been a shit show and when Shaq and Kobe played together they made me a Laker Fan and when Shaq was traded I thought we would never win without him then came 2009 and 2010 then Kobe bieng old and injured all the time then came six straight years of failing to make it to the playoffs and signing LeBron just to fail bieng a fan of them has been hard hope things change

when i read this title i cried and i wished kobe won more rings

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all shaq needed to do was work as hard as kobe and not be lazy

R.I.P Kobe we love you!

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Thanks, Dom. Great video. Too many people are biased. I'm glad you aren't one of them

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Can you do a video on John Wall? He always gets overlooked

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something i noticed look at how kobe puts on his sock at 2:49 ive never seen someone do that

RIP Kobe!

Great video as usual bro

Best duo of all-time hands down

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You forgot to mention during the rape case when Kobe got in the car . He said I should have paid like Shaq did . If true that would explain why he did not support him during it .

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Goodbye KOBE, Rest easy KING

The beginning made me think I was watching a GD'shiglights video lol

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great video

also important to note SHAQ had alpha problems with penny

Because they were both freaking egomaniacs

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Lakers should've traded shaq for Kevin Garnett when they had the chance

Kobe is a true Laker .. period

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Still one of my favorite videos to this day

You pretty much nail this. You DO ask for other possible contributing factors. Here's one.The 2004 Finals. Sure Karl was out (injured); sure Payton season-long wouldn't accept being 3rd-4th fiddle like he should have; but the Lakers still should have beaten the Pistons. ALL they had to do was exactly what they did every series up until then: go INSIDE-OUT; go into Shaq virtually every time. Shaq would have either fouled Ben Wallace out or forced the Pistons to double-team him all game long. Either way, this would have allowed Kobe to go ballistic. I loved both of them; but Kobe a tiny bit more. But in THIS case, that Finals defeat, IMO, is ALL on Kobe. Now, I DO understand that Kobe's righteous frustrations with Shaq's lacsadaisical attitude towards his conditioning and all the other things you mentioned contributed to Kobe finally having enough of Shaq getting too much credit. So then, here's the next factor: If PJax has been a better personnel manager (or if Jerry West had still been around with the almost unlimited respect he had from both players) - what otherwise, in hindsight, seemed inevitable, their break-up - should have and could have EASILY been averted. All that really needed to be pointed out was that IF ONLY they co-operated together, they'd have extremely high odds to get to as many as 10 Finals with perhaps 8 Rings (with the first 4 fMVPs for Shaq; and the 2nd set of 4 fMVPs for Kobe). This would have come close to guaranteeing that the GOAT discussion would have been reduced down to: Shaq or Kobe for GOAT. What FOOLS!

and I was just about to start homework...

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Always great to hear about one of the most fascinating teams in my childhood.