Kobe and Shaq Needed Each Other: The Numbers Don’t Lie

I think a large percentage of the hoops loving world has been bamboozled when it comes to evaluating the Shaq, Kobe three peat Lakers.  It seems to me the perception of some is that those titles “belong” to Shaq and Kobe rode the “Big Stagecoach” to three Championships.  I think this is a gross misrepresentation of the facts. 

I think part of the problem is some of us have short memories and seem to have forgotten how dominant Bryant was and because of Kobe’s youth at the time, people viewed him as a precocious 21 year old kid and Shaq as the grown man leader of the team.

The age difference and large size of O’Neal made for an easy “Big Brother/lea...

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