Kobe-Wade Dynasty: The Los Angeles Lakers Team That Never Was

Seven years ago witnessed the erasure of the Shaq-Kobe dynasty, as the Detroit Pistons brought to fruition a championship in the Motor City. The repugnance Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant had for each other had finally reached its zero hour, and forced the Los Angeles Lakers brass to make a decision on whether to pay a 31-year-old O’Neal a very large sum of coinage or a 25-year-old Bryant a large sum of loot and hand the reigns over to the rising young star.

The decision was expeditious and Kobe was the superstar that was now leading the Lakers...

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