In an exclusive interview between both Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant that will air on Saturday night on Players Only on TNT, both former Lakers opened up about their relationship with each other on the team. The two won three championships together but tension also arose which ultimately lead to Shaq getting traded to the Heat.
In a short clip of the upcoming interview, Shaq admitted that he didn’t work as hard in training camp after he won his first title with Kobe. He noted that aspects of his game such as dunking and attacking the paint weren’t needed to be worked on anymore since he was so dominant at both. He also praised having Kobe being on his team so that also gave him a pass to chill and kick back.
Soon after opening up about this, Kobe replied in laughter but said “But that’s what pissed me off.”
Flip the page to see the part of the upcoming interview between Kobe and Shaq.