4x champion Kobe Bryant did not want to win if it meant passing to Shaquille O’Neal, for this insane reason
Kobe Bryant once revealed an incredible secret about his relationship with Shaquille O’Neal during their time together on the Lakers.
Kobe Bryant was just one of those people, when it came to the game and in life in general.
You’d love to be on his good side, but it’s no small feat to get there. And of course if you’re not there, he either hates you or just thinks you’re not very good. It is up to you which option you think would be better.
This is not something that only applies to his opponents. Oh no no no, this was also very true for his teammates.
And if he doesn’t believe it, a certain Shaquille O’Neal stands as perhaps the best example available.
You see, when it came to talent in the game of basketball, Kobe knew that Shaq had the potential to be perhaps the greatest of all time.
But, because the Diesel never found him at the top of the work ethic, there were often a lot of fights between them.
And not the basketball kind.
But, despite all their fights, there must have been a time when they agreed on most things in life…
right?
Good…
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Kobe Bryant once admitted that he and Shaquille O’Neal were never friends, not even during their time together on the Lakers.
If you think that Kobe Bryant’s obsession with work was something that emerged a few years into his NBA career, you couldn’t be more wrong.
From his first day as a Laker, the man had the work ethic of a miner looking for a few gold nuggets to get rich quick. And that apparently caused some serious friction with Shaquille O’Neal, from the get-go.
Now, this is clearly not the most shocking story in the world, when it comes to Kobe.
Still, choosing not to pass the ball to the most dominant player of all time, just because of a personal fight over work ethic?
Just Kobe Bryant.
Rest in peace, legend.
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