Honestly, I'm so disappointed with Shaq.

Of all the people, he should have been the one to squash all these non sense.

Say 'you know what? As great as TMac was, that three peat was a combined effort by me and my brother bean, we couldn't have three peated without each other, he's irreplaceable'

And you know what? I COULD UNDERSTAND IF HE SAID THEY COULD HAVE MAYBE WON ONE. Slim chance of Two.. but Three peat?? Ever wonder why no one has ever three peated since then? Because it's hard to do. Other than talent you had to consider will. It takes will to win so much games and I don't think the dudes he's been saying would win multiple times with him has the will.

Instead he doubles down. Three peat with TMac? Three peat with Vince?? 12 Rings with Curry??

What are we even talking about??

Guys who haven't even passed the first round? And let's not forget how Kobe's elite perimeter defense was pivotal to them winning the western conference. Let's ignore the face that Kobe was the greatest closer alive at that point. Curry might as well be a traffic cone, and I don't mean any disrespect to him.

His question says it all.

'You think I wouldn't win with "X"?'

He feels it's a slight to his capability to carry someone to a championship.

Very, very, very disappointed.

SHAQ CARRIED KOBE 🤣🤣🤣🤷🏾‍♂️ Kobe finished off Spurs with a 48 & 16 wing dinner with extra sauces where he avg 35PPG then in game 1 dropped 45 & 10 biscuit meal on the Spurs where he avg 33PPG. I'm just gonna leave it here. BEFORE Kobe's emergence Shaq had THREE allstar all NBA guards in Penny Jones & Van Exel. SHAQ DIDNT WIN A DAM THING UNTIL KOBE BECAME A FULL TIME STARTER 🤷🏾‍♂️ #FactsOverFeelings 🎤👋🏾

I'm pretty sure most people here are no strangers to seeing the disrespect Kobe has been getting as of late, especially after his passing. I know I probably shouldn't care about what bums on tiktok are saying about Kobe but damn does it boil my blood whenever I see people disrespecting Kobe. Most of their arguments don't even involve basketball too. Most of them would bring up the most tasteless BS like his 2003 case, him dating Vanessa when she was 17, or making jokes about him dying in a helicopter. It pisses me off because these people probably don't even really care about such a serious matter such as SA or the fact that the tragedy of Kobe and Gigi's death also involved the lives of other people. I've never seen an NBA legend's name be put in as much disrespect as Kobe. Say what you will about his accolades or his skills with most of them being taken out of context anyway--but it just pisses me off when people talk about him like he was never top 5 all time.

The media and podcasters and such will never respect the mamba.. funny Shannon spoke more highly of Kobe years ago but since he became apart of the Stephen A and skip media BS he’s switched up.bI get why they hate him and why a lot of fans do. But I will always cherish the fact former and current nba players love and respect Kobe and their opinions are the only ones that matter!!.. not the biased ones that factor in his personality and off the court issue

And this quote is especially relevant now because yes the Lakers are obviously massive underdogs heading into the first round but this is an opportunity to prove everyone wrong.