AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Shaq says Lakers fans never truly embraced him or LeBron — and he knows why
Shaquille O'Neal drew a blunt parallel between his own rocky relationship with Los Angeles Lakers fans and LeBron James's eight-year tenure, arguing that Kobe Bryant's shadow made full acceptance impossible for both of them. O'Neal made the comments during an appearance on SiriusXM NBA Radio, weeks after James quietly left the Lakers and signed with […] The post Shaq says Lakers fans never truly embraced him or LeBron — and he knows why appeared first on American Almanac .
Shaquille O'Neal drew a blunt parallel between his own rocky relationship with Los Angeles Lakers fans and LeBron James's eight-year tenure, arguing that Kobe Bryant's shadow made full acceptance impossible for both of them. O'Neal made the comments during an appearance on SiriusXM NBA Radio, weeks after James quietly left the Lakers and signed with the Philadelphia 76ers in free agency. The former center said the fan base's loyalty to Bryant meant that neither he nor James, two of the most dominant players in franchise history, ever got the embrace their résumés deserved. The remarks land at a moment when James's departure from Los Angeles has drawn surprisingly little public grief. His agent, Rich Paul, informed the Lakers of the…Open