Kobe Bryant went on Shaquille O’Neal’s podcast and discussed their old feud. Both men admitted regret letting their egos get in the way and acting immaturely at the time, breaking up a dynasty with the Lakers that had already won three titles. But how many could they have won if they had checked their egos at the door? Well Shaq has to the answer to that.
Shaq thinks six, he told Suzy Shuster, who was the guest host on The Rich Eisen Show.
“I think we could have probably tied Mike, or surpassed Mike. I guess six. Everybody talks about Bill Russell’s 11; no player will ever come along that will win 11 championships unless they reduce the league to 10 teams. So you shouldn’t even bring Bill up. So now Mike, when you talk about the pinnacles of championships you always gotta go with Mike. So Mike has six. I think we could have either tied that or got that.
“But if “if” was a fifth we’d all be drunk, Susan.”
