Buss/Shaq take shots at each other (Shaqs funny)

[westkoast]

reason that Shaq left LA???

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MIAMI — Nearly a year after the trade, the verbal jousting between Shaquille O'Neal and the Los Angeles Lakers is still going strong.
One day after Lakers owner Jerry Buss said O'Neal found motivation for losing weight only after being traded by Los Angeles to Miami, the Heat's All-Star center took issue with the remark.

"I didn't need motivation," O'Neal said. "I needed a real owner. ... I needed a real owner like Micky Arison. You can quote me on it."

Buss also said he doesn't regret trading O'Neal to Miami. "And I don't regret him losing money and his not making the playoffs," O'Neal said.

On Wednesday, Buss said O'Neal was not willing to get into shape when he played for the Lakers. O'Neal, who played at an estimated 370 pounds during his final season in Los Angeles, is down to about 325 in Miami.

"It seems that the motivation for him to lose weight was to trade him," Buss said Wednesday. "I suspect if I knew he was going to lose 60 pounds, I might have made a different decision."


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LOL @ Shaqs reply to Buss saying he doesnt regret trading him.

[Guest_Randy]

Hmm, hasn't this been what Laker fans here have been saying EVER since the trade.  Buss may not be the greatest owner ever but he is intelligent -- and anyone who has watched Shaq over the past few years saw that he came into training camp in worse shape than the previous year.  It's a SHAME that you can't be motivated to play a great game simply because you love the game + getting paid a TON of money!!!  It's amazing that it takes more motivation than this to get Shaq to play a season in shape!

Watch out Miami if you give him the extension he wants!!!!!