{"id":801047,"date":"2026-08-01T08:54:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T08:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/801047\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T08:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T08:54:17","slug":"shaquille-oneal-makes-explosive-claim-about-kobe-bryant-and-los-angeles-lakers-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/801047\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaquille O&#8217;Neal makes explosive claim about Kobe Bryant and Los Angeles Lakers fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Shaquille O\u2019Neal won three championships alongside Kobe Bryant in Los Angeles, but he\u2019s under no illusion about how the fans feel about both of them.<\/p>\n<p>The last NBA franchise to win three consecutive championships was the Los Angeles Lakers between 2000 and 2002. A dominant Shaquille O\u2019Neal led the way alongside a young but elite Kobe Bryant.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers have enjoyed many superstars in their history, but Shaq and Kobe\u2019s run holds a special place in the heart of many modern fans. <\/p>\n<p>No team is perfect, though. O\u2019Neal and Bryant famously had a feud that led to Shaq\u2019s departure. And while Lakers fans will always hold him in high regard, the big man knows it\u2019s not the same as how they felt about the Mamba. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"693\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-51549493-1024x693.jpg\" alt=\"Kobe Bryant (L) of the Los Angeles Lakers holds th\" \/>Photo credit should read AFP\/AFP via Getty ImagesShaquille O\u2019Neal says he was never loved by Lakers fans like Kobe was<\/p>\n<p>Kobe Bryant stayed in Los Angeles till the very end of his career, winning two more championships alongside Pau Gasol and others. <\/p>\n<p>His legacy with the Lakers can\u2019t be matched with anyone outside of maybe Magic Johnson. And Shaq knows this best, as his recent comments show. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, they didn\u2019t love me, they loved Kobe,\u201d O\u2019Neal said about Lakers fans. \u201cThey didn\u2019t love me. This is what we call B.O.B brother, the business of basketball. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re like me\u2026 When I\u2019m in charge, I\u2019m a difficult man to deal with. Everything has to be done my way and sometimes people don\u2019t agree with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MORE SHAQUILLE O&#8217;NEAL STORIES<\/p>\n<p>Shaq was answering in the context of LeBron\u2019s time with the Lakers, but this is interesting insight for fans nonetheless. And while it may not be as much as Kobe, the Big Diesel is still well loved in Los Angeles. <\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Shaquille O\u2019Neal won three championships alongside Kobe Bryant in Los Angeles, but he\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":801048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3790],"tags":[7,1536,4034,1698,300,4044,251,150,4033,4043,6,1302],"class_list":["post-801047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-lakers","tag-basketball","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-la","tag-la-lakers","tag-lakers","tag-lalakers","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-losangeles","tag-losangeleslakers","tag-nba","tag-shaquille-oneal"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117019414838524928","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/801048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}