"I know what I'm doing brother," he said, "I'm the smartest player in the world. "Everything that happened, happened for a reason," Shaq continued, "It's all about winning and nothing else matters." Shaq went on to praise Kobe saying "He is probably the MVP this year. That young man is a beast. He's playing excellent ball right now. He's got his team playing well." Shaquille then said that him and Kobe are "still the best little man, big man 1-2 punch ever created in the history of the game. Hopefully we can get a glimpse of what we used to do [in the all-star game]."
And in case you were wondering – when asked by Stephen A. Smith would would it have been like if the trio had stayed together, Shaq said, "We would probably have about six or seven [championships] by now, easily."
- Hmm... nice comments by Mr. O'Neal, the man definitely deserves respect for the numbers he's put up and the professional behavior he showed in this interview. Crazy how those two stopped playing when they were reaching the peak of the duo production. It'd be interesting to see if Shaq's final days would be in a Laker uniform backing up Bynum

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