Horry: Phil Jackson responsible for Shaq/Kobe feud

GreatOne1978 · May 10, 2012

http://www.examiner.com/article/rob...een-kobe-and-shaq-was-started-by-phil-jackson

“I think Phil Jackson started that feud. It happened many times that after team practice he would say, “Kobe said this about Shaq, and Shaq said that about Kobe… We couldn’t believe how could that happen, because just the day before we saw them together, jumping on one another. Phil liked it when there was conflict of some sort.

I always tell people; if you look at those championships, you’ll see who were the closest players on the team. Normally those are the guys who are the first to hug each other. And when we were winning, it was always Shaq and Kobe who hugged. I think this will answer your question. Later it was blown out of proportion by the media and both players started doing something that didn’t make sense.”

It is no secret that Phil Jackson used unorthodox tactics to motivate his players in his time with the Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers. With 11 NBA titles as a result, it would be hard to argue that Jackson’s tactics weren’t exactly what his teams needed in order to compete with the best of the best and come out on top the majority of the time.
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RV6 · May 10, 2012

http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=214273&highlight=horry

t_mac1 · May 10, 2012

No Horry. Both Shaq and Kobe admitted they disliked each other from the beginning, starting from that Utah series.

Kate81 · May 10, 2012

Cheap shot bob.

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