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Shaquille O’Neal (L) and Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers talk during the 1st quarter of game two of the NBA Finals against the New Jersey Nets 07 June 2002 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. The Lakers have a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. AFP PHOTO/Lucy NICHOLSON (Photo by LUCY NICHOLSON / AFP) (Photo credit should read LUCY NICHOLSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Shaquille O’Neal (L) and Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers talk during the 1st quarter of game two of the NBA Finals against the New Jersey Nets 07 June 2002 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. The Lakers have a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. AFP PHOTO/Lucy NICHOLSON (Photo by LUCY NICHOLSON / AFP) (Photo credit should read LUCY NICHOLSON/AFP via Getty Images)
A former NBA icon and now an NBA coach for the Los Angeles Clippers, Tyronn Lue is a well-respected name within NBA circles. He recently gave his gritty take on all the burning questions in his recent appearance on All The Smoke. The 46-year-old jumped in on the G.O.A.T. debate but he revealed his pick for the greatest duo instead.
He witnessed the ferocity of these two players himself when he was playing for the Los Angeles Lakers. While describing the intensity of this duo, Coach Ty also dissed an active player in the Golden State Warriors.
Tyronn Lue names his greatest duo in the NBA
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If Tyronn Lue is in the house, you have to ask him who is the G.O.A.T. But the current Clippers coach couldn’t just name-drop one. And in that discussion, Warriors’ Draymond Green got dissed in collateral.
“People talking about you know Draymond go crazy,” Lue said for starters before declaring Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant as the strongest combination he has seen. According to him, other players can’t do what Shaq did and that is “double team guard.”
Kobe’s and Shaq’s fiery competitive personalities were known to clash. But that also made them a formidable duo together. As Lue put it, when the game is at its peak, “Kobe gets loose, you can’t touch them. How you gonna guard Shaq.”
“That was the best, that was the greatest team of all time, yeah, to me for sure,” Lue declared. We sincerely can’t argue with that!
Lue dished on Kobe and Shaq’s relationship
But that was not all Lue said about O’Neal and the late Bryant. He was not only there in the locker room and off-court moments he is privy to, he was also there when the Lakers were in the 2000 NBA finals.
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Shaq was fouled out in that nail-biting moment of Game 4. The team was in a panic. And in the most cinematic way, ‘Black Mamba’ stepped up and turned the tide.
His teammates weren’t confident enough in his skills. But at 21 years old, Bryant proved he was going to be an NBA superstar. As Lue said, the young Kobe was “silencing his own team in the NBA Finals.”
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Lue revealed a lot more about his glory days on?All The Smoke. Many commented that his G.O.A.T. duo is spot on. Can you name a greater duo? Drop your picks in the comments.
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