Shaq has by no means been shy about talking his thoughts, and his newest feedback on the Lakers show nothing has modified.
“They’ve a respectable huge now, bought two premier gamers,” Shaq instructed RG. “I’m nonetheless apprehensive concerning the capturing. It’s a three-point league now. Not guys that may shoot, (I’m speaking about) bonafide shooters. Guys which are assured, like JJ Reddick. He was a bona fide shooter. They bought the purpose guard, bought the off-guard, bought a respectable middle. Their chances are high a lot better now.”
The Lakers wrapped up final season ranked fifteenth in threes made and 14th in three-point proportion. That middle-of-the-pack efficiency might be expensive in a stacked Western Convention.
“You get eight spots to make the playoffs, and I anticipate them to have some kind of home-court benefit,” Shaq added. “You bought two premier gamers, you bought an enormous man that may do sure issues. These three proper there ought to have the ability to get you to 1 via 4, and in the event that they don’t have home-court benefit going into the playoffs, I’ll be very disenchanted.”
Los Angeles completed the 2024-25 season with a 50-32 report, adequate for the third seed. However they flamed out within the first spherical, falling 4-1 to the Timberwolves. The dearth of measurement to match up with Rudy Gobert and Julius Randle was uncovered, as was their chilly capturing.
O’Neal additionally stirred the pot with a daring hypothetical about his early 2000s Lakers groups.
“You bought to grasp, when T-Mac on the market by himself, he don’t actually have room to function,” Shaq mentioned on Off The File. “Our man (Kobe) had room to function as a result of I bought three individuals on me,” O’Neal mentioned. “May have gotten three in a row with T-Mac. I believe I may’ve gotten two with Vince (Carter). I do know I’d’ve gotten six with Steph (Curry).”
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