blupun
01-17-2006, 09:53 AM
...per eurweb.com (...and it is about time too)
KOBE & SHAQ MAKE UP ON MLK DAY
O'Neal follows advice from NBA legend.
*Monday night at Staples Center in
Los Angeles Kobe Bryant and Shaquille
O'Neal finally made peace. Then Kobe and
the LA Lakers beat Shaq and the Miami
Heat 100-92.
Bryant told reporters that O'Neal first
approached him while he was stretching before
the game, and congratulated him on the birth
of his daughter and the impending birth
of a second child.
"It made me feel good," Bryant said, adding
he was surprised at O'Neal's gesture. "We've
been through so many wars together. Now,
just be able to move on, try to do the best
for this team, wish him the best in South
Beach. "I think it's good for the city of Los
Angeles, good for the NBA, good for the
youth, being Martin Luther King Day."
After the game, O'Neal admitted that
it was an NBA legend who got in his ear
and convinced him to move on.
"I had orders from the great Bill Russell,"
O'Neal said. "Me and him were talking in Seattle
the other day, and he was telling me how rivalries
should be. I asked him if he ever disliked anybody
he played against, and he told me, 'No, never,' and
he told (me) that I should shake Kobe Bryant's
hand and let bygones be bygones and bury
the hatchet.
"Today is a day of peace. Dr. Martin Luther
King was an ambassador of peace. So when
I talked to Mr. Russell, he told me he said that
him and Chamberlain spoke once or twice a week
before he passed away. And even though people
thought they hated each other, there was
nothing but love there."
KOBE & SHAQ MAKE UP ON MLK DAY
O'Neal follows advice from NBA legend.
*Monday night at Staples Center in
Los Angeles Kobe Bryant and Shaquille
O'Neal finally made peace. Then Kobe and
the LA Lakers beat Shaq and the Miami
Heat 100-92.
Bryant told reporters that O'Neal first
approached him while he was stretching before
the game, and congratulated him on the birth
of his daughter and the impending birth
of a second child.
"It made me feel good," Bryant said, adding
he was surprised at O'Neal's gesture. "We've
been through so many wars together. Now,
just be able to move on, try to do the best
for this team, wish him the best in South
Beach. "I think it's good for the city of Los
Angeles, good for the NBA, good for the
youth, being Martin Luther King Day."
After the game, O'Neal admitted that
it was an NBA legend who got in his ear
and convinced him to move on.
"I had orders from the great Bill Russell,"
O'Neal said. "Me and him were talking in Seattle
the other day, and he was telling me how rivalries
should be. I asked him if he ever disliked anybody
he played against, and he told me, 'No, never,' and
he told (me) that I should shake Kobe Bryant's
hand and let bygones be bygones and bury
the hatchet.
"Today is a day of peace. Dr. Martin Luther
King was an ambassador of peace. So when
I talked to Mr. Russell, he told me he said that
him and Chamberlain spoke once or twice a week
before he passed away. And even though people
thought they hated each other, there was
nothing but love there."