O Neal: Kobe is the best teammate of my career. I can t achieve three consecutive championships without him!

Now is the traffic era. Some retired stars in the NBA have also begun to say some "eye-catching" words for traffic. For the sake of traffic, former Rockets superstar McGrady recently publicly questioned Kobe's strength in the media, believing that the reason why Kobe was able to win three consecutive championships is mainly because of his teammates like O'Neal, so he is very lucky that if he is a teammate with O'Neal, he can also win three consecutive championships. However, McGrady's view was refuted by O'Neal himself, saying: Kobe is the best teammate in my career. Without him, I would not have achieved the dynasty dominance of three consecutive championships!

So is O'Neal humble to say that? The answer is no. If you are an old fan and have watched the Lakers' three consecutive championships, you should agree with O'Neal's point of view. It is undeniable that as one of the most dominant centers in NBA history, O'Neal is indeed the absolute heart of the Lakers dynasty. Even if you are a fan of Kobe, you must admit this.

But if Kobe's role is denied, it is obviously unfair. As the second person in the team, Kobe has also helped the team very much, especially in the Western Conference playoffs. When facing the Spurs, the Kings and the Trail Blazers, Kobe's performance is far higher than O'Neal, especially against the Spurs. The "two towers" of the Spurs at that time put a lot of pressure on O'Neal. O'Neal's average shooting percentage and scores have dropped a lot.

And Kobe has become the "nightmare" of the Spurs with his unreasonable playing style. No matter how Bowen is doing badly, he cannot stop Kobe. Popovich once said that the player he least wants to meet is Kobe, because he can always destroy our defensive system with his super personal ability. Therefore, it can be seen that Kobe's role is still very great.

Of course, some fans may say that McGrady can also replace Kobe, and McGrady has strong personal abilities, but this kind of remark is completely nonsense. The biggest gap between the two is not a simple personal scoring ability, but a strong psychology and a super body. We all know that McGrady has a very soft personality and always has a habitual collapse in key games. At the same time, his body is also very fragile and has been in constant injuries in his career, which has become a microcosm of him.

Just imagine that in the NBA Western Conference in early 2000, the physical confrontation was very fierce at that time, and all the strong teams had super defensive players. With McGrady's body and personality, what kind of performance can they perform, I'm afraid I have to play a big question mark. I may be injured and reimbursed after a few games. Then the Lakers are likely to not even be able to make it out of the West, let alone the championship.

From this we can see that Kobe's importance to the Lakers is not inferior to O'Neal in a sense. Even O'Neal now agrees with this point, so O'Neal said that Kobe is his best teammate in his career. This is not boring flattery but a fact!