How many titles would the Lakers had won if Shaq was paired with MJ?

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Mike@LG · Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 7:41 am Post subject:

MJ would have left the team.
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ringfinger · Retired Number Joined: 08 Oct 2013 Posts: 29418

None. The Bulls would have won them all.

27 · Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 7:46 am Post subject:

a million probably

KobeDunk · Retired Number Joined: 23 Sep 2004 Posts: 26849

for as many years as they would have played together. Maybe 8 to 10

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Less than with Kobe on his side.

Fastbreak32 · Star Player Joined: 11 Oct 2011 Posts: 4746

They could have won 7 titles together. They also could have imploded more quickly than Shaq and Kobe. I lean toward the latter possibility.
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Every season they played together minus the season MJ plays baseball. They would've won the season he came back and was rusty cuz Shaq > Pippen

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venturalakersfan · Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 10:27 am Post subject:

I think that with Magic feeding Shaq, they would have destroyed the league.
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MambaBamba · Sixth Man Joined: 27 Oct 2014 Posts: 45

Well MJ won three chips with Luc Longley, so provided Shaq and Jordan can co-exist, the three-peat bulls with Shaq would be unreal. Jordan and Pippen probably wouldn't have retired until they were 45.

On the other hand, the three-peat Lakers with Jordan would likely only be a marginal upgrade. After all Kobe was averaging 30+ a game in the playoffs in those campaigns. That said I would think in 2004 Shaq and Jordan would have beaten the Pistons.

LandsbergerRules · Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 1:02 pm Post subject:

Shaq would've demanded a trade much earlier. At least with his feuds with Kobe, the media took Shaq's side much of the time. With MJ there, Shaq would be painted as the bad guy every time, which would've driven him nuts.
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JerryMagicKobe · Moderator Joined: 28 Jul 2005 Posts: 15100

Maybe Shaq would have gone to play baseball with MJ, so isn't the real question "How many times would they win the World Series?"

steve_42 · Starting Rotation Joined: 17 Oct 2007 Posts: 485

I think the better question would be, what if Shaq had the same work ethic as Kobe or MJ?
MJ would have hated Shaq for his laziness. Shaq was an all-time great, don't get me wrong. However, he would have been unarguably the best big man ever if he had Kobe and MJ's work ethic.

frijolero01 · Franchise Player Joined: 10 May 2005 Posts: 13324

more than 3 because Jordan was a better teammate than Kobe and made all his teammates better. He would've single handedly made Shaq more into shape before coming into training camp. Oh, and he would've beat the Pistons in 04 all by himself because he's Michael Jordan and you can never compare Kobe to Jordan. Jordan would've never gotten into a fight with Samaki Walker.

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Oliver Reed · Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 4:37 pm Post subject:

Christ, Magic and Shaq? I seriously do not know how anyone would beat that team.

carlosLisboa · Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 11:55 am Post subject:

Wrong question.
How many titles would Shaq have won of MJ had retired for goof in 93?

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A lot.

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