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Shaquille O’Neal Debunks Kobe Bryant Beef Rumors With Logan Paul and Jake Paul Comparison: “I Could Never Do It by Myself”

Published 10/05/2022, 5:00 PM EDT

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There have been a lot of rumors of a beef between Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant. Over the past few years, Shaq has been letting the world know that there was no beef and there were just disagreements and arguments. The Lakers legend was recently on the ‘Impalusive’ podcast where he debunked it again using a Jake Paul and Logan Paul comparison.

Kobe and Shaq are one of the greatest duos of all time, but their relationship was reportedly strained. There were stories where the two butted heads in practice and they were also scuffling between the two legends. Few reports also claimed that the two didn’t see eye to eye, which became the reason why Shaq was traded.

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At the same time, they won three titles together. They were arguably the greatest one-two punch in NBA history and were the core pillars of the Los Angeles Lakers dynasty.

 Shaq dismisses beef with Kobe Bryant with Paul brothers comparison

Shaq was recently in Las Vegas for his event with his foundation. And when he was there, he went on Logan Paul’s podcast, “The Impaulsive”. He talked about his childhood, his NBA Career, and who the GOAT is and he even took a few questions from fans. One of the fans asked him about the supposed beef with Kobe.

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Shaq said, ” The world likes to portray this beef but what I like about you and your brother. I see you guys argue all the time but at the end, the respect is there. That’s why you’ll are close. He is who he is, I am who I am. We used to butt heads, but you can never lose respect.”

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“So me being the leader of the team, I knew what I had… I could never do it by myself, it had to be a one-two punch”

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Shaq knew what he had to do to get Kobe going and get him to be the Black Mamba. He admitted that there were arguments and scuffles, but at the end of the day, there was still respect between them. And he used the Paul brother’s analogy to dismiss the supposed beef between the two legends.

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Vishwesha Kumar is an NBA writer at EssentiallySports. Holder of a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, Vishwesha has been writing content for about 3 years now. He has been following the NBA for nearly 10 years, since first starting off in the year 2012.
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