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Shaquille O’Neal Once Accused Ex-Lakers Buddy Kobe Bryant of Causing His Divorce in Scathing Rant

Published 05/21/2022, 11:30 AM EDT

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Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant are one of the most dominant and successful duos in the NBA. During their 8 years together, they helped the Lakers win 3 straight NBA championships from 2000 to 2002. 

While the beef between Shaq and Kobe was no secret, did you know Shaq revealed a Kobe diss track once? You have to watch it to believe it. In the song, Shaq also accused Bryant of causing his divorce.

The Big Diesel had a decent career as a rapper and won a platinum album. He is also a DJ and still performs in clubs now and then.

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Shaquille O’Neal disses Kobe Bryant

In what appears to be a crowded nightclub, O’Neal started rapping about Kobe. It looks like it was a free flow of words and not something that was written previously. But we’d never know. And this was after Kobe lost the finals to the Boston Celtics in 2008.

So Shaq was rapping that Kobe couldn’t win the NBA title without him. He sang, “…Last week Kobe couldn’t do it without me…”

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But the most interesting part was when Shaq accused Bryant of ratting him out to his wife, which caused the divorce. O’Neal rapped, “…Kobe ratted me out. That’s why I’m here divorced…”

One of the main reasons for Kobe’s feud with Shaq was that he would spend a lot of his time in clubs and party a lot. While everyone can’t be as obsessed as Kobe was, he still has a point. One has to take care of his body to be at the top of his game. 

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But it is still not clear whether Kobe really revealed anything to Shaq’s wife that caused the couple to break up.

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O’Neal left the Lakers in 2004 after losing the NBA finals to the Detroit Pistons. He signed with the Miami Heat. And Shaq won a title before Kobe. He won the title with Dwyane Wade and the Heat in 2006. 

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Then Kobe and the Lakers finally reached the finals in 2008, only to lose it to rival the Boston Celtics. Also, during their three-peat from 2000 to 02, Shaquille O’Neal was the main man. And he won the Finals MVP award on all three occasions. And it is because of this reason, Shaq was gloating that Kobe couldn’t win a title without him.

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But Kobe had the last laugh when he won back-to-back NBA championships in 2009 and 2010 without Shaq. And he also has 1 more championship than O’Neal has. In 2010, Bryant also had his revenge on the Celtics when he beat them in the finals. This time around, Kobe Bryant was the main man for the Lakers. And he won the finals MVP award on both occasions. 

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Bagavathi Eswaran

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Bagavathi Eswaran is an NBA writer at EssentiallySports. He has been playing the game of basketball for more than 20 years now and has also been following the NBA for more than 10 years. After not being able to go pro, this former college player decided to join the IT industry.
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Ajinkya Aswale