Kobe Bryant hints in a New Yorker magazine interview that Shaquille O'Neal's less than stellar work ethic prevented the L.A. Lakers from being an even greater dynasty than the one one the two starred on to win the franchise three straight championships.
Over the years, both Bryant and O'Neal have taken occasional shots at one another over what they consider to have led to the team's premature demise. The latest hint comes courtesy of Bryant.
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"It used to drive me crazy that he was so lazy," Bryant told the magazine. "You got to have the responsibility of working every single day. You can't skate through (expletive)."
Bryant's view of things comes as nothing new, as he has always maintained O'Neal largely dominated the league based on raw physical ability and size, not what he put into it terms of working as hard as he could have.
The Lakers finally separated the two when as a free agent Bryant threatened to sign with the then cross-town rival L.A. Clippers in 2004. The Lakers then traded O'Neal to Miami, where he won another title with Dwyane Wade and the Lakers went on to eventually earn another three-peat behind Bryant, Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom.
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