Kobe vs. Shaq Revisited - Who's the Boss | 3

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Sports, Documentary, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 12 February 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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*In light of Kobe Bryant's tragic passing, we're re-airing our series on the rivalry between Kobe and Shaquille O'Neal.*

It’s 1999 and Phil Jackson—the tai chi–practicing, sage-burning zen master—is now the Lakers’ head coach. He’s got his eye on a championship, but he knows the only way to get there is to teach Shaq some discipline and snap Kobe’s selfish streak. Easier said than done.

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0:00.0	It's Summer, 1999.
0:11.4	Shaq is exhausted after another tough loss in the playoffs.
0:15.5	He's anxious too.
0:17.3	He and Kobe Bryant have now played together on the Los Angeles Lakers for three seasons
0:22.9	without a championship to show for it.
0:26.6	He worries that he and the Lakers won't ever get it together to win a title.
0:31.6	But Shaq doesn't spend all of his time sulking about not having a ring.
0:37.6	For the entirety of his career as an NBA star, he's always carved out time for his off-court
0:44.1	projects.
0:45.1	He's starred in movies and recorded albums including Can't Stop the Rain, REI-GN, with
0:52.2	the title single featuring the notorious B.I.G.
0:56.0	His first album released pretty early on in his career went platinum.
1:00.3	The next went gold, real numbers.
1:03.1	He goes on tour to promote his albums, making stops all over, even in places like Callispell
1:08.3	Montana, where he happens to be tonight.
1:21.7	After the gig, Shaq is off stage, catching his breath and says to his bodyguard, hey, guess
1:26.7	who's got a log cabin just up the way.
1:29.6	The answer is the now legendary champion NBA coach Phil Jackson, who's just agreed
1:35.3	to be the new head coach of the Lakers.
1:38.4	Jackson coached Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls to six, six NBA championships.
1:44.7	Now after a year away from the league, he sees the Lakers as a great fit for a second
1:49.5	championship act.
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