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I believe, myself, just being a part of the Lakers is one of the best experiences I've had.
As a kid, you always wanna play for either the Lakers or Boston just for the rivalry alone.
I loved basketball and grew up with the Lakers and Magic Johnson. That was a big part of me.
Most ferocious was Kobe. Fiercest, most competitive, it was Kobe. D Wade is second after that.
I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success.
I'm not going to try to go out there and outdo him. I don't have to try to outdo him, I'm Shaq.
I'm probably going to have to go with Kobester. He's an assassin with LeBron coming right after.
An NBA game in L.A., the Lakers - I'm a Clipper fan - it's to be seen as much as seeing the game.
I was excited about going to the Lakers because they are probably the biggest brand in basketball.
The Lakers have always been on the forefront and anywhere LeBron has been, has been on the forefront.
I was huge on basketball and baseball. I love sports. I'm an L.A. guy. I love the Lakers and Dodgers.
People want to be Lakers. There's just so much pressure, and some guys handle it and some guys can't.
My favorite piece of clothing as a boy was a purple Magic Johnson jersey from the Los Angeles Lakers.
Kobe always tried to be a hero. But you know, as the saying goes, a hero ain't nothing but a sandwich.
The Lakers do this all the time. They overload the side the ball's on, and play zone on the weak side.
Turning down the Lakers was tough, but it is always good to renew your vows to the loves of your life.
Losing Michael Jackson is a handicap. It's the Lakers trying to win a championship without Kobe Bryant.
I grew up in L.A. in the '80s, and the Lakers were the biggest thing to ever hit the world at that time.
My very first NBA game was against the Los Angeles Lakers; it was a pre-season game against Magic Johnson.
Any time you have any type of record in any record book, especially with the Lakers, it is pretty special.
I have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player.
When I told the Pacers I wanted to play for the Lakers, that was true feelings. I wanted to come back home.
I think the Lakers are a legacy franchise. Players know when they come here, this is the ultimate platform.
As committed to my Lakers teammates and the organization as I am, I ultimately play basketball for my family.
There was a time period where I was obsessed with the rivalry between the Lakers and the Celtics in the 1980s.
My biggest concern for the Lakers - and they're going have to figure out a way to rectify this - is Lonzo Ball.
The truth is I'm a bit old school. For me, it would be hard to put on a Lakers jersey. That's just the way it is.
It was always my dream to play in the NBA, especially for the Lakers because they're the greatest franchise ever.
I loved the Lakers in '09 and 2010. I used to get up early with my brother Janis, and we watched them win the titles.
If I had an opportunity to hand-pick a team that I wanted to play in the NBA Finals, it would probably be the Lakers.
I don't have to make a point. I'm George Bush. I'm the president. I built that arena, so I don't have to make a point.
You can talk about Phil Jackson for years when he was with the Lakers and the Bulls, I used to read a lot of his stuff.
Since I suffered the injury on company time, why shouldn't I also be able to get surgery and do recovery on company time?
Lakers are my boys! I'm 100 percent the biggest Kobe fan on the planet. I text him after every game to tell him what's up.
I don't think the Lakers could control Tony Parker's ability to get into the paint, so his health is the key for San Antonio.
I can't root for the Lakers. I grew up in northern California, so I spent many of my young adult years rooting against the Lakers.
When I joined the Lakers and moved to L.A., I started getting more serious about collecting sneakers and dressing from the feet up.
My mission is to kill; whether it's the Heat, whether it's the Lakers. Hopefully both. That's my mission, and that's what I'm here to do.
We get three of the Ball boys on the Lakers together, and we gonna go championship, championship, championship, championship, championship.
The Houston team I was on - we were just rolling. We just hit the right stride at the right moment. And the Lakers team, we were rolling again.
I had a tough year, losing my dad. And I really needed to have some quiet time, and not be engaged the way I normally would be with the Lakers.
Every kid who just played basketball knew about the Boston Celtics. They're one of the few teams who were always on national TV along with the Lakers.
I grew up watching the Lakers and the Dodgers and the Rams, all local men's professional teams, and never really had any women that I grew up watching.
A bunch of fans have come up to me and they say, 'Why did we trade you? The Lakers front office did the biggest mistake.' Everyone's like, 'We miss you.'
Jerry West really helped a lot, and so did players like Magic Johnson. That's why, at the end of my career, I wanted to finish my career with the Lakers.
My personal opinion is, how, if you never hung out with somebody, do you know them so well? I never hung out with that dude because the dude is a weirdo.
There is nothing to say because I know everything about him. I raised him. I know what's a charade, and I know what's not a charade. I'll leave it at that.
Even before my dad passed away, people tried to buy the Lakers. Sony tried in the 1980s. People have always wanted to buy the Lakers. They're not for sale.
I'm a cop, and cops talk. They called me the day he did it, but did you ever hear me say anything about it? I played ball, because that's how I am. I'm true.
Yeah, I play a lot of their games. Going way back to Bulls vs. Lakers to the later Live stuff, I go at it quite a bit. More than anything tough, I play Madden.