Shaq needs a history lesson on best Lakers’ combo

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Shaquille O’Neal, proving once again that history is what happened five minutes ago, declared that he and Kobe Bryant were ‘ ... the best Lakers guard-center tandem ... Ever.’

A center who redefined the game and a guard who later became the face of the NBA. Wait a minute. Wasn’t that Wilt Chamberlain and Jerry West (Mr. NBA Logo), the pair that won the L.A. Lakers’ first title in 1972 -- during a decade in which no team was able to win back-to-back titles.

OK, maybe Shaq meant the tandem that won the most titles, with three. But Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and that Magic guy won five.

Well, Shaq and Kobe were certainly better than the Vlade Divac-Nick Van Exel duo.

-- Chris Foster