Talk:Boycott Kobe's New Jersey/@comment-101862-20060428110437

Fact: Shaq offered in February of his final year a contract that would have kept him the highest paid player in league...refused it.

Rumor: Kobe talked to Jerry Buss to break up the Lakers. Though propagated by many folks, including &quot;respected&quot; journalists, it still is simply an emotional response. There are no phone calls, no reported secret meetings, no emails, nothing to support that Kobe every went to ownership and said Me or Shaq.

As far as the only argument you&quot;ve had through this entire conversation regarding his &quot;personal&quot; life, you once again talk like you&quot;re sitting in the living room or at the dinner table and Kobe&quot;s saying &quot;Hell yeah, I expect my wife to be faithful.&quot; Again you&quot;re pulling emotions out of nowhere and trying to make them a fact.

By the way, my source for Shaq&quot;s refusal was the book by Mark Heisler, an L.A. reporter entitled 	Madmen&quot;s Ball: The Inside Story of the Lakers&quot; Dysfunctional Dynasties