Back in 2004, Shaquille O'Neal spoke with the Washington Post months after he was traded to the Miami Heat. During that interview, Shaq detailed what went wrong in Los Angeles and whether he would have stayed if Phil Jackson was still there.
"The Lakers were like, 'You get Gary [Payton] and Karl [Malone], we'll give you everything you want.' I got Gary and Karl to take less money. When [the contract extension] didn't happen for a couple of months, I knew it wasn't coming.
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