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Shaq screamed for attention

By Scott Howard-Cooper
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, July 13, 2004

The Detroit Pistons are deserving champions. No question. They outplayed the Lakers, outhustled the Lakers and out-teamed the Lakers. But they did not put that banana peel outside Staples Center. No matter what, the Lakers were Destination: Implosion. Phil Jackson was going to leave, Shaquille O'Neal was going to be shopped, Gary Payton was going to bristle. Because Kobe Bryant wanted it to happen. Well, all except the Payton part. That was going to happen anyway. These last weeks have been l ...

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