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West: Shaq trade had to be Buss' call

By Marc Stein
ESPN.com

Monday, September 20, 2004

Jerry West is understandably reluctant to say too much about the dissolution of the potentially dynastic duo he assembled in Los Angeles. Strange as it sounds, even as he readies for his third season in Memphis, the Lakers aren't West's team any more. So ... West betrays little emotion when he's asked how it feels to see Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant split up, simply offering that "maybe it was time for a change" given the obvious disharmony in Lakerland. The deepest he'll go on the subject ...

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