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The Los Angeles Lakers could have had a fantasy lineup for the ages.
Many things changed in two years for the Los Angeles Lakers at the end of the 90s to get to the championship. From the 1998 lineup that boasted four young rising All-Stars in Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant, Eddie Jones and Nick Van Exel, they apparently downgraded in 2000 to Shaq, Kobe and three aging veterans.
It is not so easy, obviously. Those three veterans were brought in because they represented a (more or less) better fit next to the golden couple in Phil Jackson’s triangle offense.