O'Neal's Laker days' bygone, aging body, infamous demeanor diminishes return

Everyone knows the Los Angeles Lakers are championship caliber, and so does Shaquille O’Neal.

With the ability to retrospect, he has realized that he’s astray, now realizing that he might not ever play on another team that’s contending for a championship, unless he returns to the Lakers.

Making a return to the Lakers might be Shaq’s best alternative, only if they’re willing to take him back, but from my understanding the Lakers have omitted Shaq. For obvious reasons everyone is discussing Shaq’s possible return for two reasons. One, the Lakers faces the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night. Two, Shaq told the Sacramento Bee that he’s reconsiders on possibly playing for the Lakers once again when he becomes a free-agent in 2010.

Apparently, Shaq hasn’t rejected the Lakers, but they’ve rejected him. Even, the general public in Los Angeles has rejected the Big Diesel on a possible return. The Lakers and Suns clash in the desert tonight, which should be interesting.

Usually, when Shaq and Kobe Bryant encounters one another, its Shaq versus Kobe. Now there’s a different ring to the Lakers, whenever Shaq steps on the same court with them. That ring is a new big man amid. It’s now Shaq versus Andrew Bynum.

Reportedly, Shaq is interested in remarrying the Lakers, after his ugly divorce with them in 2004. He arrived to the desert back in February, where he seemed optimistic on bringing a championship to Phoenix.

Simply, Shaq can’t win without Kobe. During the summer, he ripped Kobe in his rap session at a nightclub in New York when he should have being rapping on how he couldn’t do with Kobe. Now Shaq has added more havoc to the Lakers-Suns rivalry, which dates back before his arrival.

O’Neal acknowledged that he never had issues with Bryant, but blames Phil Jackson for all the conflict surrounding the dynastic Lakers earlier in the decade.

No, the problem clearly was Shaq, who had attitudes and cockiness personalities, which destroyed a dynasty. He wanted to be the top star, asking for the ball more often, but didn’t receive it much, causing him to go berserk. His demeanor led to more problems when he started ripping Kobe and blaming problems on him as well as the rest of the organization.

The Lakers organization went on a warpath and bitterness between Kobe and Shaq started to escalate into further problems. Lakers owner Jerry Buss and general manager Mitch Kupchak decided to trade the 7-foot giant to Miami, where he won his fourth championship, for those whose keeping count of championships won.

Nonetheless, Kobe only has three, but could possibly win his fourth this season with a much improved supporting cast.

Evidently, the Lakers decided to move forward into the future with second year star Andrew Bynum, who seems fully healthy. He’s their next big elite center and has emerged quickly into a legitimate competitor.

On the other hand, Shaq has lost creditably to most of the public in Los Angeles, after publicly ripping teammates. And they’re rebuilding with young talent, the Lakers have a bright futures with Bynum at center and Pau Gasol on the inside, can mature into a more dynamic force.

If the Lakers were to re-sign Shaq, it would've turned out to be the biggest mistake in history for them, and then Kupchak would really catch heat from critics. His presence will change the entire complexion on offense because of his inability to get up and down the court in a timely fashion, without becoming fatigue.

Certainly, Shaq is aging, while Bynum still have at least another 20 years left. But, Shaq has zero. He’s washed up, while Bynum is just getting incepted. He’s despised, while Bynum is beloved. And he recently signed a four-year, $58 million contract extension, while Shaq looks as if he’ll be swearing in at a station to become the next undercover policeman.

Shaq, big man, there’s no room as the Lakers seem to be just fine.

In other words, the Big Diesel has ran out of diesel fuel.