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Article: Lakers owner Buss says O'Neal forced team to make trade
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 13, 2004
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Lakers owner Buss says O'Neal forced team to make trade
By ROSS SILER Los Angeles Daily News
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
Los Angeles -- With three weeks remaining on a vacation that has
taken him halfway around the world, Lakers owner Jerry Buss spoke
Monday from an Italian city famous for sinking about a franchise he
is convinced is not doing likewise.
In a rare session with reporters, one starting with the word
"Bonjourno," Buss discussed his decision to trade Shaquille O'Neal to
the Miami Heat, his optimism about re-signing Kobe Bryant and the
direction of the team he has owned for 25 years.
"If you have a dynasty, which I think we did have the last five
years, it begins to age," said Buss, ...