Lawrence: Lakers are floored, no KO in Kobe
Published 6/6/2008 at NYDailyNews.com - Basketball
Come back, Shaq. Kobe needs you. You probably thought you'd never read that. There's no way, of course, that Shaquille O'Neal can come back to the Lakers now. They moved on from the Diesel a long time ago.
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