Buss & Kupchak pull a Chicago Jerries. Let go the best coach and the most dominant player to keep Kobe? Years from now, they’ll be saying, “What were we thinking?” Kobe is marvelously talented, but he just doesn’t “get it”. Shaq, ego and all, “gets it”. “It” is doing what it takes to make your team win. Bill Russell and MJ are the two most outstanding examples. Kobe can’t carry either of their jock straps. Oh well, neither can Shaq. Nor could the “most dominant” player of Russell’s time, Wilt Chamberlain, who got the worst of personal matchups with Russ nearly every time.