 Who was the reason for the Lakers? Who was the championships? Who was the better Laker? Who was the better player? Shaq versus Kobe. Kobe was the better player, but Shaq was this incredibly dominant physical force. Kobe got more out of his body. Shaq could have been the greatest player ever. Just wanted to be Shaq. I wasn't a huge Kobe fan until kind of the end when he evolved as a person and