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KB: No because, you know me, once I’ve made a decision I don’t really go back and think about the what-ifs. But we can think about it right now. And, ah, yeah, it would’ve changed things a lot. I believe we still would’ve won championships in Chicago. That’s what I think, but I do feel like everything happens for a reason.
Honestly, the biggest shock to me was that Shaq didn’t know that [I was 100 percent ready to be traded]. That was the biggest surprise to me, that he was unaware of that! I think, had he known how serious I was about going someplace else, he never would’ve demanded a trade [and he would’ve stayed in Los Angeles]. But when he got traded, that stopped me from going anywhere else because there was no way that Jerry Buss was going to lose Shaq and me in the same summer. So if he had known how serious I was about leaving, I don’t think he ever would’ve demanded a trade.
