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Shaq calls Lakers “gated community gangsters”

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Three games into the season the Lakers find themselves winless. A glaring problem for the purple and gold is poor three-point shooting.

It’s getting worse every game. Los Angeles made just 18 percent of their shots from beyond the arc in a loss against the Trail Blazers.

Lakers legend Shaquille O’Neal used an original analogy to describe his former team. “They’re like a community where I live – they have no shooters. They are gated community gangsters,” the four-time NBA champion said.

“They have no shooters in their community. I can leave my door open, I can walk around in my underwear.


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