5 Best Partnerships in NBA History

#3. Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal

Los Angeles Lakers Unveil Shaquille O'Neal Statue

Two of the most unguardable players the NBA has ever seen, on the same team. Kobe and Shaq were an unstoppable force of nature when paired together on the Los Angeles Lakers, immortalising their team in becoming only the fourth ever franchise to complete a three-peat between the years 2000-2002

While they stay at #3 on this list of greatest combos ever, it is still unknown just how much success these two NBA legends could have had if they had stuck together. Eight years together was enough for the pair as they constantly feuded throughout their career as teammates. For many years the inability for one to take the limelight off the other caused havoc in the dressing room, and even though they managed to figure out how to win on the court, the off court issues grew larger and larger after every season.

A day of the Lakers traded away Shaq to the Miami Heat in 2004, Kobe signed a seven year deal for the Lakers ending the locker room feud and potentially the greatest on court partnership we have ever seen.