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The reason why I got traded, it wasn't about me and Kobe beef. It was what they wanted me to take less money. Mm-hmm. Not doing that. Mm-hmm. Cole said at least 10 when we asked him. He said at least 10. Yeah, he said 7 to 10. If it wasn't for the Spurs. Yeah. Yeah, no, that's true. That's what Cole said. No, that's true. But I got money. I had money. Right. I just should have been like, all right, I raised you enough. It's your team now. Mm-hmm. I know what I'm going to do. I'm still going to do my 28-10. Mm-hmm. All right. But I was like, nah, I want 150. I don't care what you, like, if I had all over to do again, I probably would have had a meeting with the family. What do y'all want to do? Want me to take less money? Take a less role, stay here? Or you would still want me to be Shaq? See, it's that ego. And the ego still got me what I want. I still went to Miami, Pat took care of me. I still won one, but I would have liked to have stayed there the rest of my career.