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PShaquille O'NealDynasty breakup · July 14, 2004
The trade that ended Shaq and Kobe—and delivered Miami's first title
Los Angeles sent Shaquille O'Neal to Miami for Lamar Odom, Caron Butler, Brian Grant and a future first-round pick.
See where this happened in the 2004 offseason →The original receipt
Every asset in the deal
The arrows show what each team received—not which direction a player left.
LALReceived
Los Angeles Lakers
PLamar Odom
PCaron Butler
PBrian Grant
#2006 Miami first-round pick
Why it happened
The bet each side made
The Lakers chose Kobe Bryant and flexibility after a Finals loss fractured their dynasty. Miami paired a still-dominant O'Neal with rising star Dwyane Wade.
Why history remembers it
Miami won its first championship in 2006. Odom later became essential to two Lakers titles, allowing both franchises to build another champion from opposite sides of the breakup.
The family tree
Where the picks and rights went
Selections, swaps and later trades are traced separately so a downstream player is not mistaken for a direct one-for-one return.
- 01
2006 Miami first · selected
Jordan Farmar · No. 26
The delayed first became a rotation guard on the Lakers' 2009 and 2010 championship teams.
- 02
Caron Butler branch · traded
Kwame Brown → Pau Gasol package
Los Angeles traded Butler for Brown, who later served as salary and value in the 2008 Gasol transaction.
What changed
The consequences
- O'Neal and Wade won the 2006 championship.
- Odom became the Lakers' versatile sixth man during their 2009–10 repeat.
- The transaction formally ended the three-title Shaq–Kobe partnership.
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