Already descending into self-parody about two weeks into the job, Scoop Jackson’s column on ESPN.com today… compares the Shaq/Kobe feud with the Tupac/Biggie feud. Yes, you read that right. Simmons might have made that comparison in one paragraph, but for Scoop it's most of a column.
Furthermore, Jackson leaves out two major pieces of analogy: not only did Kobe and Tupac both have rape trials, but with his scrawny build and shaved head at the time, Bryant was a dead ringer for ‘pac during his rookie season, which began just week's after Shakur's death.