Talking about the idea of taking an in-season vacation, he recounted the time, toward the end of training camp in Hawaii in 2003, when Jackson set up a surprise day of paintball for the Lakers instead of practice. The team captains were, you guessed it, Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal. “Shaq drafted me, which I thought was, like, a nice moment for us until we got back to our bunker,” Walton said. “The only reason I was drafted was so I could draw enemy fire. (Shaq) gives me two options. He says, ‘Either, one, you sit in this bunker and we all shoot you from point-blank or you run out into the middle of the field and draw fire so we know where they are coming from.’ It was an easy choice. I put my gun down and ran out there. They started firing and I ran back. Shaq was just dying in the bunker laughing.”