The NBA stars appeared in an on-air tribute for Kobe Bryant filmed at the Staples Center on Tuesday
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“I haven’t felt a pain that sharp in a while,” he said, before explaining the “final blow” was learning that Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter Gianna had also perished in the fatal crash. O’Neal went on to tearfully reflected upon a future without Bryant, lamenting over all the things he’ll never get to do with his former teammate again.
“We’re not going to be able to joke at his Hall of Fame Ceremony,” he said. “Those are the things you can’t get back.”O’Neal continued, “That’s the only thing, I wish I could just say something to him again.”“Every time we played against each other I had to act like I didn’t care that I was playing against one of my idols,” he remembered. “I grew up wanting to be like him.
The former Miami Heat star added that he’s “been in shock for two days” and having the chance to process Bryant’s death with friends was “the first moment where it actually feels real.”
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