Shaquille O’Neal broke down during a television special honoring Kobe Bryant.
The 47-year-old Hall of Famer, who had begun his remarks reflecting on the loss of his sister to cancer in October, said he now felt like he'd lost"a little brother."played together for the Los Angeles Lakers from 1996 to 2004 and won three consecutive championships together from 2000 through 2002.
Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal of the Los Angeles Lakers pose with the NBA Championship trophy at the Staples Center in 2000.O’Neal said in his emotional speech that he plans to change the way he looks at life after losing Bryant too soon. “I wish I could say one last thing to the people that we lost,” he said. “Because once you’re gone, you’re gone forever.”“It really changes me,” he said through tears. “I just really now have to take time and just call and say I love you … Because you never know.”
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