On Tuesday night, former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal was seen in a viral video outside of the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, where he told fans to be quiet so he could start a 'Kobe' chant following the tragic death of Kobe Bryant, a 20-year Los Angeles Lakers legend.
host Ernie Johnson, who was accompanied by a number of former NBA players including O'Neal, Dwayne Wade, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Jerry West, as well as a number of other former teammates of Bryant. All involved shared different stories and memories of the former Laker guard during the show.
O'Neal and Bryant played together for the Lakers from 1996 to 2004 and were able to win three consecutive NBA championships but it was widely known that they were not the best of friends. Despite their differences as players, O'Neal expressed his love for Bryant and stated that his tragic death"definitely changes" him.
"I haven't felt a pain that sharp in a while," O'Neal said."The fact that we're not gonna be able to joke at his Hall of Fame ceremony, we're not gonna be able to say 'haha I got five you got four.' The fact that we're not gonna be able to say if we would have stayed together, we could have got 10 [NBA championships]. Those are things you can't get back.
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