Lakers Legend Shaquille O’Neal Makes Heartfelt Kobe Bryant Post

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On Sunday, many people around the NBA world recognized Kobe Bryant’s five-year anniversary passes.

One person who made a heartfelt post to Instagram was Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal.

His post had over 230,000 likes in two hours.

O’Neal: “Miss You Lil Bro & Miss You Too Gigi #missyall #neverfogotten“

Many NBA fans left comments.

@deniavdijaszn: “We love you Shaq, Shaq and Kobe will forever be the most iconic NBA duo of all time”

@Vandersonluis13: “Best NBA duo ever “

@sixforsixgoat: “Y’all could have won 8 rings together. “

@mattc2324: “Man if you guys never broke up you would have had 8 rings probably won 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010”

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June 12, 2002; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; (Left to right) Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant, Lindsay Hunter and Shaquille O’Neal Hold Championship Trophies after winning Game 4 of the NBA Finals at the Meadowlands. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch Featured Images / Robert Deutsch-USA Today via IMA

O’Neal and Bryant (with the Los Angeles Lakers) formed one of the best duos in NBA history.

They were teammates for eight seasons and reached the NBA Finals four times (and won three titles).

In addition, O’Neal and Bryant are the most recent team to win three consecutive NBA championships.

O’Neal was traded to the Miami Heat prior to the 2004–05 NBA season.

Meanwhile, Bryant spent his entire 20-year career with the Lakers.

He went on to win two more NBA championships in 2009 and 2010 (without O’Neal).

Via Statmuse on 26 January 2020: “Rip Kobe Bryant

• 5x champion
• 2x Finals MVP
• 2008 MVP
• 18x All-Star
• 15x All-NBA
• 12x All-Defense
• 2x scoring champion
• 1st in points, games, wins in Lakers history (regular season and playoffs)
• Only player with 2 numbers retired for the same team “