“The fact that we lost probably the world’s greatest Laker, the world’s greatest basketball player ...” O’Neal said. “Listen, people are going to say take your time and get better, but this is going to be hard for me. “I haven’t felt a pain that sharp in a while.. it definitely changes me.”’@SHAQ on the loss of his brother, Kobe. Phillip Harrison], lost my sister, but now I’ve lost a little brother. Bryant and O’Neal won three consecutive NBA championships together from 2000 to 2002 and reached the NBA Finals four times in five years.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 29, 2020 01:25 UTC