image via: twitter Forget all the bad blood, all the back and forth trash talking and subliminal messages and all the years wasted being bitter towards each other. It was all love on Friday between Shaq & Kobe Bryant as the mamba was on hand for the unveiling of Shaq’s status outside the Staples Center. Many of Shaq’s former Lakers teammates and people affiliated with the franchise in general came out to support the diesel but of course, most eyes were on Kobe & Shaq.
(Video) NBA: Shaq Talks About His New Statue And Why He Tipped A Waiter $4,000
image via: youtube The Los Angeles Lakers will officially unveil a statue of Shaq on Friday and on Thursday he went on Jimmy Kimmel Live to talk about it. He doesn’t seem to be too sure about exactly how things will go on Friday but he doesn’t seem too concerned. He just hopes all of his former teammates are able to make it, with Kobe included.
NBA: Shaq Helps Furnish Home Of Atlanta Girl Who Survived Brutal Dog Attack
image via: youtube Most of the news involving Shaq recently hasn’t been the greatest because it was centered on his beef with JaVale McGee and Kevin Durant. Before things really got out of hand, the issue seemed to be squashed and now we can get back to seeing the better, brighter side of Shaq that does things like this.
NBA: Shaq Says Kevin Durant Can’t Talk About Him Until He Wins A Championship
image via: youtube The “beef” between Shaq and JaVale McGee hit a dangerously new high a couple weeks ago which resulted in some angry tweets back and forth and Shaq threatening to harm McGee when he sees him. Warriors teammate Kevin Durant jumped in the middle of it at the time to defend his guy and threw some insults at Shaq in which he responded to KD on twitter to tell him to mind his business. Since then, whatever beef there was with McGee was over as Shaq promised to never speak on him again. He didn’t however promise to never talk about Durant and he did just that shortly before “Inside The NBA” went on air on Thursday.
(Video) NBA: Shaquille O’Neal Wonders If He Could’ve Saved Biggie Smalls From Getting Shot #RIPBIG
Today (Mar. 9) is the 20th anniversary of the death of Christopher Wallace aka Notorious B.I.G aka Biggie Smalls. As part of a feature for The Undefeated, Justin Tinsley asked several Los Angeles area athletes about what they were doing around the time Biggie was shot and the impact his death had on the city.
NBA: Warriors Reach Out To TNT In Regards To Shaq/JaVale McGee Beef
image via: youtube The Golden State Warriors reportedly reached out to the TNT network on Friday night to address the constant slander that Shaq has been throwing JaVale McGee’s way. Unless you live under a rock then you know their beef went to a new level early Friday morning as the two traded insults on twitter which eventually led to Shaq threatening to harm McGee.
