Shaquille O’Neal led the crowd near the Staples Center Tuesday night in a chant for Kobe Bryant hours after he gave a tearful tribute to his longtime Lakers teammate who was killed in a Southern California helicopter crash on Sunday.
O’Neal, who was walking out onto the street, quieted the crowd to lead them in a loud chant of “Kobe, Kobe, Kobe!”
Earlier, the 47-year-old O’Neal, who had an up-and-down relationship with Bryant, was grief stricken about his former teammate’s death.
“I haven’t felt the pain that sharp in a while,” O’Neal said as part of TNT’s tribute to his former Lakers running mate.
O’Neal said the loss of the 41-year-old Bryant hurt even more because Shaq had just lost his younger sister Ayesha to cancer in October.
“Now I lost a little brother,” Shaq said, referring to Bryant, as the rest of the panel including Ernie Johnson, NBA greats Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Dwyane Wade consoled him.
O’Neal, who won four NBA titles in his illustrious career, captured three with the Lakers. Shaq and Kobe, who won five rings with Los Angeles, led the Lakers to three consecutive NBA crowns from 2000-2002.
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