Before the Los Angeles Lakers’ Friday night game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, the team will be honoring one of the best players in franchise history, Shaquille O’Neal, with his own statue outside of Staples Center.
O’Neal will join the likes of Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Chick Hearn as Laker legends to be forever immortalized with their own statue and it will be a star-studded event.
According to Lakers Nation reporter Serena Winters, Shaq’s former teammate Kobe Bryant, as well as his coach Phil Jackson will be among those in attendance for the unveiling:
Kobe Bryant, Phil Jackson, Jerry West, & Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are among the attendees I'm hearing are confirmed for Shaq's statue unveiling
— Serena Winters (@SerenaWinters) March 22, 2017
Of course the biggest name among those expected is Kobe who has found himself around the Lakers a lot recently.