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There is perhaps no player who will ever be tied to Kobe Bryant more than Shaquille O’Neal.
In their eight seasons together, Bryant and O’Neal formed perhaps the greatest duo in NBA history. Off the court, they had their issues but never lost respect for one another, and they both considered their relationship to be brotherly in nature.
So when Bryant was shockingly and tragically killed in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26 — along with his daughter Gianna Bryant and seven others — O’Neal felt the pain of his loss as much as anybody.