By the time Shareef had replied, Kobe Bryant had died.
to his late friend and former teammate on social media. Bryant and Shaquille played together on the Lakers from 1996 to 2004. They won three consecutive NBA Championships and made an NBA Finals appearance in 2004.
"There [are] no words to express the pain I’m going through now with this tragic and sad moment of loosing my friend, my brother, my partner in winning championships, my dude and my homie," O'Neal captioned a series of photos of him and Bryant."I love you brother and you will be missed." He also praised Bryant's life as a family man in a subsequent post, writing,"Kobe was so much more than an athlete, he was a family man. That was what we had most in common. We love our families. Whenever we got together I would hug his children like they were my own and he would embrace my kids like they were his. His baby girl Gianna was born on the same day as my youngest daughter Me’Arah. I miss you already brother. This is truly unbelievable.
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