Los Angeles Lakers icon Shaquille O'Neal has emotionally admitted he regrets not keeping in touch with Kobe Bryant after the two retired. O'Neal and Bryant were an unstoppable double-act for the Lakers, and were only the fifth team ever to achieve a 'three-peat'.
But their relationship soon deteriorated, with Bryant fuming at O'Neal waiting until the start of the season to get surgery on an injury he picked up in the previous campaign.
The pair continued in their feud throughout their playing careers, but would later reconcile in retirement. That reconciliation didn't lead to their friendship recovering, however, as O'Neal admitted on the late Bryant's birthday this week.
