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Kobe Bryant Denies Rumors He's Feuding With Shaquille O'Neal
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Aug. 28 2019, Published 7:53 p.m. ET
Kobe Bryant took to Twitter on Wednesday, August 28, to shoot down rumors that he's feuding with Shaquille O'Neal.
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"There is no beef with @SHAQ I know most media want to see it but it ain’t gonna happen. Ain’t nothin but love there and we too old to beef anyway #3peat," Kobe, 41, wrote.
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The feud rumors began when the former Lakers star seemingly slipped in a little shade while praising Shaq, 47, at the PHP Agency Convention in Las Vegas.
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"He’d be the greatest of all time. He’d be the first to tell you that. This guy was a force like I have never seen. It was crazy. Generally, guys at that size are a little timid and they don’t want to be big. This dude did not care. He was mean, he was nasty. He was competitive. He was vindictive. I wish he was in the gym. I would’ve had f**king 12 rings," he said.
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The basketball star-turned-sports analyst quickly fired back on Instagram.
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"U woulda had twelve if u passed the ball more especially in the finals against the pistons #facts," Shaq wrote in the comments section of the Lakers Forever post. "You don’t get statues by not working hard," he added.
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Following Kobe's feud denial, Shaq took the opportunity to make light of the situation.
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"It’s all good bro, when I saw the interview, I thought you were talking about Dwite, is that how u spell his name lol," he jokingly responded on Twitter.