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Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal don't hate each other, wish they had not argued through the press

Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal were one of the most dominant two-man tandems in both Los Angeles Lakers and NBA history, winning three-straight NBA Finals (including a 16-1 run in 2001) and making a fourth trip to the Finals in 2004. But as much success as the two found together on the court, their relationship off the court was quite possibly equally dysfunctional and chaotic, marred by constant both anonymous and public shots at each other through the press.

The relationship between the two has seemingly warmed as they have gotten older, and Bryant recently took the time to join O'Neal's "The Big Podcast with Shaq" as a guest to, as O'Neal says "clear the air.