Kobe Bryant Give Shaquille O’neal NBA All-Star Trophy

The dynamic duo, back and stronger than ever. Shaq and Kobe doing what they do best, play together. It was for the first time since the 2004 NBA finals. This time pitting East against West in the famed NBA All-Star game.

Soon after the two mock fought over the trophy for TV cameras, Shaq sent a message to his twitter page confirming “Kobe is the best, he told me to take the trophy hm [home] for my sons, class act, thanks bro.”

It was wonderful to see these guys getting along after such a long and wild ride as NBA superstars. For us Lakers fans, it was nostalgic but what was it like for Kobe? A tough guy to the end, Kobe downplayed the love fest “We are not going to go back to the room and watch ‘Steel Magnolias’ or something like that, you know what I’m saying, crying, all that stuff,” Bryant said. “We had a good time. That’s all.”