Once the ink dried on the paper, O’Neal was about to begin an eight-year stretch on one of the most dominant eras of basketball. “And as I’m signing, he puts his hand on my shoulder. He said, ‘Let me tell you something, I just got this kid; in two or three years, you and him are going to win a lot of championships,” O’Neal said. “I’m like, yeah, okay, because I’m trying to sign. He was talking about Kobe Bryant.”
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