Shaquille O’Neal and Vlade Divac visited the Adidas store in Beijing together to shop and hob-knob with the locals.
They were all buddy-buddy, joking with each other about flopping and offensive fouls.
This is jarring for anyone who remembers the bitter rivalry between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Sacramento Kings of the early 2000’s. One that saw Kobe Bryant nearly break Mike Bibby’s nose with an errant elbow on an inbound play. One that saw Shaq repeatedly refer to them as the Sacramento “Queens.” One that involved Shaq recording a Vlade diss record.
Well they’re the best of friends now and Shaq is a part owner of the Kings, so we’re all just going to have to deal with it. As deeply unsettling as it may be.
(Thanks to Extra Mustard for sharing.)