I mean, there’s a whole Wikipedia page dedicated to this one.

Any number of stories could be used to describe the rift between Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal. Sharing them all, however, could quickly turn a summary into a lengthy book.

Throughout their years together on the Los Angeles Lakers, O’Neal called out Bryant for playing selfishly. Kobe questioned Shaq’s leadership ability, criticized his physical fitness and lamented many other things in a 2003 interview with ESPN’s Jim Gray.

Within a couple of years, the beef had simmered. True or not, Shaq claimed on multiple occasions that it was just “marketing” anyway. In 2018, they expressed regret for the once-fractured relationship.