Kobe congratulates 'most dominant big of all time' Shaq on Hall of Fame induction

Earlier on Thursday, Shaq told reporters that Kobe had yet to congratulate him on being voted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. But it’s all good, guys. Kobe publicly congratulated Shaq via Instagram on Thursday night.

Has Shaq heard from Kobe about his Hall of Fame induction? “No. Never.”
— Bill Oram (@billoram) September 8, 2016

Kobe called Shaq his “big brother” and the “most dominant big of all time,” and he used a fantastic hashtag, “Rings and Things.” The caption reads:

Congrats to my big brother @shaq most dominant big of all time on being inducted into the Hall! Beyond deserved #MDE #RingsandThings #Lakers

Congrats to my big brother @shaq most dominant big of all time on being inducted into the Hall! Beyond deserved #MDE #RingsandThings #Lakers

A photo posted by Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) on Sep 8, 2016 at 6:28pm PDT

Kobe and Shaq haven’t had the smoothest relationship since the end of their days on the Lakers together, but they do love, or at least deeply respect, each other. They won three rings together, after all.