This week, while speaking onstage for something called Valuetainment, Kobe Bryant caused a minor stir by calling out Shaquille O'Neal for having been out of shape and unmotivated during their time together on the Lakers. After heaping praise on O'Neal, Bryant quipped that "I wish he was in the gym. In the wake of his glossy post-retirement PR blitz, Bryant has somehow cemented himself as one of the sport's most celebrated greats, a self-styled savant who doubles as a valuable ambassador.