Kobe Bryant is an American basketball shooting guard who played for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 Selected 13th overall by the Charlotte Hornets in the 1996 NBA draft, Bryant was traded to the Lakers for Vlade Divac a month later.
 He led the Lakers to three consecutive NBA championships playing alongside Shaquille O'Neal from 2000 to 2002.
 After O'Neal was traded to the Miami Heat before the 2004–05 season, Bryant "became the cornerstone" of the Lakers franchise.
 He led the NBA in scoring during the and seasons.
 In the 2007–08 season, Bryant won the Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) and led his team to the 2008 NBA Finals, where the Lakers lost to the Boston Celtics.
 After winning the gold medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics as a member of the U.S. men's basketball team, he led the Lakers to two more championships in 2009 and 2010, defeating the Orlando Magic and the Boston Celtics.
Jermaine Lee O'Neal (born October 13, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player.
 The 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), 255 lb (115 kg) forward–center had a successful high school career and declared his eligibility for the 1996 NBA draft straight out of high school.
 He was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 17th overall pick, but O'Neal was unable to break into the first team in Portland and was traded to the Indiana Pacers in 2000.
 In his eight seasons with the club, he was voted an NBA All-Star six times, made the All-NBA teams three times, and was voted the NBA Most Improved Player in the 2001–02 season.
 He also helped Indiana reach the NBA Playoffs six times, including the Conference Finals in the 2003–04 season.
 He was traded to the Toronto Raptors before the 2008–09 season began, and traded to the Miami Heat midway through the same season.
 O'Neal joined the Boston Celtics prior to the 2010–11 season.
 In 2012, he signed with the Suns, and in the offseason of 2013, he signed with the Warriors.
The 2007–08 Phoenix Suns season was their 40th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 The season was seen as the end of the "Seven Seconds or Less" era, after four-time All-Star Shawn Marion was traded midseason to the Miami Heat for big man Shaquille O'Neal.
 The Suns failed to advance past the first round of the playoffs for the first time since re-signing Steve Nash in 2004, leading to the departure of head coach Mike D'Antoni.
The Best of Shaquille O'Neal is the first compilation and third overall album by NBA player/rapper, Shaquille O'Neal.
 The album was released on November 12, 1996, just days before his third studio album, "You Can't Stop the Reign", and was his last for Jive Records.
 Due to its release date, the album only featured songs from his first two albums, "Shaq Diesel" and "", as well as the Fu-Schnickens song, "What Up Doc?
 (Can We Rock)" from their album "Nervous Breakdown".
Shawn Dwayne Marion (born May 7, 1978) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 In a career that spanned five teams, Marion earned NBA All-Star honors four times and won an NBA championship in 2011.
 Nicknamed "The Matrix" by TNT analyst Kenny Smith during the pre-season of his rookie year, he was widely regarded as one of the most versatile players in the league because of his athleticism and ability to play and defend many positions.
 He was also known for his unorthodox shooting form.
The highest-paid NBA players by season over the past twelve seasons have received contracts with salaries noted in the twenty-million-dollar range.
 In this twelve-year span, Kevin Garnett received $28,000,000, which was the highest salary payment of any NBA player, during the 2003–04 season.
 Garnett has been the highest-paid NBA player per year in seven of the past twelve NBA seasons.
 Michael Jordan was the first NBA player to sign a contract worth over thirty million dollars in a season.
 During the 1997–98 season, Jordan earned $33,000,000.
 Kobe Bryant become just the second player to reach this milestone when the 2013–14 season began.
 LeBron James became the third in the 2016–17 season.
 Stephen Curry became the first player to eclipse $40-Million per year when he signed a record 5 year contract worth $201-Million in 2017.
The Degree Shooting Stars competition was a National Basketball Association All-Star Weekend contest held on the Saturday before the All-Star Game.
 It involved a current NBA player, a WNBA player, and a retired NBA player competing together in a shooting competition.
 From 2004 to 2012, players represented their teams' cities.
 Starting in 2013, the NBA player chose both a WNBA player and the retired player to compete on his team.
 The competition itself was time based, involving shooting from four locations of increasing difficulty and making all four shots in sequential order.
 The first shot was a 10-ft bank shot from the right angle, the second was straight-on jump shot from the top of the key, the third was an NBA three-point shot from the left angle and the fourth is a half-court shot.
 There was a two-minute time limit for each attempt and the top two times advanced to a head-to-head final round.
 The event was held each All-Star Weekend from 2003–04.
 In 2007–08, Team San Antonio became the event's first two-time winner.
 Detroit followed suit in 2008–09 with their second title.
 In 2005–06, Team San Antonio set the course record with 25.1 seconds.
 In 2010-11, Team Atlanta became the first team to win the event with a time over one minute.
 From 2013-15, Team Bosh became the first back-to-back and three time winner.
 Starting with the 2016 NBA All-Star Game, the contest has been retired and removed from All Star Weekend.
Kobe Bryant is an American retired shooting guard who played for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) for his entire 20-year career.
 Bryant is the only son of former Philadelphia 76ers player and former Los Angeles Sparks head coach Joe Bryant.
 Selected 13th overall by the Charlotte Hornets in the 1996 NBA draft, Bryant was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for Vlade Divac a month later.
 He and then-teammate Shaquille O'Neal led the Lakers to three consecutive NBA championships from 2000 to 2002.
 After O'Neal was traded to the Miami Heat following the 2003–04 season, Bryant became the cornerstone of the Lakers franchise.
 He led the NBA in scoring during the and seasons.
 In 2006, Bryant scored a career-high 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, the second-highest number of points scored in a game in NBA history, behind only Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point performance.
 Bryant was awarded the regular season's Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) in the 2007–08 season and led his team to the 2008 NBA Finals as the first seed in the Western Conference.
 In the 2008 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal as a member of the U.S. men's basketball team, occasionally referred to as "The Redeem Team".
 He led the Lakers to two more championships in 2009 and 2010, winning the Finals MVP award on both occasions.
Shaqtin' a Fool is a weekly segment from the television show "Inside the NBA", the postgame show of "NBA on TNT" following the conclusion of National Basketball Association (NBA) games airing on cable TV channel TNT.
 It first aired during the 2011–12 NBA season, when retired NBA All-Star Shaquille O'Neal voiced it upon joining the show and was created by Turner Sports producer Mike Goldfarb.
 It highlights humorous and uncommon basketball plays that have occurred during NBA games in the past week.
 O'Neal is the host and presenter, while the other analysts in studio react and provide commentary.
 Most often, those have been fellow "Inside" regulars Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith, and Charles Barkley, but other "Inside" hosts have also participated, including Chris Webber, Grant Hill, Steve Smith and Matt Winer.
Spencer Mason Hawes (born April 28, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 He was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the 2007 NBA draft and is the nephew of Steve Hawes, a retired NBA player.

Question: How many seasons did a retired NBA player who was traded for Shaquille O'Neal play?
Answer: 16 seasons