Shaq had a beautiful message for Candace Parker after announcing her retirement

This was lovely.

Candace Parker has retired from the WNBA, and now she’s off to be the president of Adidas women’s basketball.

And after we’ve seen her be awesome on TV with the Inside the NBA crew on TNT, which has included some must-see moments between her and Shaquille O’Neal, she got a lovely tribute with Shaq on Wednesday night.

He started off singing Hail to the Chief and then talked about how he appreciated their friendship and that he loves her and appreciates their friendship. And then she explained why she was leaving the game behind.

This is just lovely, especially after what we saw Shaq do to Nikola Jokic earlier.