El Segundo, Calif. ? Kobe Bryant says his latest feud with Shaquille O’Neal is history.

O’Neal isn’t talking about it, or anything else.

Bryant met with reporters and patiently answered any and all questions after practice Wednesday, while O’Neal left without saying a word.

That has been the norm for the Los Angeles Lakers’ standouts over the years when things get dicey — Bryant talks while O’Neal avoids the media, sometimes for weeks.

“It’s fine. I was talking trash to him on the court today,” Bryant said. “It was business as usual. It’s over. We have a good spirit about us as a ballclub — we always have.

“We said what we have to say. Now, it’s time to move on. I know I can put it behind me in a heartbeat and go out and play. Shaquille and I have been through our differences before. We know how to win. You’ve got to understand — we’ve pretty much grown up together.”

O’Neal signed with the Lakers as a free agent in 1996, and Bryant joined the Lakers that same year as an 18-year-old high school graduate.

They’ve had their differences before, but never quite like this.

The Lakers opened the season Tuesday with a 109-93 victory over Dallas. Almost all of the attention was on Bryant, who missed the game as he continues to recover from arthroscopic knee surgery, and O’Neal, who had 16 points in his first game with new teammates Karl Malone and Gary Payton.

There also had been tension for the team during the preseason with the publicity brought by a sexual assault charge against Bryant.

Monday, Bryant ripped into O’Neal during a telephone interview with ESPN, calling him “childlike,” “unprofessional,” “selfish,” “fat” and “jealous.”

A day earlier, O’Neal said the Lakers were “my team,” adding that Bryant needed to be more of a team player — an observation based on two exhibition games last week.

This was the first overt sign of hostility between them since midway through the 2000-01 season.