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A scene many thought may never come happened Sunday afternoon on ESPN: Two estranged former best friends and teammates reconciling live on television.
"I love you my brother. Congratulations," Rose said, noting the two played together when they were 13. "You made it to the Hall of Fame. Well deserved."
"Jalen Anthony Rose, it's crazy, man," Webber said. "And thank God for your beautiful, wonderful mother, cause you know what she did for me."
Rose's mother,Jeanne, passed away in February from lung cancer at 79 years old.
Webber and Rose grew up as key figures in the Detroit basketball scene: Webber at glitzy Birmingham Detroit Country Day; Rose at Detroit Southwestern.