Shaquille O’Neal won four NBA championships and was a 15-time All-Star.
But instead of promoting the modern NBA in his post-playing career, the Hall of Famer is increasingly becoming a ‘hater.’
O’Neal has never been one to hold his tongue on the current players in the NBAGettyO’Neal ripped two of the best young players in the league and seemed to specifically enjoy shredding the generational talent in San Antonio.
“I would make both of them mother****ers quit,” O’Neal said on The Big Podcast.
The Hall of Famer took serious digs at San Antonio Spur Victor Wembanyama and Oklahoma City Thunder Chet Holmgren.
Mind you, O’Neal said this before Holmgren became an NBA champion and before signing a new five-year, $250 million extension with the Thunder.
Not that his opinion would change much, but Holmgren has added much more gravitas to his legacy since O’Neal’s rant.
Wemby stands 7ft 3in and weighs 235lb, while Holmgren is 7-1 and 208lb.
O’Neal’s weight fluctuated throughout his career, especially during his later playing days.
He’s listed at 7-1 and 325 pounds on some websites, which means that the original NBA Superman would have held a 117-pound weight advantage over Holmgren in the post.
O’Neal used his podcast to remind everyone that he would have flattened Wemby and Holmgren, if they had matched up when O’Neal was in his prime.
“I hate putting myself forward in time but … I’m going to back his a** and elbow right in his mother****ing mouth,” O’Neal said.
x@bigpodwithshaqShaquille O’Neal is not a big fan of modern NBA big men[/caption] Victor Wembanyama towers above Spurs teammate Chris Paul Chet Holmgren helped lead the Thunder to the NBA championshipGetty O’Neal was a physical force early in his NBA careerThe flip side of O’Neal’s fighting words is the fact that Wembanyama and Holmgren could have easily just run past the 325lb O’Neal.
Wemby and Holmgren would have skated around O’Neal in the paint, then been able to shoot over him all over the court, especially around the 3-point line.
But with O’Neal still thinking it’s the 1990s — when teams barely shot 3s — he was certain that he would have destroyed and embarrassed two of the NBA’s best young stars.
“You know what they’re going to do all night?” O’Neal said.
“Shoot the mother****ing 3. And if you miss, I’m going to run right by you and ****ing post, and you’re going to be screaming, ‘Three seconds!’
“I’m going to make the mother****er quit.”
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Many fans pushed back against O’Neal, who seems to have no love for the modern NBA, despite being one of the league’s biggest announcing voices on TNT.
“Dude make it stop,” one fan tweeted.
“You probably weigh more than the two combined,” a second fan posted.
“LOL,” a third fan wrote. “Shaq a bitter old man.”
“Death, Taxes, Shaq hating the modern center,” a fourth fan said.
O’Neal averaged 23.7 points, 10.9 rebounds and 2.3 blocks while shooting 58.2 percent from the field during his 19-year career.
But he also had a .045 career 3-point percentage and only took 22 3s.
Wembanyama and Holmgren have far surpassed the amount of 3s in their short careers than O’Neal ever did.
“Shaq can’t guard them,” one fan tweeted. “He won’t be able to keep up, so it be a question of who can wear who down the quickest LOL.”
What can’t be debated is O’Neal’s opinion of Ben Simmons, who’s made $200 million in career earnings but is now on his third team and is a career 13.9 percent 3-point shooter.
“Ben Simmons (needs) to be ****ing arrested,” O’Neal said. “$250 (million) for that bull***? Get the **** out of my face. Robbing people, man.”
Never change Shaq, never change.
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