Shaq says he would’ve dropped 45 & 16 on Rudy Gobert in 3 quarters

[Lockdown504090]

Shaq was a beast, but I challenge anybody to find a game in which he did drop 45 & 16 in 3 quarters against ANYBODY.

he did it on his 28th birthday

[Nate505]

Classic insecure Shaq.

[cpower]

Shaq is mentally ill and he needs to see a doctor fast

[WHITE_HOT_HEAT]

This is after Shaq led his team to the Finals, when he’s leading his team in points and rebounds. Then Shaq sees that Gobert, who has won 2 playoff series in his entire life, gets $205 million, and Shaq is angry.

I’m not saying it’s right, but I understand how Shaq feels that way.

I don't. The common moniker among players is to never count another man's money, it's an unwritten rule but class gets thrown out the window everytime Shaq feels offended by a situation barely even related to him

That’s never been the rule. Bill Russel’s contract said he would get paid $1 more than the highest paid player. Biggie wanted to make more money than Tupac, Tupac wanted to make more money than Biggie. Stephon Marbury left Minnesota because KG had a bigger contact than what Minnesota could offer Marbury. Butler left Minnesota because they gave Wiggins the max and told Butler to wait for his Max.

Shaq wanted a bigger contact than Mourning. He talked about it in his book “Shaq talks back.” His friends would ask him why guys worse than him were making less money.

We want players like Jordan, Kobe, and Shaq to be super competitive, and that helps them be great and we celebrate that competitive fire, but then when they’re retired we want that fire to die down. We get upset when Shaq trash talks current players, Jordan trash talks during his HOF speech, or Kobe disses one of his daughters teammates for missing a game. How can you celebrate someone having a competitive fire raging inside them during their career and then expect that fire to die when they’re retired?

Correct. I've said as much many times. However, these longer posts don't elicit a thought provoking response/counterpoint. Hence, I've mostly given up. Human Beings aren't robots and they aren't ideal. Hero worshipping is a bad trait. People need to accept these things.

[Catchall]

What did Shaq put up against Mutombo or David Robinson? You can probably just use that as a prototype for the matchup, at least in terms of Gobert's defense.

[Warriorfan]

I think offensively Goubert over Motumbo. Defensively Dikembe over Goubert

Shaq vs Motumbo

https://www.landofbasketball.com/games_between/dikembe_mutombo_vs_shaquille_oneal.htm#:~:text=They faced each other a,4-1 record in Playoffs.

[phanman]

Shaq was a beast, but I challenge anybody to find a game in which he did drop 45 & 16 in 3 quarters against ANYBODY.

he did it on his 28th birthday

Nah he put up 42 & 16

[Catchall]

Shaq didn't like Dwight Howard either for some reason. I think it was when Dwight started calling himself Superman.

[Catchall]

Shaq's next target: Nikola Vucevic

[Pablo Escobar]

Shaq would destroy every center. But why is he hating on Rudy? Is his contract ridiculous? Yes, but to constantly shyt on him is really lame. Shaq is so insecure, he made fun of Dwight because he was happy that he finally won his ring smh.

[Catchall]

Shaq is an ...olle but in his prime (00-03) he would defintevly destroyed Gobert, like he did Duncan,Robinson,Mutombo,Sabonis in that stretch. Utah needs to overpay free agents, nobody of marquee fa would go to Utah on vacation (Noah quote) yet alone sign there.

Noah said that about Cleveland. Which big free agent have the Bulls signed in the last 5 or so years? Thad Young?

[Winsome Gerbil]

The Gobert hostility is mysterious, but Shaq's not wrong. He ate guys like Gobert for lunch. It's not that Gobert isn't a great defender, it's just that great defenders of his particular profile were irrelevant to stopping Shaq. Strength and lower body leverage were far more important/effective than length against Shaq, because he was going THROUGH you, not over you.

Used to kill Deke too, and Deke was larger and probably longer than even Goibert. To whatever degree he was ever going to have any problems, and he didn't often, it was normally with stout powerfully built guys who could brace themselves underneath him and try to hold him up. Anybody else he would just bullyball and carry them with him right to the hoop. Assuming he didn't just knock them down bowling pin style.

[Pattycakes]

If Shaq took care of himself athletically he’d probably avg that today. Ain’t nobody stopping a 7 ft double dose of Zion with steel legs

[DoctorX]

Shaq is an ...olle but in his prime (00-03) he would defintevly destroyed Gobert, like he did Duncan,Robinson,Mutombo,Sabonis in that stretch. Utah needs to overpay free agents, nobody of marquee fa would go to Utah on vacation (Noah quote) yet alone sign there.

He never really did destroy Duncan/Robinson. In the playoffs Shaq's numbers were always below his season averages when playing Duncan/Robinson. Shaq would occasional would have one game where he would get 30 plus against the Spurs in a playoff series but for the most part he was contained. The difference maker in those series was Kobe since Shaq could not dominate the Spurs like he did to other teams. Duncan was also very impressive when guarding Shaq one on one.

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[jbk1234]

Are they calling the game like they do now, or when Shaq was playing?

Because he wouldn't be allowed to drop his shoulder and knock guys over now.

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[ayyayyron]

Honestly, Shaq probably would've. And yeah, Rudy isn't worth a near-supermax for what he brings to the table. But Shaq is being immature as hell and for what? I know damn well Shaq would put 45 and 16 on Bismack Biyombo, Ian Mahinmi, or Dewayne Dedmon but you never heard Shaq say that once they got their big contracts. I'm not even disappointed because I expect no more and no less from Shaq.

[D.Brasco]

Honestly, Shaq probably would've. And yeah, Rudy isn't worth a near-supermax for what he brings to the table. But Shaq is being immature as hell and for what? I know damn well Shaq would put 45 and 16 on Bismack Biyombo, Ian Mahinmi, or Dewayne Dedmon but you never heard Shaq say that once they got their big contracts. I'm not even disappointed because I expect no more and no less from Shaq.

It eats him up that Gobert got a bigger contract than he ever did. It's petty but he's a petty guy.

If it was 2000-2002 Shaq and it was the playoffs/finals he could have but he didn't do it regularly.

[xinxin]

It is childish but Shaq is doing this on purpose so people can keep talking about him. He loves this kind of attention.


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[DoctorX]

I wonder if you adjust the money Shaq made to inflation if it would equal Gobert's contract. Either way Shaq is being stupid. The guy is set for life. He's not hurting for money. No reason for him to be upset.

[Mk0]

Shaq could have been the GOAT if he cared about his career half as much as he does now that it is over.

He is so insecure, you would have thought he didn't coast for about a decade straight. Dude only really cared about the regular season once 99-00

* He was upset/motivated when AI/TD took the next two but it wasn't until Nash won back to backs that he went crazy and just completely dgaf'ed it