Shaq: “I f***ing hate Rudy Gobert… If Rudy Gobert get into the Hall of Fame, I’ll wear this dress to the ceremony"

[Haldi]

What did Gobert ever do to anybody?

He signed a bigger contract than Shaq ever did. For Shaq, he might as well have went right up to him and slapped Shaq in the face as hard as he can while calling him a bitch.

I will also say, Shaq may have heard people say things like, if Rudy played against Shaq he would’ve been a good Shaq stopper, which his precious lil ego can’t take at all, even though its not true at all and Shaq would’ve dunked Rudy in the net like he did with everyone else

[Calvin Klein]

How can you be this wealthy and this miserable? What a clown.

The richest and most powerful people on earth are the biggest insecure POS

[druggas]

Shaq is insufferable.

Amen.

[druggas]

You can tell Shaq is used to getting his way and saying whatever he wants for basically his entire life. He's almost a borderline bully or an overgrown child cause he loves to talk down on people who for the most part he knows won't say anything back or go back and forth with him. That's why every now and then I love when guys like Shannon Sharpe, Kobe, or even Javale Mcgee basically say they're not scared of him and have no problem dishing it back at him. And I like they don't back down when Shaq threatens to get physical(which he usually does when a nerve has been touched). But it's so tiring now.

He surpassed that, long ago.

[God Squad]

I don't care for Gobert either, but he'll likely make the HOF.

named NBA Defensive Player of the Year four times. He is a four-time All-NBA Team member, six-time All-Defensive First Team member, and three-time NBA All-Star. He also led the league in blocks (2017) and rebounds (2022). Additionally, he has won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

[NYPiston]

Read on Twitter

"Don't be letting little white dudes dunk on you". Of course he won't get called out for this comment buuuuut I digress.

[Chokic]

In all my years following the nba Ive never seen a player hated by other nba players more than Rudy Gobert. Is there something they know that we dont?

[dhsilv2]

Why does Shaq hate him? Any reasons here?

He's going to make more money than Shaq. He's that petty.

[dhsilv2]

I understand people are saying Shaq is hating, but it's not like he doesn't have a point. Gobert his making insane money, for being very limited offensively.

No he doesn't. As we all know, Gobert is going to the hall of fame. He's never gotten the actual full max that was available to him. He's been reasonably paid given his profile.

[Ruma85]

I understand people are saying Shaq is hating, but it's not like he doesn't have a point. Gobert his making insane money, for being very limited offensively.

No he doesn't. As we all know, Gobert is going to the hall of fame. He's never gotten the actual full max that was available to him. He's been reasonably paid given his profile.

Agree to disagree.

[jokeboy86]

In all my years following the nba Ive never seen a player hated by other nba players more than Rudy Gobert. Is there something they know that we dont?

No it’s just subtle xenophobia from a lot of ex and even current NBA players towards non North American players. A lot of ex/current players North American players have this mentality that basketball is “their” game and the “media” loves to hype up European players in order to dismiss or devalue their own impact and how good they are or actually are.

Before they didn’t like Giannis and would openly take shots at him and say he wasn’t as good as other Americans(Harden) but then he won and then they moved on to Jokic but he also won too. They didn’t think Luka was all that but oddly enough since he’s on the Lakers that’s subsided tremendously. They’ve never got on Embiid as much as the other three but maybe they feel some kinship with him since they feel the media is always criticizing him. They haven’t focused on Wemby yet but it’s probably coming once he reaches that top 5 player in the league status.

So that leads to Gobert, who’s primarily a defensive player, European with a huge contract and accolades but has never won anything. Whether or not they think Gobert is overpaid and his impact is overvalued would be one thing but yet these same players never call out or have never called out American players whose careers were or are similar to Gobert’s(or even less so) but also have no rings.

The loud talking heads and these ex-players also do this stuff publicly because they know that basically all of the European players just ignore them and won’t say anything back. Whereas if they were to try and disrespect their other compatriots, it probably gets ugly and turns into a whole back and forth publicly and on social media.

[dhsilv2]

I understand people are saying Shaq is hating, but it's not like he doesn't have a point. Gobert his making insane money, for being very limited offensively.

No he doesn't. As we all know, Gobert is going to the hall of fame. He's never gotten the actual full max that was available to him. He's been reasonably paid given his profile.

Agree to disagree.

Just to be clear. You think a 4x all nba player (including having made second team) who's a 4x DPOY is massively over paid because he had a 4 year run where he was a top 20 paid player in the league (never cracking the top 10 and only twice the top 15)? And has been outside the top 30 every other year of his career and will be outside the top 30 going forward on his new deal (he's 45th next year)?

[Snakebites]

Does Shaq ever say anything positive about anyone?

[Ruma85]

No he doesn't. As we all know, Gobert is going to the hall of fame. He's never gotten the actual full max that was available to him. He's been reasonably paid given his profile.

Agree to disagree.

Just to be clear. You think a 4x all nba player (including having made second team) who's a 4x DPOY is massively over paid because he had a 4 year run where he was a top 20 paid player in the league (never cracking the top 10 and only twice the top 15)? And has been outside the top 30 every other year of his career and will be outside the top 30 going forward on his new deal (he's 45th next year)?

No, I think his overpaid but not massively.

[dhsilv2]

Agree to disagree.

Just to be clear. You think a 4x all nba player (including having made second team) who's a 4x DPOY is massively over paid because he had a 4 year run where he was a top 20 paid player in the league (never cracking the top 10 and only twice the top 15)? And has been outside the top 30 every other year of his career and will be outside the top 30 going forward on his new deal (he's 45th next year)?

No, I think his overpaid but not massively.

If that's the case, and lets say it is. The voters just overrated him and all the stats overrated him. Fine. Then Shaq doesn't have a point. He'd have to be significantly over paid. Not the reality, that he's actually been underpaid based on his accomplishments and accolaids. Which can be inflated, so by all means. If you want to say he was paid 30 million when he should have made 28, whatever.

[Maxthirty]

Does Shaq ever say anything positive about anyone?

Yeah. Himself.

[bonita_the_frog]

Gobert has averaged 14.2 points per game (on .669 field shooting) during his last 641 regular season games.
And i've seen a lot of Minnesota games and Gobert moves really fast and cuts really fast for a man so big.

And in his first 69 playoff games he averaged 13.2 points per game (on .650 field shooting).
The only year he struggled to score in the playoffs was 2025 with 7.9ppg, but even so, he had a 27 point game to eliminate the Lakers and he really did look like Wilt Chamberlain.
And he had a 17 point game to eliminate the Warriors.

So whether he's limited offensively or not, he's very productive and reliable, and he's an excellent finisher.
So he's a 4-time Defensive Player Of The Year and he scores very efficiently, so he's an all-time great.

[CS707]

In all my years following the nba Ive never seen a player hated by other nba players more than Rudy Gobert. Is there something they know that we dont?

No it’s just subtle xenophobia from a lot of ex and even current NBA players towards non North American players. A lot of ex/current players North American players have this mentality that basketball is “their” game and the “media” loves to hype up European players in order to dismiss or devalue their own impact and how good they are or actually are.

Before they didn’t like Giannis and would openly take shots at him and say he wasn’t as good as other Americans(Harden) but then he won and then they moved on to Jokic but he also won too. They didn’t think Luka was all that but oddly enough since he’s on the Lakers that’s subsided tremendously. They’ve never got on Embiid as much as the other three but maybe they feel some kinship with him since they feel the media is always criticizing him. They haven’t focused on Wemby yet but it’s probably coming once he reaches that top 5 player in the league status.

So that leads to Gobert, who’s primarily a defensive player, European with a huge contract and accolades but has never won anything. Whether or not they think Gobert is overpaid and his impact is overvalued would be one thing but yet these same players never call out or have never called out American players whose careers were or are similar to Gobert’s(or even less so) but also have no rings.

The loud talking heads and these ex-players also do this stuff publicly because they know that basically all of the European players just ignore them and won’t say anything back. Whereas if they were to try and disrespect their other compatriots, it probably gets ugly and turns into a whole back and forth publicly and on social media.

This is an extreme exaggeration. There have been foreign players in the league forever and there’s never been anything close to the disdain that we see for Rudy. People legitimately don’t like that guy and it’s more than his national origin, COVID sanfu, or how much he’s being paid. I really think they just don’t respect his game relative to the accolades he receives and his status on paper as one of the best defensive players ever gets under peoples skin.

[Calvin Klein]

Gobert's an easy target basically. And bullies love that.

[og15]

Why does Shaq hate him? Any reasons here?

Because he makes $250M and doesn't play like a big man, he doesn't push some people around and knock some people over and he let a little white guy from Denver dunk on him and something something

What did Gobert ever do to anybody?

He signed a bigger contract than Shaq ever did. For Shaq, he might as well have went right up to him and slapped Shaq in the face as hard as he can while calling him a bitch.

I will also say, Shaq may have heard people say things like, if Rudy played against Shaq he would’ve been a good Shaq stopper, which his precious lil ego can’t take at all, even though its not true at all and Shaq would’ve dunked Rudy in the net like he did with everyone else

....but why? It's very rare to have someone saying Rudy's strength is post defense against strong guys, no one really says that lol