As we all know, Shaq and Riley had an ugly feud through the media recently until Wade talked to Shaq a few weeks ago and it seemed that the feud ended.
However, Riley made some comments to me which came off as a shot at Shaq, in my opinion.
Here's what he said:
What I like about the opportunity now is, ever since we made the trade (Shaquille O'Neal for Shawn Marion) and went to the future, it gives us flexibility," Riley explained.
We could be in the hunt next year for a major free agent, definitely without a doubt we are going to save the room in 2010.
Do people agree with me that this is a shot at Shaq? And is Riley justified to take a shot at him at this point since it seemed their feud ended?
I mean, Shaq obviously started the feud publicly a few weeks ago, it seemed it ended, but this definitely could re-open the feud.
Do people agree with me that we might see Shaq fire back at Riley and we might see this feud continue after these comments?
Or were they not a shot at Shaq at all?
It was like Riley was saying:
"Now that he's gone, we have more cap-space and a chance to get some really good free-agents now that he's not here anymore."
If they were on good terms, I don't think Riley would say that.
I think this could make for an interesting discussion and I would love to hear people's opinions on this.
What do you guys think of his comments?
Thanks!