Jason Richardson tells story about Shaq's locker room "pranks"

[Indomitable]

Why are all these stories just coming up now? Decades later after h ise retired?

Because he was protected and the media is everyone with a phone.

[Indomitable]

Shaq is low key a garbage human being and so is anybody who would defend his actions. Putting someone’s mouth piece up your butt and then pooping in a cup and mixing someone’s toothbrush in with your poop crosses a line that few have ever crossed before. How does he not get “cancelled” for that?

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Not only that, but it's dangerous. He could have given diseases to players if any of these are true. It's obviously gross as well. But just surprised how no one ever brings the health aspect up when talking about these horrendous acts.

That is a good way to get a an infection.

[Indomitable]

Some of the brains in this thread have been rotted by generational culture wars. Public opinion on surreptitiously putting another person's toothbrush in your feces has not changed from 20 years ago. The majority would find it offensive 20 years ago and that remains true today. It is beyond the bounds of acceptable hazing. Most of those who don't understand this probably have general issues respecting others' boundaries and I'd guess a fair chunk are bullies who naturally sympathize with other bullies.

Not bullies most are fake internet tough guys who would never dare do it.

[Indomitable]

Shaq was my childhood hero, I started following him since his Orlando days. I loved his dominance on the court and his openhearted exchange with the media. I'm a bit of an introvert so I envied his social skills.

Even in the Kobe feuds, I instinctively took his side because Kobe was this stubborn arrogant young player who wanted it all. Turns out he had by far the most professional mindset of the two.

Recently, I came to the conclusion that Shaq is just managing his brand and I would hate to be his team mate, and couldn't be his friend if he did things like that to me. He's just a spoiled human being, centered around getting his own right vs respecting someone else's boundary.

I also don't like much of his work on the TNT show. He doesn't bring much value and just lives from controversy or stereotypes.

It's a bit sad to discover that from your childhood hero . Let's hope that because of age, he got a little smarter and adapted his behavior.

He always seems like a jerk.

[Black Jack]

Glad I was never a Shaq teammate because I would have retaliated in a way that would have stopped his pranking for sure. Gloves would have come off.

5'10 you vs Shaq wouldn't have ended well for you.

I am a lot bigger than that. I bodied up and blocked future nba big mens shots in college pickup games.

Anyway as a pretty big man I never have bullied smaller dudes. You never know the capabilities of the other guy.

I guess NBA checks are good enough to make people tolerate that stuff. I also think Shaq knew who not to mess with.

[dhsilv2]

Jesus some of you act like toddlers. This happened over 20 years ago. Why are we projecting our current values onto things people did in the past? We do this with historical figures all the time too. He was just a young guy having fun. If this was done today that's a totally different situation but we haven't heard of anything like it aside from these old examples.

This wasn't OK 20 years ago. It's disgusting.

[og15]

Shaq is a dumbass and a bully. He's always been those things. I can't stand him on TNT. I hate to see the end of the NBA on TNT, but if it means I don't need to see or hear from him anymore, it's worth the loss.

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[UglyBugBall]

Shaq is a dumbass and a bully. He's always been those things. I can't stand him on TNT. I hate to see the end of the NBA on TNT, but if it means I don't need to see or hear from him anymore, it's worth the loss.

"Inside the NBA" will continue, even though games will no longer be airing on TNT at the end of this season.

The settlement gives TNT Sports, Bleacher Report and House of Highlights a global license for NBA content with no rights fee for the next 11 years.

Even though "Inside the NBA" will be on ESPN and ABC, TNT Sports will continue to produce the show. It will air from Atlanta, except when the show goes on the road.

The quartet of Ernie Johnson Jr., Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O'Neal will remain with the show. Barkley signed an extension with Warner Bros. Discovery in August despite the company losing the NBA

"Inside the NBA" will handle pregame, halftime and postgame coverage of the NBA Finals on ABC, conference finals and the NBA Playoffs. During the regular season, it will be part of opening week coverage, as well as Christmas Day, all ABC games after Jan. 1, the final week of the season and other marquee events.

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Thank god, that's the best trio on television. Only one that you can argue was better was the Mike, Jeff and Mark Jackson one

[Bloodbather]

You guys can act all hard, but if you were one of his teammates back in the day who wasn’t getting hazed you would all be hootin and hollerin and rooting Shaq on.

Nah. I'd be in the corner getting annoyed and then complaining about it to the management.

[Sealab2024]

Jesus some of you act like toddlers. This happened over 20 years ago. Why are we projecting our current values onto things people did in the past? We do this with historical figures all the time too. He was just a young guy having fun. If this was done today that's a totally different situation but we haven't heard of anything like it aside from these old examples.

This wasn't OK 20 years ago. It's disgusting.

No it wasn't but context has gotten lost per usual. At that point we were fighting back against dudes getting beaten up and legit terrorized in locker rooms. Team alphas were constantly swinging on teammates, hazing had gotten completely out of control in high schools and colleges to the point dudes were getting hospitalized while the pros were looked at as setting an example, guys were terrified of coming out of the closet because their careers would be ruined, and women were fighting to even be allowed in the locker room.

In that environment Shaqs kind of behavior would have been seen as "playful" and the much better of evils. There were bigger fights to fight and that we've gotten to this fight being the battle ground proves that progress, though slow, has been made.

[zimpy27]

Could've been calling him Shat this whole time

[zimpy27]

How big is Shaq's butthole exactly?

Man's putting mouth guards in it and swishing a toothbrush in it.

[Hoop Hunter]

Shaq is a sick ****. None of his "pranks" are remotely funny. It's a wonder someone didn't take a baseball bat to the side of his idiot head.

[KyRo23]

You guys can act all hard, but if you were one of his teammates back in the day who wasn’t getting hazed you would all be hootin and hollerin and rooting Shaq on.

Nah dude, this aint it. I had a good friend of mine do something similiar when this kid we all didn't like went to the bathroom at lunch. He messed with his drink and I still remember how nasty and vile that **** was.

I'm not sure when I draw the line personally... but when you're legit hurting someone, screwing with someones food or adding in bodily fluids/poop... I'm out. That's not really a prank

[dhsilv2]

Jesus some of you act like toddlers. This happened over 20 years ago. Why are we projecting our current values onto things people did in the past? We do this with historical figures all the time too. He was just a young guy having fun. If this was done today that's a totally different situation but we haven't heard of anything like it aside from these old examples.

This wasn't OK 20 years ago. It's disgusting.

No it wasn't but context has gotten lost per usual. At that point we were fighting back against dudes getting beaten up and legit terrorized in locker rooms. Team alphas were constantly swinging on teammates, hazing had gotten completely out of control in high schools and colleges to the point dudes were getting hospitalized while the pros were looked at as setting an example, guys were terrified of coming out of the closet because their careers would be ruined, and women were fighting to even be allowed in the locker room.

In that environment Shaqs kind of behavior would have been seen as "playful" and the much better of evils. There were bigger fights to fight and that we've gotten to this fight being the battle ground proves that progress, though slow, has been made.

Pulling your dong out and putting on your buddy's head when he's benching...ok fine. Some pubs in someone's water. Sick...but ok. Yeah dudes threw fists. The naked wrestling...shocking he was doing it with a coach. But yeah...that kinda stuff happens.

Putting someone's mouth guard in your ass? Bro...sorry that's crossing lines.

[Sealab2024]

This wasn't OK 20 years ago. It's disgusting.

No it wasn't but context has gotten lost per usual. At that point we were fighting back against dudes getting beaten up and legit terrorized in locker rooms. Team alphas were constantly swinging on teammates, hazing had gotten completely out of control in high schools and colleges to the point dudes were getting hospitalized while the pros were looked at as setting an example, guys were terrified of coming out of the closet because their careers would be ruined, and women were fighting to even be allowed in the locker room.

In that environment Shaqs kind of behavior would have been seen as "playful" and the much better of evils. There were bigger fights to fight and that we've gotten to this fight being the battle ground proves that progress, though slow, has been made.

Pulling your dong out and putting on your buddy's head when he's benching...ok fine. Some pubs in someone's water. Sick...but ok. Yeah dudes threw fists. The naked wrestling...shocking he was doing it with a coach. But yeah...that kinda stuff happens.

Putting someone's mouth guard in your ass? Bro...sorry that's crossing lines.

I'm not disagreeing with you. I'm just giving some context as to how and why it was the type of thing that was ignored at the time.

[Haldi]

Not really willing to watch an hour and half to hear about Shaq taking a dump in people shoes. Can we get some cliff notes?

It's time-stamped, but here:

We had a guy on the team my first year in Phoenix, Lou Amundson. He used to ride a bike to practice every day because he lived right across from the arena. Every time he rode his bike, Shaq would take it and hide it. Somewhere in the arena. Every day after practice, Lou was on a scavenger hunt trying to find his bike. This went on for the entire season. Finally, toward the end of the season, Lou had enough. He said, “I’m done with this. Every practice, I spend 45 minutes to an hour trying to find my damn bike.” We tried to warn him. We said, “Yo, Lou, this is Shaq. I’ve heard the stories—doodoo surprise. He used to take a **** in people’s magazines and shoes. This is Shaq you’re dealing with, bro. You might want to chill.”

So he popcorned Shaq's van, and Shaq was like "Oh okay, this is a good prank, but you don't know who the **** you messing with."

The game happened, I come in the locker room, and I see Shaq. Shaq walking around that locker room naked as nothing, real slow and tight. And he pulls a mouthpiece out his ass and puts it in a locker. He told us "Y'all better not say **** either." He takes Lou's toothbrush, he goes to take a ****, and he stirs it in his ****. We like "We ain't into this ****, this is getting out of hand."

The game happens, somehow I'm on the bench, Matt Barnes on the bench, Steve Nash on the bench, Jared Dudley's on the bench. Lou Amundson checks in the game, and he puts the mouthpiece on and everybody on the bench loses it. He comes to the locker room, he takes his mouthpiece off, and someone's like "Hey Lou, don't use your mouthpiece, Shaq put your mouthpiece in his ass." he said "Uh, no he didn't." and put it back in his mouth and goes out there. The bench loses it again.

So Lou gets subbed out the game, and he said "J-Rich, are they **** with me? What happened?" I said "Shaq took your mouthpiece and put it in his ass, bro." and he took it out and he just looked at it. Matt Barnes said to him "Anything in your locker has probably been in Shaq's ass, throw it all away."

Kobe how my @$$ taste now has new meaning.

Makes you wonder how many times Kobe’s put a nasty ass mouthpiece in his mouth without anyone knowing. Gonna go ahead and guess many many times lol.

[sashaturiaf]

It's time-stamped, but here:

Kobe how my @$$ taste now has new meaning.

Makes you wonder how many times Kobe’s put a nasty ass mouthpiece in his mouth without anyone knowing. Gonna go ahead and guess many many times lol.

That's why Kobe didn't wear mouthpieces

[Haldi]

Kobe how my @$$ taste now has new meaning.

Makes you wonder how many times Kobe’s put a nasty ass mouthpiece in his mouth without anyone knowing. Gonna go ahead and guess many many times lol.

That's why Kobe didn't wear mouthpieces

You’re right!! Let me rephrase that, makes you wonder how many times Kobe’s [insert any other completely disgusting thing Shaq could’ve done here, like the toothbrush thing]. Gonna guess many times.

Shaq is probably the pettiest person Ive ever known/heard of in my life. If that’s what he did to rookies he didn’t even care that much about, imagine what he did to people he didn’t like/feuded with

[LakersLegacy]

Kobe how my @$$ taste now has new meaning.

Makes you wonder how many times Kobe’s put a nasty ass mouthpiece in his mouth without anyone knowing. Gonna go ahead and guess many many times lol.

That's why Kobe didn't wear mouthpieces

Shaq assaulted teammate Brian Shaw
grabbing him and throwing him against furniture repeatedly

Shaq assaulted teammate Scott Skiles

Shaq threw his teammate out of a vehicle while completely naked and had him chase the vehicle naked for a mile shortly before cell phone cameras

Shaq would put his teammates items inside him

Shaq took teammate Bryant’ toothbrush and put in his
In retaliation for the team’ captain for trying to motivate Shaq to have more success by using professionalism

Shaq took teammate Amundson toothbrush and mouth piece and put in his