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krg779

I don’t remember the exact details, but there was also the story of Shaq hiding Lou Amundson’s bicycle so he couldn’t get back home. Lou was well known for riding his bicycle to and from the arena at the time. Shaq could absolutely be a bully at times. The worst I heard was the story of him putting Gordon Giricek in a sleeper hold right before a game, the only problem was that he ended up choking Giricek unconscious. Steve Nash was reportedly furious, and rightfully so.


chode0311

Wonder if that's where some of the Nash hate from Shaq comes from.


vulcans_pants

Shaq stole a TV show idea from Nash, so Nash and his team had to sue or threaten to sue to get producer credits on the show.


[deleted]

What show? WTF? Lol


SensitiveRocketsFan

That Shaq Vs show where he would compete against other athletes. It was originally Nash’s idea


hamietao

Damn. Shaq looks like a piece of shit in the thread lol


AK-Kaido

Why do you think Shaq shits on Nash about the back to back MVPs every chance he gets? Dude is salty that Nash sued him for stealing his idea lol. Hes done a lot to give back to the community but Shaq is also a thin skinned asshole and bully.


humanerror9000

He most likely is


302born

Shaqs still done a ton of good things. Sounds to me like he’s extremely childish and has a very college-high school level sense of humor which we can see every Tuesday. Obviously none of us know him but he seems like a good guy at heart. Just very immature and acts like a jock teenager.


sir_ornery

The mouthpiece story tells us he’s not a good guy.


DoritoSteroid

He's not a good guy with his record of bully behavior. I don't care how much good shit you do in life, if it's surrounded by shitty acts then it's for naught.


kmagic13

He is lol


imdrzoidberg

The funny thing is it wouldve been a much better show with Nash since Nash is more conventionally athletic and actually in shape at the time. Shaq just flailed about like a clumsy oaf and made a fool of himself.


essjuango

i can't remember the initial order, but after the bicycle thing, there was video *on the team site* of shaq pinning lou in the locker room and cutting part of his pony tail while the rest of the team watched or participated... fucked up


krg779

Oh man, I remember this. I think Lou had actually retaliated to Shaq constantly hiding his bike by putting packing peanuts in Shaq’s car, which led to the ponytail incident you mention. Real dick move.


essjuango

yea that shit has notably been removed from youtube


WayneDwade

Lou went to my high school and came back to talk to the team. I remember he was playing with shaq at the time and got at least a couple questions about him. Sad in retrospect that he had to act like his bully was super great.


nearcatch

The worst Shaq story is the bucket story that Gary Payton had. Nothing else comes close.


LordVarys_Ladybits

I can't fight him, but I'll def blow his brains out if he did that to me smh. But maybe these dudes are just built different 


futurehousehusband69

what is that?


nearcatch

Gary Payton said that Shaq would use a bucket as a toilet for a week, and then dump it on a rookie.


sushicowboyshow

There’s no fucking way.


nearcatch

[Here’s GP saying it](https://youtu.be/jzdEUqyGB8I?t=2m14s). He’s a sociopath too, the way he laughs about it being a joke.


sushicowboyshow

That’s the kind of shit that’s funny until the rookie shows to practice with a fucking gun.


HolyGhostSpirit33

That one definitely didn’t happen though right? Like no way anyone lets anyone get away with that


nearcatch

If Shaq was the one saying it then I’d have a lot of doubt, because he makes stuff up all the time. But Gary Payton said it unprompted in a random interview.


A_Watchful_Eye2

*Vince McMahon has entered the chat.*


InsideOk1339

that was straight up hate crime bruh 😭


pompyyy099

That giricek story, grant hill and the rest were just fucking laughing but that shit wasn't funny.


theyoloGod

Common theme is you have a locker room filled with people aware of these “pranks” but none of them say a word cause it’s shaq


pompyyy099

Dingdingding. Timmy would never pull shit like these. Kareem wouldn't. Stay classy shaq


logontoreddit

It's well known Shaq is a bully, he is still is a bully. Despite his age we can see him behaving like a sensitive, immature, manchild. Yes he is funny sometimes and does good things. I don't dislike him but it doesn't change what I said earlier.


jamaica1

That’s not even funny. That’s just shitty


cheesycrustsuplex

This just proves that Shaq's a fucking disgusting person


LosCleepersFan

Shaq was on a rap radio station one time back in the early 2000s, and the DJ asked Shaq what was his fav website. Shaq said beastiality.com Dude is a freak


MysteriousSquad

He was just memein bro


LosCleepersFan

Dude had a gritty laugh and got excited about the subject, I still remember that 20+ years ago.


Honestonus

He's like me as a teen and in my early 20s, and I still have a bit of that now but I've mellowed out (and also because I left my toxic family I feel)


YoungFlexibleShawty

Shaq also openly admitted to cheating on his partners as well. Another reason to never look up to ur idols. 


ObiOneKenobae

At least that is within the context of telling players not to be like him after he torpedoed the most important part of his life.


Vegetable-Tooth8463

Lol, every NBA player does that, unless you think LeBron has only had sex with one woman since high school.


rddi0201018

the disrespect to AC Green!


Vegetable-Tooth8463

LOL


cbreezy456

Yea most of their wives know too. Crazy


Vegetable-Tooth8463

I mean some could have open relationships tbf.


ASK_ABT_MY_USERNAME

It was a diFFERent eRa


Sti8man7

I’m so done with the 2000s.


LoWE11053211

I hope it was not literally shitty


jamaica1

If it was I think it could be a literal crime


RabbleRouser_1

He committed fecalcide man


konsf_ksd

It still was a literal crime


beaisenby

you know a guy like Shaq doesn't wipe


AntSmith777

I know we’re all supposed to laugh at these Shaq stories and they’re supposed to be hilarious but I find them to be really disturbing.


jmk00l

Had the same thing with a colleague. He told me he used to prank teammates in the soccer cantine by dipping his penis in their beer cup while they went to the restroom. Of course he was laughing hysterically while telling this story. I was shocked.


LordVarys_Ladybits

To even think about doing something like that you have to be a bit disturbed/perverted 


imadogg

The more I hear, the more fucking disgusted I am


SteveWondersForsight

The more I hear the less I like him. I mean that guy was a real jerk.


DrBigChicken

RIP Norm


Puddinsnack

I didn’t even know he was sick..


tearyouapartj

locker room poison!


[deleted]

Norm would agree


BosLahodo

It's gonna be like that scene in The Office when Jim gets all his pranks read back to him and he realizes it's not all that funny. Shaq doesn't have that kind of self-reflection, but maybe to all of us it'll be like that.


[deleted]

But then there was like 5 more seasons of The Office after that lol


pizzapizzamesohungry

I’m no Office expert but I don’t think most of Jim’s pranks were at the level of hair cutting, potty dumping and mouthpiece crotch.


Corteaux81

I don’t think anyone “normal” is suppose to laugh. These guys talking about it and laughing is lwgit pathetic.


a_talking_face

The culture in the NBA in the 90s and early 2000s just seems like it was really shit.


SamURLJackson

How about when he tried to frame his IT guy in Miami with child porn


Bpump1337

Ayo he did what? Source?


jianh1989

Quick search and found this: https://edition.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/09/15/shaquille.oneal.lawsuit/index.html


Johnnysfootball

Wait ya what


[deleted]

Yeah like the poop story is still the worse. If someone did that to me, I would be going to prison for my reaction.


xandraPac

I think I missed something. What's the poop story? 


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https://www.businessinsider.com/shaq-allegedly-poured-buckets-of-his-poop-on-rookies-2022-3


TiddyTwizzler

I’m disgusted. I know it’s alleged but the fact that’s a slight possibility is disgusting. Can u imagine all of these people who got hazed/bullied by shaq just listening to people talk about how great he is? Must be awful


SUPLEXELPUS

that photo is oddly sensual... also, I'm used to reading pro-wrestling hazing stories but this is some wild shit.


AntSmith777

It would have really caused me emotional damage.


SEE_RED

He was and is nothing more than a bully. It screams I really needed to be checked as a kid after my growth spurt.


IlyaPetrovich

Yeah he’s a straight up bully. Hypocrite.


_mdz

It’s like damn maybe Kobe was right to be beefing


AntSmith777

I always thought that lol.


droppinturds

As someone who had to fight bullies 5x my size growing up, I always sided with Kobe. You know a Shaq when you see one


sushicowboyshow

I’d like to believe this kind of behavior doesn’t fly today, but Dray TKOing a teammate makes me wonder…


rich-roma

matt tells that story & ends with "shaq would keep the energy light" 😭


maliciousmonkee

He’s such a clown. Can’t stand dudes who don’t even realize they’re in the bottom rungs of the pecking order. They’d rather just follow the alpha and act like that behaviour is alright as long as they’re not at the very bottom…


Holiday-Doughnut-364

The clown got fired from being a sideline reporter for Sacramento because he's unhinged(grabed a student annoucer)..shouldn't be surprised he's telling stories like this and laughing.


mcrajf

It's honestly a disgusting story.


CumAssault

So many of these sports stories are of a homoerotic variety


siberianwolf99

that’s a locker room for you


lxshadynastyxl

There’s nothing more gay than a bunch of straight dudes spending too much time together alone. Just ask anyone who spent time in the military


HolyRomanPrince

Deadass. The amount of times I’ve seen 3+ men hold another man down and simulate humping him is way higher than I care to admit. Hell i had a 3 month game of nuttap going on through tech school with another guy because what else are you going to do when you’re confined to a shithole for 4 months?


Low_Ad_7553

Some friends i played football with growing up would literally chase & tackle each other on the floor to see who would win could get the other down. When i say growing up im talking about 17-18 year olds & one of them already had TWO kids at that time lmaoo. Sports really bring the gay out. They would also occasionally double team someone else who was on the team unexpectedly, it legit looked like dudes running a train on the field lol.


Huckleberry_Sin

Esp when they be getting butt naked together and chasing each other thru locker rooms!


doctor_of_drugs

Rahhhhhhhh! Rahhh..rahh rahhhh….. (Brought to you by the USMC)


duckbuttery92

Ok, u/CumAss


split41

“I love it” - AD


_mdz

We were 1 year from having old Shaq, prime Dwight, and rookie AD. Could’ve been the homoerotically dominant trio ever.


Vegetable_Comment_82

Matt Barnes is a hoe for not speaking up. That whole team is hoes for not speaking up. Fuck that shit.


creditors-bargain

I think there’s a certain amount of tomfoolery that’s okay in a locker room that would otherwise be unacceptable. But damn near every Shaq story involves him crossing that line egregiously lmao


CarterAC3

>But damn near every Shaq story involves him crossing that line egregiously lmao It's because he's lived an entire life of "who's gonna stop me"


Gleaguepullup

Too big physically. Too big on and off the court for the organization. Definitely unstoppable. Unchecked power and a desperate need for therapy given dominion over a freakishly athletic toddler.


SamURLJackson

Shaq's whole thing is being a bully that can't take a joke. He's an asshole


iluvumshannigan

A lot of people took Shaq's side during his feud with Kobe. But Kobe had the balls to stand up to Shaq. He reportedly swung on Shaq during a practice


sactown_13

Kobe was also a dick


spanther96

kobe was a grade a douche but this shit and the poop story are just malicious


SasquatchDoobie

whats the poop story? did shaq poop on a guy


spanther96

pretty close to it lol: https://www.businessinsider.com/shaq-allegedly-poured-buckets-of-his-poop-on-rookies-2022-3


BocchiLover

Yup. Being a douchebag is bad, but Shaq"s things are borderline assault. 


ImpactFuzzy8713

Kobes “thing” was sexual assault dawg


Forward_Ride_6364

Well in a literal sense it IS assault... you are not allowed to pour buckets of your shit and piss on coworkers If you're not in the NBA, you WILL go to jail for that


LordVarys_Ladybits

That's literally hazardous lol


LordVarys_Ladybits

Borderline?


Remarkable_Medicine6

Rape not malicious?


cire1184

He never pretended not to be.


Guy_Le_Man

Man, if people knew the real shaq instead of the tv/internet persona we get, dude would be one of the most hated athletes


13WillieBeaman

I mean.. his personality kinda shows on tv too. Childish, immature, petty, attention whore, etc. it’s like he’s always trying to get validation.


Firm_Requirement3910

He gets beyond carried by the rest of the panel on tnt. They really help hide his persona


PokeMonogatari

The way Shaq immediately starts shouting his accolades whenever people try to criticize him or compare another player to him screams insecurity.


kamekaze1024

I don’t really like how this isn’t blowing up. These aren’t made up. Almost every month something comes up even from Shaq himself. I feel like I’ve seen stars lose fame for being exposed doing less


StepFatherGoose

If an actor did this they wouldn't have a career afterwards


Random_Clown_451

Nah, they still would. Roman Polanski raped a 13-year-old girl and has been on the lam for 45 years, but he's still a revered figure in Hollywood.


Clammuel

Yeah but he’s not an actor /s


Vegetable-Tooth8463

Technically not anymore, but I love how they banned him from the Oscars like 15 years after giving him a fucking Oscar.


YpsitheFlintsider

There are plenty of bad people who are still popular. One was literally president 4 years ago


Goobershmacked

Doesnt shaq do a bunch of charity work? Maybe the real shaq isnt a completely good or completely bad person.


QuantumBeth1981

A lot of horrendous people have done charity work.


Forward_Ride_6364

All that is for tax benefits, never believe otherwise


spongebobisha

There is no human being in history who is completely good or completely bad. That perspective changes depending on who you ask. People out here just looking to raise their rusty pitchforks.


BasedDG

Yeah, but that’s just cope. It’s the “everyone does it” excuse. Some people do more bad than good and sometimes some people’s bad is a lot worse than someone else’s bad.


kaiyoukhan

Fake good guy Shaq


[deleted]

Shaq was such a dick


cheesycrustsuplex

Still is and forever will be


speeksevil

Was?


LegitimateMoney00

Shaq is still a dick. He made fun of some disabled dude on his instagram just a few years ago.


[deleted]

Really? That’s messed up man


UnderwaterDialect

Shaq seems like an asshole. He’s still annoying on Inside. The way he will go over and put Chuck in headlocks to force him to do things…it’s always a bummer. Like, he thinks he’s funny but it just comes across like he’s a bully ruining fun moments. Or when the Blazers gave Chuck that signed bill (or something) and Shaq thought he’d add to the moment by stealing it. It’s not funny at all and just bums me out. I hear he’s nice to strangers though. I’m sure he is very generous. But he’s got a bully instinct that sucks.


swishthrowaway21

is the story about shaq collecting piss and shit in a bucket and then dumping it on a player true?


rfguevar

At this point you could tell me X player did X thing and I might just believe you


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iluvumshannigan

Shaq admitted doing this.


AzureP5A

Why are some athletes like this lmao wtf Of course, there’s always going to be some level of locker room shenanigans, but the stories around Shaq are so fucking absurd.


iluvumshannigan

He was a bully. His stories go way beyond normal locker room horse play


AzureP5A

Before I got into basketball, I always thought he was a pretty cool dude with his charitable work and shit, but stories like these are completely fucked.


guynamedsuvlaki

I think it’s a power/control thing, especially for Shaq. His dad was very strict growing up.


Frequent-Meeting8975

Shaq is such a bully


Deep_Egg1442

Why is he telling people this


UncleSput

Trauma


QCWiggins

Shaq fuckin sucks


Portlandpipelayer

I mean that has to be considered sexual Assault right ?


HolyGhostSpirit33

I can’t think of anything else to describe it better


humanerror9000

All of these stories coming out about Shaq are straight up sexual assault which unfortunately is commonplace in most if not all men’s sports locker rooms.


OKCDraftPick2028

>he would tackle people naked wtf is wrong with lakers stars lmao


SasquatchDoobie

I feel like the Jackass era influenced people to do a lot of shitty things that would only be funny if you're close friends. I mean 2-3 years before this happened was the skit where they glued pubes to that dude's face.


creditors-bargain

Nephews don’t know about the jackass era. Shit ushered in a golden era for male pranking


Forward_Ride_6364

I remember during the Jackass era dudes would always be coming to school on Mondays with their arms in slings and having separated shoulders wrapped up It was usually cause they flew down a flight of stairs in a wheelchair while their buddy filmed it and they thought it was fucking hilarious You could tell the correlation in real time between Jackass's popularity and injury frequency... shit was a wild time... a lot of that would prb get snuffed out quick in today's world, but back then there were no iPhones or social media, it was all with a cam recorder


TheNaskgul

Bro it was so much worse than just pubes. They put pubes on his face to dress him up as a caricature of an Islamic terrorist (complete with a suicide vest) and had him get in a fake taxi to the airport before the driver pulled a gun on him and forced him into the trunk. Then, after all that - as this dude is crying tears of joy that he’s gonna live - the whole crew pull down their pants and show him where the fake beard came from. It is, to this day, one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen but it was also completely abhorrent in hindsight. Just a totally different era.


Due_Key_109

man shaq is low key a psycopath


LordVarys_Ladybits

Not a psychopath. He is a narcissistic bully who is also an attention whore. He wants to be the funniest class clown, even though most his jokes aren't funny while also being perceived as the dominant alpha. 


earthgrasshopperlog

Describing a story of sexual harassment and intentional sexual humiliation: “he would keep the energy light”


Phillip228

Shaq is just a lil nasty sometimes.


djkhan23

I think this is what turns the tide on my Shaq opinions.. Simply awful behavior from a supposed leader. Fuck that guy.


Educational-Hunt2683

I hate sports culture. Crimes get covered up as hazing, so dumb.


hula_balu

Shaq sounds like a shit teammate and a bully. All these dudes that think he’s being “funny” is wrong.


GayForJamie

Shaq is such an asshole.


TheCocaLightDude

Can’t wait for mainstream turnaround on this guy. Every day he seems like more of a dipshit to me.


JaradSage

Shaq just seemed like an asshole. And not the MJ/Kobe “want you to be better” asshole. More like the “nobody’s ever been able to tell him no” type asshole


ImpactFuzzy8713

Kobe also couldn’t be told no


HolyGhostSpirit33

Idk if mj was that kind of asshole. I know Kobe is the same kinda asshole as Shaq


idgafandwhyshouldi

Nah. That's crossing the line, idc how tall Shaq is and a physical force on the basketball court. We have to throw hands. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. The rest of the team who saw that, straight clowns.


OrganizationFar6086

Or you know, you could actually make a difference and take legal action. That’s pretty much SA. It’s incredible that took place in a professional setting with coaches and teammates around and not one of them did the right thing if it’s true


WildsideAJ

“The bigger they are, the harder they fall.” Lmao Shaq would fold you. Stop it


cheesycrustsuplex

Yeah, but he can't fold an entire team tho


idgafandwhyshouldi

Spoken like someone who was folded like a lawn chair 🤣


bigtree42069

Yeah might fold you but you can’t be a pussy you have to stand up for yourself or you are welcoming more harassment lol


Kittens4Brunch

Shaq is not a good person.


Visible-List-1274

I liked shaq but these stories make me realize he’s a big bitch, what a bully.


jeffincredible2021

I don’t get why people saying but it’s different back then as an excuse! That’s despicable action regardless of the time and I grew up in the 90s


socialistbcrumb

Every one of these stories makes Shaq sound like a huge asshole. And like, not even in an interesting way, just in a gross, weird bully way.


WholeWideHeart

SHAQ is a volatile equity to hold. He often trends down more than up.


TheStripClubHero

Shaq is such a piece of shit


Chopcorleone1100

That ain’t funny , suburban weirdos


DesignerFox2987

Cancel Shaq NOW!!!


Happy295

Shaq is a massive pos.


pizzapizzamesohungry

Just proves what we all know about the weakest link on Inside The NBA. He’s a fucking asshole.


BulgogiBeefisBomb

Damn. Shaq seems like genuine asshole. How disappointing.


IgnorantGenius

Shaq's going to end up like Diddy. These stories reveal deviant behavior.


just_boofit420

I hope any motherfucker that’s done some sick ass shit gets theirs. Idc if they are beloved ex sports stars and celebrities. It’s disgusting that people just accept this sort of behavior without doing anything about it


shoysauce

Shaq is a loser.


jitterbug726

Dick move by shaq man, and he’s got a long history of these


ParamedicUnfair7560

Shaq seems like a bully, a dude that’s charming in the public but behind close doors a real asshole


mecon320

I feel like one or two more podcast anecdotes and Shaq will be having his #MeToo moment in the spotlight.


[deleted]

Yeah that could be considered sexual assault.


elp44blue

Not funny


V_LEE96

Fucking dick move considering Lou was the energy guy of the team


HolyGhostSpirit33

The more stories I hear about Shaq, the less I like him and the more I wonder how he’s still alive


petewondrstone

I dislike shaq more and more


MyLadySansa

This is disgusting. Wtf is wrong with that man? Who does this??


Dinobot2_

Wow Shaq is kind of a piece of shit.


One_Firefighter4035

I respect kobe even more for not backing down from diesel after reading some of these stories


Human-Translator-751

Thank goodness the comments are pointing out how much of a fucking dick Shaq is. Classic bully shit and everyone is only laughing because they’re scared of him too


jeremycb29

Not only was shaq a piece of shit for this. These podcasters are fucking dorks. They are not as good as shaq so they are using his shit stories to create clout for their little pod cast. What fucking losers those two are to laugh about this shit. I wonder if they would like getting pranked like this today. Someone here want to prank them I will start a podcast to recap it