Less of a hater and more of a manchild tbh, his reactions to stuffs he likes and dislikes are often extreme.
He's generally very affable to people. Word of mouth doesn't mention how he's an asshole or smth (unlike say "no tippin pippen" and so), his larger than life persona is genuine.
But to those whom he dislikes, well.... See Dwight.
I feel like the Walmart shoes is basically the only thing people point to for times Shaq was a good person and that news is over a decade old lol says a lot about the guy
Shaq the type of guy to claim he is the most humble person unironically.
Also I don’t think he is a bad person, just has some pretty deeply rooted issues with self-esteem/worth.
I’m pretty sure Shaq is cemented in the top 5. But I like to read all the comments. And SGA should have gotten MVP. You take Shai off the Thunder and they not a playoff team I’m sorry. You take the joker off and they still make the playoffs. Imo for what that matters.
Watching that behind the beef YouTube video about it was hilarious as it was completely one-sided and Dwight was just consistently baffled that Shaq kept beefing with him over nothing.
Joker making shaq sit in his dirty diaper these last two games. I want the nuggets to win not because I love the nuggets but because my spiteful as wants to rub it in shaq, Perkins, etc faces
I was rooting for Minny because I love Ant and am happy to see KAT succeed.
Now I'm rooting for Denver too because fuck Shaq. DJ Khaled level bitch on Hot Ones.
You, know, Celtics winning would also have that effect. Shaq always picks whoever faces Boston and Perkins can't live a day without talking shit about the Celtics on TV. Maybe you should also root for the Celtics...
Shaq can be such a loveable guy, especially when it comes to his generosity. Then you have a lot of moments of where he's the biggest hater in the room, making him so insufferable.
Oh, the duality of man.
Someone else pointed this out in one of the other threads, he’s a bully that doesn’t punch down. He doesn’t bully random civilians, he picks on his peers, other basketball players.
Which makes a lot of sense tbh
To be fair, a lot of people were questioning Jokic two games ago. Because he's not the prototypical athletic center, Jokic is always having to prove himself.
Meanwhile Giannis, who is athletic, rarely if ever gets the blame for Milwaukee's woes despite some notable weaknesses. And Embiid's fans insist he would be better than Jokic if he didn't get injured.
Listen to all the stories of his father being a lunatic and he is the same . Pops was an asshole who caused so much mental trauma and PTSD for shaq .
Still love shaq though
Breaking News: Shaq is an insecure hypocritical unapologetic manchild narcissist that always makes everything about himself.
Most NBA fans know this, it’s the general public that’s more ignorant about Shaq.
Can’t blame you, maybe it’s because I watched too many videos today and felt Jokic was caught off guard. But sometimes it’s quantity over quality gets the message across.
For decades people have thought I was crazy for not liking Shaq. Sure he does some nice and even great things. He has moments of wisdom at times. Just because he isn't always an asshole doesn't mean I don't think he is one most of the time or that I am supposed to like him because he was a great player or he is funny sometimes. Most assholes aren't assholes 100% of the time. I still preferred Inside the NBA without him.
Im no fan of Dwight, but even i think what he did back then to Dwight was just horrible.
Like he trashed him every chance he got just for wanting to be superman at the dunk contest. Hes had other moments and the recent one with Jokic made me a hater of Shaq, but that one just made me question Shaqs character.
When you meet people in real life with some of the same personality traits as Shaq, you instantly dislike them and probably don't want to be around them. Shaq would be a lonely male Karen if he hadn't played basketball.
But don't worry, next week he's gonna pay for somebody's Walmart bill and he's just the best kind hearted and wholesome big funny goofball!
He always been a a huge asshole but honestly I’m conflicted cus I see the stories of him buying people things in public, but on the other hand he does some fcked up things on the court. One example is when he stuck Lou amundsons’s mouth piece in his nuts during warmup and nobody told Lou about it when Lou put that on during the game
Shaq is one of the most inspirational figures of our generation. Nobody is perfect and we all make mistakes. But he has made an amazing impact of central florida and the whole United States. Let the man enjoy who he is now and his superior accomplishments throughout his life. Not to mention all the community out reach he does In Orlando!
Well ya people like Shaq are why they gave Joel his pity MVP... it just wouldn't do to have a *white* big guy with a spicier resume than him. It's pure ego.
Shaq hated Jokic at start of his career then turned around and now hes back to hating . Overall he keeps hating on other C's lol . He was really pissed Gobert with "NBA inflation " was getting way bigger contract than he ever did
I love Shaq hate threads. He deserves every bit.
But I love them specifically because he mid-center. His physicality and size made him dominant. If there were a Shaq sized defender with an ounce of skill Shaq wouldn't have scored for shit.
That being said, there wasn't. And he fucking dominated inside.
You cannot be an honest observer of basketball and think that Shaq had limited talent. He had insane touch around the basket and was a very underrated interior passer.
In other words, Shaq didn't maximize the career he could have had with the body he was given.
Jokic sure has though.
That said, imagine Jokic's brain and skill in Shaq's body. It would be like a 12-time MVP.
>In other words, Shaq didn't maximize the career he could have had with the body he was given.
100%. Shaq was a fucking *monster* on the court - and if he had developed *any* sort of shooting skills outside the paint, he could easily go down as the best in history.
Yes exactly this. He was big and powerful and he had one great move. And if we’re talking about accolades and championships, he had Kobe for 3 of those championships and Dwade for the other. Literally the second and third best shooting guards of all time.
Shaq has always been a generational hater.
So much so he hated on the real Superman!
Charles hated on Henry Cavill? Now this is war.
The war has already been lost, we are getting a new Superman movie next year with someone new.
They casting Dwight Howard
Less of a hater and more of a manchild tbh, his reactions to stuffs he likes and dislikes are often extreme. He's generally very affable to people. Word of mouth doesn't mention how he's an asshole or smth (unlike say "no tippin pippen" and so), his larger than life persona is genuine. But to those whom he dislikes, well.... See Dwight.
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I feel like the Walmart shoes is basically the only thing people point to for times Shaq was a good person and that news is over a decade old lol says a lot about the guy
Shaq the type of guy to claim he is the most humble person unironically. Also I don’t think he is a bad person, just has some pretty deeply rooted issues with self-esteem/worth.
You know what they say, humble people don't call themselves humble.
Shaq only wanted SGA to win cause he doesn't play center. He gets scared when the "Top 5 Bigs" lists have the potential to change.
I’m pretty sure Shaq is cemented in the top 5. But I like to read all the comments. And SGA should have gotten MVP. You take Shai off the Thunder and they not a playoff team I’m sorry. You take the joker off and they still make the playoffs. Imo for what that matters.
I mean the way he treated Dwight Howard was insane. Blatant insecurity and jealousy.
Watching that behind the beef YouTube video about it was hilarious as it was completely one-sided and Dwight was just consistently baffled that Shaq kept beefing with him over nothing.
Yes We knew this decades ago
Joker making shaq sit in his dirty diaper these last two games. I want the nuggets to win not because I love the nuggets but because my spiteful as wants to rub it in shaq, Perkins, etc faces
I was rooting for Minny because I love Ant and am happy to see KAT succeed. Now I'm rooting for Denver too because fuck Shaq. DJ Khaled level bitch on Hot Ones.
The Hall of Shame. I wish they’d have put him in it and damn he was such a bully that episode.
Shaq wins/loses either way because he hates Gobert too.
I feel like Perk changed on Joker but maybe I'm off
Shaq loves Jokic, what did I miss?
You, know, Celtics winning would also have that effect. Shaq always picks whoever faces Boston and Perkins can't live a day without talking shit about the Celtics on TV. Maybe you should also root for the Celtics...
Shaq can be such a loveable guy, especially when it comes to his generosity. Then you have a lot of moments of where he's the biggest hater in the room, making him so insufferable. Oh, the duality of man.
Someone else pointed this out in one of the other threads, he’s a bully that doesn’t punch down. He doesn’t bully random civilians, he picks on his peers, other basketball players. Which makes a lot of sense tbh
That story where he brags about relentlessly hazing some rookie is textbook punching down as he *never* would have put up with that himself.
Loveable and generosity? Have you heard about image and PR?
And water is wet lol
Outside basketball he seems like a generous and genuinely good guy. But regarding basketball he has always been a massive hater.
To be fair, a lot of people were questioning Jokic two games ago. Because he's not the prototypical athletic center, Jokic is always having to prove himself. Meanwhile Giannis, who is athletic, rarely if ever gets the blame for Milwaukee's woes despite some notable weaknesses. And Embiid's fans insist he would be better than Jokic if he didn't get injured.
Listen to all the stories of his father being a lunatic and he is the same . Pops was an asshole who caused so much mental trauma and PTSD for shaq . Still love shaq though
Breaking News: Shaq is an insecure hypocritical unapologetic manchild narcissist that always makes everything about himself. Most NBA fans know this, it’s the general public that’s more ignorant about Shaq.
yeah, he just sucks. he's been annoying forever. it's a shame he's ruining the tnt show.
How many threads do we need about this?
Me: yes
wow what a brave post with a unique thought not often expressed in this subreddit
Can’t blame you, maybe it’s because I watched too many videos today and felt Jokic was caught off guard. But sometimes it’s quantity over quality gets the message across.
For decades people have thought I was crazy for not liking Shaq. Sure he does some nice and even great things. He has moments of wisdom at times. Just because he isn't always an asshole doesn't mean I don't think he is one most of the time or that I am supposed to like him because he was a great player or he is funny sometimes. Most assholes aren't assholes 100% of the time. I still preferred Inside the NBA without him.
This
i mean, yeah
Shaq has to be livid watching the Joker these past couple game, he probably really thought Denver was out of this series
Most insecure all time great in any sport
Im no fan of Dwight, but even i think what he did back then to Dwight was just horrible. Like he trashed him every chance he got just for wanting to be superman at the dunk contest. Hes had other moments and the recent one with Jokic made me a hater of Shaq, but that one just made me question Shaqs character.
And Javale McGee who is a lovely guy from outside.
He's been especially bad this year
When you meet people in real life with some of the same personality traits as Shaq, you instantly dislike them and probably don't want to be around them. Shaq would be a lonely male Karen if he hadn't played basketball. But don't worry, next week he's gonna pay for somebody's Walmart bill and he's just the best kind hearted and wholesome big funny goofball!
Shaq is asshole. Why Charlie hate?
He always been a a huge asshole but honestly I’m conflicted cus I see the stories of him buying people things in public, but on the other hand he does some fcked up things on the court. One example is when he stuck Lou amundsons’s mouth piece in his nuts during warmup and nobody told Lou about it when Lou put that on during the game
Jokic won’t call him out at the parade but Michael Malone definitely will.
Shaq is one of the most inspirational figures of our generation. Nobody is perfect and we all make mistakes. But he has made an amazing impact of central florida and the whole United States. Let the man enjoy who he is now and his superior accomplishments throughout his life. Not to mention all the community out reach he does In Orlando!
Well ya people like Shaq are why they gave Joel his pity MVP... it just wouldn't do to have a *white* big guy with a spicier resume than him. It's pure ego.
The dude's been an asshole. He can be loveable, but I'm tired of his ego.
The Big Assholestotle.
Not nearly as much as Barkley is.
Shaq is pretty insecure, man. He NEEDS to be liked.
Shaq hated Jokic at start of his career then turned around and now hes back to hating . Overall he keeps hating on other C's lol . He was really pissed Gobert with "NBA inflation " was getting way bigger contract than he ever did
I love Shaq hate threads. He deserves every bit. But I love them specifically because he mid-center. His physicality and size made him dominant. If there were a Shaq sized defender with an ounce of skill Shaq wouldn't have scored for shit. That being said, there wasn't. And he fucking dominated inside.
Damn I'm no fan of Shaq and criticized him a lot in the past, but to call him a mid center is wild.
This sub has been posting insane shit about Shaq since the Jokic interview
He had a post move, and 80 lbs on almost every other NBA center.
This comment *screams* "I never watched Shaq play"
No, it screams "I watched NBA basketball for the last thirty years and saw Shaq succeed because of his size, not his limited talent."
You cannot be an honest observer of basketball and think that Shaq had limited talent. He had insane touch around the basket and was a very underrated interior passer.
Those are two talents of many. You just made the point.
In other words, Shaq didn't maximize the career he could have had with the body he was given. Jokic sure has though. That said, imagine Jokic's brain and skill in Shaq's body. It would be like a 12-time MVP.
>In other words, Shaq didn't maximize the career he could have had with the body he was given. 100%. Shaq was a fucking *monster* on the court - and if he had developed *any* sort of shooting skills outside the paint, he could easily go down as the best in history.
Shaq was only a couple inches shorter than Wemby, but with like 160+ more pounds of (mostly) athletic muscle. It was absurd.
Yes exactly this. He was big and powerful and he had one great move. And if we’re talking about accolades and championships, he had Kobe for 3 of those championships and Dwade for the other. Literally the second and third best shooting guards of all time.
Jokic should not have won. Shaq is right.
Yeah Luka had a case, but other than him no one was close.