Shaquille O'Neal is hard to resist in the NBA, and after retiring, he still looks domineering, and he has to get some moths out every once in a while. No, O'Neal once again set his sights on Jazz center Gobert, repeatedly expressing disdain for the center player with a two-hundred-million-dollar contract, and finally made Gobert a little unable to respond.
It's actually quite simple.
In a show hosted by former NFL player Anthony Adams, he said Jazz center Gobert could prevent O'Neal from scoring only 12 points in one game. O'Neill responded, "12 points? That's right, you said the first three minutes. Let me tell you this, brother. Someone one-on-one against me, that's disrespectful to me. I felt like it was belittling me. ”
Gobert is the league's top defensive center player today, and he has won the award for Best Defensive Player three times, but he still hasn't been recognized by the older generation of center players. O'Neill had already laughed at Gobert, "... His contract should encourage all the little kids, and as long as you average 11 points per game in the NBA, you can get a $200 million contract. ”
In O'Neill's day, he represented the highest caliber of center players, with opponents having to do a lot of preparation against him. O'Neal is a giant on the field, he is worthy of the nickname of "big shark", like a shark fiercely devouring everything around him, defenders can not help but headache.
So, you know why he despised Gobert so much.
Gobert has been repeatedly humiliated by O'Neal, which inevitably makes him a little embarrassed, after all, Gobert is now one of the top center players in the league, so he also responded on social media, "I will prevent him." However, fans are not optimistic that Gobert can defend O'Neal, so it is a bit self-sufficient, even in today's league he is difficult to deal with all the internal opponents.
O'Neill loves this trick, and it seems that he has to play "blast" the juniors when he retires.
Jazz center Gobert is not O'Neill's only target, Embiid, Howard and others are not the targets of O'Neill's humiliation, not to mention Javier McKee, who has appeared frequently in his "Big Five" show. O'Neill's dominance and historical position in the field of center forwards give him a very high voice.
Howard was once the league's number one center, and O'Neal faded out of the league to the era of Howard's succession, but O'Neal has never had a good look for this successor. In O'Neill's view, Howard lacks the domineering and competitive mentality that can dominate the game, so he prefers to give the name "Superman" to The Alphabet Brother.
Embiid was not initially favored by O'Neal, but Embiid has made great progress in scolding and is now an MVP player. Embiid also expressed his gratitude to O'Neal, "Shaq's criticism opened my eyes and made me really realize that I can be a player of that level. ”
Of course, there are also good center players that O'Neal admires, and after Jokic won the regular season MVP last season, O'Neal said: "Because of you, the big man is back!" ”
(Text/Yan Wujun)