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LMAO at Ewing. Cant blame Shaq everything he said was spot on.
same old Shaq. You can sing praises on him for being a clown, and all, and the 'nicest guy off the court, "
but don't call him classy, or very bright.
He's such a drama-queen and stunted emotionally.
Then again, I don't fault him for dishing it back at Stan if he's being honest and forthcoming, it's just stupid to air out your personal beefs on someone in public.
There were more quotes to the rant that ESPN didn't report though that were more enjoyable.
From
http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/PaulCoro/47655
Don't get in a war of words with Shaquille O'Neal. He's undefeated in verbal warfare.
Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy took at a shot at O'Neal after the Magic's Tuesday night win against the Suns, criticizing O'Neal for "flopping." O'Neal had gone to the floor while defending Dwight Howard on one play and admitted after the game that it was a flop, "like everyone else does to me."
But O'Neal unleashed on Van Gundy before tonight's game in Miami. He rarely speaks before games but did so to a group of reporters and then again to the Republic to send his message tonight.
First, here's what Van Gundy said, "“I was shocked, seriously, shocked. And very disappointed cause he knows what it’s like. Lets stand up and play like men, and I think our guy did that tonight.”
Now, here is O'Neal with some more profane moments retracted:
"He (Howard) came with the same old, stale Patrick Ewing move so I tried to stand there and take the charge. The new rules say if you come through, you fall. But as I fell, I realized that it was a flop and it reminded me of Coach Van Gundy’s whole coaching career. The one thing I despise is a frontrunner. First of all, none of his players like him. When it gets tough, he will become the master of panic like he did before and he will quit like he did before. The one thing I despise is frontrunners. Yeah, he’s got a young team playing good but don’t be a frontrunner. Him and his brother and even the legend on the bench ain’t done what I’ve done in my whole career. So flopping would be the wrong choice of words."
"I just tried to take a charge. The (expletive) rules say you can’t stand there and get hit. You’ve got to fall. The (expletive) got the same old stinking move that Patrick Ewing has been doing his whole career. I went down, got up and didn’t complain. I see him and Stan complaining the whole game because they’ve got to. Remember, I’ve done more than him, his brother and Patrick Ewing."
"Stan Van Gundy reminds me of a broke navigational system. He knows everything about everything but ain’t never been nowhere. Think about that. If I’m right here and I type in the address of where you’re going, I know where it’s at but I’m not going there."
"When a bum says some (stuff) about it and I respond, you can (expletive) cancel that cuz I know how he is in real life. We’ll see when the playoffs start and he (expletive) panics and quits like he did when he was here (in Miami). And you (expletive) print it just like that. Do I look soft to you like you can say something and I’m not going to say something?"
"Notice they didn’t play me straight up. We’ll see how far they go cuz I know Stan. I said this a long time ago but I was actually talking about him: 'When the general panics, the troops will panic. Like in business, when the head panics and takes out all his stock, what happens?"
"All the players hate him. The players don’t even like him. I hate frontrunners. I really do. I don’t like any frontrunners. There’s a pecking order involved. I’ve been there six times."
"I ain’t going to let no bum like him rip me and not say anything back. You can cancel that (expletive) all the way. Usually, I let (expletive) go. Not that. Not him. no."
"The rules say when a guy goes through your chest you’ve got to fall to get the call. It was a flop. You’ve watched me play for 17 years. I don’t play like that."
"I’m not going to sit around and let nobodies take a shot at me and he is a nobody to me. And if he thinks he can get in a little press conference and take shots at me like I’m not going to (say) something back, he’s got another thing coming."
Guess so.
time will tell if Shaq really exposed Stan Van Gundy. I wonder how Jeff will comment on Shaq games now, after he went after the family
LMAO at Ewing. Cant blame Shaq everything he said was spot on.
LOL wtf did Ewing and Jeff Van Gundy have to do with this?
shaq
shaq's talent is undeniable, especially when he was younger. But the thing is, he hasn't aged gracefully.
Shaq is the absolute mother en epitome of a front-runner.
Lord have en mercy on that nonsense because that's the most hypocritical piece of bile I've read in ages.
Front-runner? Really? en maggot has made a career of teabagging cities and teammates when the going has gotten god damn en tough. Give me that again.
got.
Prepared for the Shaq nut-hugging crew, aka "Laker fan since omg 96" or whatever crew to come gobble his nuts to perpetrate. Like usual.
Van Gundy just wants to know how Shaq's ass tastes!
"Flopping is playing like that your whole career. I was trying to take the charge, trying to get a call. It probably was a flop, but flopping is the wrong use of words."
So it was or wasnt a flop?
Lmao... or how about the pissed off ex-Shaq fan crew, that used to worship him in the purple & gold but now puke at every mention of his name. Oh that's you - mah bad.
j/k man, but you kinda walked right into that one. Shaq is, in a nuts , a sound byte. And he'll always dance like bojangles in blackface for the media cameras. Gotta pull the entertainment value outta what he says and throw the rest of that bull away.
It was? How so?
^^^ Shaq is a winner compared to the Van Gundys, Howard and ewing. Besides Van Gundy broke the big man pecking order code ordinance 2257 which means his resume isnt quite good enough to speak on what shaq has done.
That and Van Gundy ed Miami in 2005.
I agree
Shaq usually isn't always serious, but I believe him with his beef against Van Gundy. I actually respected Shaq wanting Riley to coach the team to a championship and no less, Shaq wants Rings. I don't care if it appears shady, do what you gotta do to be serious about a championship run.
If what Shaq says is true about Van Gundy panicking, more props to him.
What former team or former coach hasn't Shaq ripped?
It's sad that Shaq is choosing to end his career on this note.
He used to be funny but now he's just bitter and angry. It makes him look pathetic.
Shaq goes over the top, but SVG remarks were absolutely unnecessary. He wasn't even questioned about the play and went on and on about it. He was teasing and provoking Shaq, so now take the blowback up like a man.
Anwyay, about this:
I just tried to take a charge. The (expletive) rules say you can’t stand there and get hit. You’ve got to fall.(...)
The rules say when a guy goes through your chest you’ve got to fall to get the call.
Shaq is absolutely right. It's bizarre how NBA refs don't call charges if the players don't fall. That's why there's so many "flopping" going on, the refs don't call legit offensive fouls and force the players to exagerate the contact to sell it.
On the other hand, I still remember how the dislodging rule basically ceased to exist once Shaq entered the league, so whatever.
Excuse me?
If some dude basically called you a woman, you wouldn't get offended? Add to it that he called him a woman in a press conference. I could see why shaq would get pissed.
I know Shaq called Bosh a transves e but that was after bosh was a pussy and complained about being eaten alive by the diesel.
Last edited by der Kaiser; 03-05-2009 at 01:42 PM.
That's like saying a man isn't gay if he's only sucked once.
Dunking on = cowed.
Dwight Howard just cowed Shaq in their last game.
I'm not gay.
And Shaq flopped.
Now all we gotta get is Shaq's take on Yao's statement. Lets turn this into a free-for-all to drive up fan interest in the next Phoenix/Houston game.
No way he gets that fat ass off the ground that high.
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