The temple of basketball renown Shaquille O’Neal had difficult words for the Los Angeles Clippers Ben Simmons goalkeeper in a rant against the current NBA product.
O’Neal sounded on the game in the last episode of the Podcast.
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Shaquille O’Neal arrives on the red carpet before the match in the semi-finals of the NBA Emirates Cup at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, on December 14, 2024. (Candice Ward-Imagn images)
“People go crazy. It’s just a product of what I saw,” said the legend of Los Angeles Lakers. “I saw what greatness is, been there, played with them. I do not see that all the time there. So, you want me to give these mother —- rs the same accessories as you give them? What will happen. You can call it hatred if you wish.
“Even with the word” hatred “, like these children F —– G, they like to launch this word. If you are not great and I am great, how the F — Can I hate you? It does not give you meaning.
O’Neal said he wanted to see greatness on the ground and deplored that “a large part of these mother — ers cannot play”.
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Clipper goalkeeper Ben Simmons passes in front of the Knicks before Pétiux Achiuwa, Wednesday March 26, 2025, in New York. (AP photo / Adam Hunger)
He underlined Simmons, a triple All-Star whose career was marred by injuries. It went from an average of 14.3 points per match with the Philadelphia 76ers to an average of less than seven points per game with the Brooklyn Nets and now with the Clippers. All this, when it has reached an average of around 35.4 million dollars per year of salary and earned more than $ 200 million in career.
“Ben f — Ing Simmons, this mother — had to be stopped. Jayson Tatum can play. He’s going well. I’m not going to denigrate him. But Ben Simmons must be f —- G stopped. (250 million dollars) for this bull —- Out the F — Out of my face. The people who steal, guy.
The current NBA product has found a lot of criticism in recent years. With more teams taking 3 points and stars not playing the entire 82 game calendar, the fans responded by deactivating the game.
Notes were a topic of conversation burning earlier in the season.
The head coach of the Boston Celtics, Joe Mazzulla, even said that he “prefers to look at something else”.
Shaquille O’Neal before the match between the Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA final at TD Garden in Boston, June 6, 2024. (David Butler II-USA TODAY SPORTS)
NBA qualifiers are about to change this with superstar talents in the race for a title, including Lakers and LeBron James.
