Shaq Explains Why He’s Allowed to Criticize NBA Players

Shaquille O’Neal will go down as one of the best big men to ever play the game, and lately he’s been taking plenty of shots.  Shaq was taking some heat over recent comments he made to Donovan Mitchell, and some digs aimed at James Harden.

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Shaq suggested that it was perfectly fine for him to criticize current players:

“This is what greatness at the guard position looks like,” he wrote alongside a series of photos that included him with former teammates like Penny Hardaway, Kobe Bryant, and LeBron James among others. “I played with the best ever to do it. You know I know what best look like. #donthavetohate. Y’all kno I got G14 classification to say what I say.”

Shaq took to IG to explain:

In a comment in an Instagram post shared by NBA stats page WinShares, Shaq continued to defend himself:

“I’m to great to hate listen to what I say don’t be sensitive u betta google me,” he said. “I kno what greatness is. Ain’t nobody playing done what I’ve done besides LeBron and Steph Curry. I have G14 classification to say what I say. I played against and with the best ever. So shut your fave up WINSHARES. Me hate that’s funny. You betta google me.”

Well apparently Shaq thinks he’s earned the right to criticize.

But that interview with Mitchell was just in bad taste.

Shaq is never going to back down.

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