The feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar has caught the attention of people worldwide. However, there’s another beef between NBA icon Shaquille O’Neal and NFL legend Shannon Sharpe that is starting to heat up. It all started when Shaq, while interviewing the Joker, stated that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander should have won the 2024 MVP award instead of Jokic. While the Joker seemed cool about it, ESPN’s Shannon Sharpe took issue with Shaq’s take.
Later, Sharpe took a slight jab at Shaquille O’Neal’s credentials as an NBA great on the NightCap podcast. He said, “I think a part of Shaq — he might not ever admit this — but Shaq sees these guys winning these MVPs and is a little envious.” He added further, “He’s the most dominant big men in the history of the game, and he got 1 MVP.” Shannon further went on to suggest that Shaq isn’t even on the Mount Rushmore of NBA greats. According to him, the likes of Bill Russell and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will always rank higher than him.
Shaquille O’Neal didn’t take kindly to Sharpe’s disrespect. He responded on X with a link of an article, which ranked Sharpe as the 11th best tight end in NFL’s history. He captioned the post with, “Gotta be top ten in your profession, before you speak on someone in (their) profession.” Shaq took another cheeky swipe at Sharpe on Essentiallysports Instagram page, adding to Sharpe’s “he got 1 MVP” remark with, “and four rings and three retired jerseys and two statues.”
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