Even years after each Shaquille O’Neal and Dwight Howard retired from the NBA, their petty beef continues.
On Monday, throughout an look on “Ray Daniels Presents,” Howard opened up about his bizarre relationship with O’Neal: “He all the time thought I used to be attempting to be him or be like him. However once more, if I wished to be you or be such as you, shouldn’t you are taking that as a praise and to point out how nice you’re as a participant and an individual.”
Howard then defined how he reached a boiling level the place he felt the disrespect needed to cease, sharing a narrative of how he tried to succeed in out to Shaq whereas he was a contestant on “Dancing with the Stars.”
He later added, “At this level, I’m like do we have to throw fingers…He’s Shaquille O’Neal essentially the most dominant heart ever. However once more, he hold saying stuff about me. So it’s like ‘Aye bro, do we have to go forward and squabble?’”
Watch all of what he mentioned about Shaq beneath:
Naturally, the Massive Diesel caught wind of what Howard mentioned and wrote a heated response full of hashtags on X that learn, “@DwightHoward the very fact u assume I care about u is humorous, however I received’t ever convey your identify up once more delicate massive man, a jokester that may’t take a joke. Gained’t ever say your identify once more ever once more. Have a terrific day and now u have been deleted. Have a terrific day. #inevercared #belief me #dontneedvalidationyoudo #stayoffpodcasts #thefactyouthinkicareisfunny #yougottashowrespecttogetrespect #nowyouredeadtome.”
Howard didn’t again down, commenting, “I do know you care. Cuz yo insecure ass been hating and speaking shit for 20 years. You too massive to be this insecure. I hope you don’t convey my identify up once more. 52 years previous tweeting me. And nonetheless hating. Now all this time you was joking. You all the time been jealous. Jealous of Kobe, penny, dwayde. You’re jealous of Charles too.”
He continued, “Go transfer round massive lazy insecure ass. I nonetheless have that lengthy 5 Paragraph direct message you despatched me a pair years in the past telling me that I’m not that nice to hate. And you’re nonetheless doing it. It’s 2025, develop the hell up. and transfer on.”
Howard isn’t mistaken about Shaq’s criticism over time: The latter usually accused the previous of stealing his “Superman” moniker and mentioned the previous Orlando Magic Heart didn’t dwell as much as his potential.
Though the 2 haven’t mentioned something since this newest interplay, O’Neal will virtually assuredly tackle it throughout his look on “Contained in the NBA” someday sooner or later.