Shaquille O’Neal, Worth $400 Million, Sounds off on Deep Inequality between NBA Players and Regular People

Shaquille O?Neal has always been very clear about what he has in his mind and what he speaks. He has often been straightforward about what he wants to say. Shaq is not one to shy away from criticizing someone if he believes he’s right.

?On the recent episode of The Big Podcast with Shaq, he called out the players who earn big money but can not handle criticism. Nischelle asked Shaq which one of the three was more disappointing: Lakers missing the play in, Utah Jazz?s early exit or Phoenix Suns failing to make it to the conference finals? Shaq gave 33% each to all three and gave the extra 1% to Utah Jazz.

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This was not the first time he had criticized Utah. Earlier, when he did it, the criticism was not taken well. So this time around he said, ?They are making so much money, they are so sensitive. How about I don?t give a sh** about your sensitivity y?all. How about that? Guess you know what, so many regular people work harder than you, gets paid less. You cry about what I said? Get out of my face. I don?t wanna hear that. ? Man wants to go home to his wife, but he has to work. You hear him complaining? No! All these rich kids making all this money, complaining.. Shut yo a** up!? Shaq compared the NBA players with a man who has to do a day?s work in order to earn very little money. Certainly little if compared with all the NBA players.

Shaquille O?Neal criticizing Utah Jazz, Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert

This was not the first time Shaq criticized the Utah Jazz or their players. In fact, his words on the podcast were just the aftermath of his earlier comments and the reaction to those. Previously, Shaq had also asked the Jazz players to set a level and step up.

Shaq said they have to decide if they want to be good, whether they want to be great, whether they want to be greater than everybody else, or if they want to be among the greatest. He said this particularly about Donovan Mitchell. While he agreed he was an excellent player, Shaq also emphasized that he had been on the same level for quite a long time now and he needed to step up.

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On the other hand, Rudy Gobert had just replied to Shaq with the comments on Instagram with the claim that he would lock down Shaq. So Shaq had to answer back to that, too. According to Shaq, Utah Jazz has been just a good team for a long time now and they must step up to become a better one. Additionally, he thinks his words should motivate the players and they should take it as constructive criticism.