“When I made the comments about Rudy Gobert... Yeah, it is personal... David Robinson, who only made $116M… Kareem[Abdul-Jabbar], most he ever made was $3M… I paved the way for y'all. You're making [$200M]. Play hard." — Shaq 👀 (via The Big Podcast)

Shaq took to social media amid girlfriend rumors 👀

@bigpodwithshaq Sorry ass hater

@bigpodwithshaq I mean…what he saying ain’t that hard. He paved the way along with ppl before him for players to get paid. So he’d like to see premier paid players play like premier played players. Not like the 8-9 best player on a NBA team roster.

@bigpodwithshaq Ain’t no way I would be kissing ass. Idc how many times the old heads wanna die on the “we paved the way” hill. Bruh just bc you happened to be born before me and wanted to go through that shit don’t mean you did it with the NEXT generation in mind.

@bigpodwithshaq Shaq is actually like dumb dumb not like haha meme dumb 💀

@bigpodwithshaq Shaq always finds a way to make his hating sound respectable 😂

@bigpodwithshaq Shaq is a fucking hypocrite! Kobe criticized his play before he left for Miami. He’s just a big ass hater

@bigpodwithshaq Out of all people you would think Shaq would understand how business works (net worth est. 500m) those guys would still be getting paid without Shaq’s existence he’s still not wrong tho

@bigpodwithshaq I mean.... he ain't wrong no matter how y'all try to frame it

@bigpodwithshaq So just to make sure I am getting this right. Shaq is telling the 4 time and current DPOY to play harder in a league that is criticized for having players that don’t try hard on the defensive end……. 🤦🏻