Shaq: “There’s a reason why I got 4, you got 0, he got 2.” Chuck: “Yeah, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade.” Shaq: “No, I was 3 times Finals MVP. Google me, bum. Google me.”
This post could be 15 years old.
including the comments
And the commenters
Nope, we aren’t that old.
I’m only 2
They are starting to feel like an old rock band going on their “last ever tour” (we promise)
That’s one way to get Karl Malone to like it
Too old.
HEY-O!!!
So here I sit cleaning up the beer I spit out reading this. So thank you I needed a solid laugh today
so is shaq
Dead internet
Dead TV show
Insecurity HOF
Ohh who else is first ballot insecurity HOF
Shaq, another Shaq, a third Shaq, Kevin Durant, and Isiah Thomas
Wilt is up there.
Rick Barry tanked a playoff run from his insecurity.
Scottie Pippen is a lock.
Draymond is a first ballot.
Once again IT is left out despite meeting all the criteria to be selected
More details, please. I don’t know this lore
I don’t think it was insecurity so much as being a vindictive shthead, but I got your details. After winning the title in 1975, the Warriors had a good chance of repeating and had made it to the playoffs in a good seed. They beat the Pistons, and were in the Western Conference finals against the Suns. Now the next part only makes sense if you know that Rick Barry was and is a huge a$$hole. He was such a dck to his teammates through arrogance, disrespectfulness, and a sprinkle of racism, that they literally all disliked or hated him. In the first quarter of game 7 of the suns series, he got in a fight. His teammates made no move to defend him and so he was fighting one guy for a good while and a second Sun joined in with no teammates helping him or even really trying very hard to break it up. He refused to shoot the rest of the game. The Warriors lost, the Suns went to the finals and got slapped. He was reigning finals mvp, playing the best basketball of his career, and threw a tantrum.
As a Celtics fan, Thanks for the Assist!
Hahaha yep, nice feather in Havlicek’s cap to get a chip without Bill.
Its possible i’ve missed some shit but Zeke never seemed that bad to me. He just has real beef with MJ.
Pippin, Gobert, Westbrook, Rodman all come to mind before Zeke. Oh and Jae Crowder. I still remember him getting real upset that Boston fans cheered for Hayward lol
In Pippen’s defense, he does seem rightfully insecure.
To some extent, i absolutely agree. He’s so unfairly overshadowed by MJ that tons of people don’t give him the respect he should have.
But he’s also 60 and has been retired for over 20 years. It’s well past time for him to just accept it and move on.
He’s a 90s legend who is never brought up unless it’s as a sidekick. I think the fact that he was so underpaid during that whole run also really gets him and it was a big point in the Last Dance. Then his wife left and got with MJs son. It’s been rough for him.
Also one of his sons passed, really gotta feel for Scottie.
Seriously? MJs son banged his wife?
Not just banged, they are or were in a long relationship. Think they are some TV reality stars? Pretty sure they were both on Traitors one season?
He also walked off when Phil Jackson designed a play where Kukoc took the last shot instead of him.
His insecurity extends past MJ.
Listen, if my entire legacy was being the Robin to somebody else’s Batman, and then Batman’s son grew up to date my ex-wife, I’d probably be pretty insecure about that too
And the Batman symbol.
Wilt comes to mind…
Wilt, KD, Shaq is a strong big three
Pippen, Thomas, Kyrie fill out the Mt Rushmore of NBA insecurity.
Kyrie’s the delusion GOAT
IT
IT is the former Celtic
Carmelo Anthony!!!!!
Slim Reaper
The perfect man to represent the Lakers
Magic and Kareem are pretty down to earth considering how amazing they were
How couldn’t you be if you were Magic?
Got millions for playing a game, fucked around like a rabbit, and then when he got “the worst disease” possible, his money has kept him healthy.
Dude is like Schwarzenegger with how he just showed up, cleaned out, and smiles about it.
Well, read the Showtime book. Kareem was….not nice.
Kareem is intelligent and thoughtful, moreso than most athletes are, but yeah he’s always had a reputation for being prickly.
Not exactly defending him but you don’t really get to this point without a massive chip on your shoulder. He should probably learn to flick it off though.
Guys in his late 50s or something, at some point you’ve got to just let it be
He was born as one of the biggest physical freaks in human history and turned it into a HOF NBA career and hundreds of millions of dollars. The chip on his shoulder should be minuscule.
That just sounds like excuses people make to justify acting like an ass to people as though its necessary for success.
Then ignore players like Tim Duncan or Lebron James who are known as pretty laid back and have good interactions with their teammates, since it doesn’t fit their defense.
I know people say this all the time but there are plenty of elite athletes who aren’t huge insecure assholes lmao. Some people are just thin skinned.
Shaq is one of the laziest “great” players who essentially coasted off elite athleticism and talent
Also didn’t start winning championships until after the Bulls dynasty that Chuck was in his prime for. Chuck was also around for the Lakers and Celtics dynasties and the Pistons winning back to back.
First Ballot
Most of the bits on modern Inside feel super forced but I know for a fact that this was a genuine interaction lmao
Sounds like coaching material. He’s got a doctorate too.
Big Sheriff could be both the good cop and bad cop
Imagine your coach shits in your sneaker and puts your mouth guard up his ass.
That’s everyday for ime udoka
G14 classified too.
Who you think this is Chelsea Clinton?
*Carter
Is it Kelsey?
Is this the kosher meal?
Gefilte fish
There’s a doctor vacancy in Milwaukee
No Shaq a boy doctor
“Google me, bum.” Gonna tell that to my gf when we have our first fight
you gotta set up the lorenzo van matterhorn before tho
Spelled like it sounds. Lorenzo…. Von Matterhorn
I bet she’s a girl with a real nice…. phone
You also have to fake your death after.
Couldn’t believe some dude in men’s league really tried saying that, nobody knew who he was and we literally play in the lowest possible skill division too.
You probably could’ve gotten him by showing the google results page with nothing related to him.
Probably find his Twitter page where he power ranks his favorite slurs
you need to get a girl friend first bro
Please don’t google Shaq’s bum
Send me the deets man ill make a wiki page for you
“Hey, why is there a mugshot of you?”
Also why he telling anyone to Google him right now? Doesn’t he know all people are talking about his is fascination with poop and harassing old teammates with fecal matter
He’s so insecure.
and Charles always knows how to push those buttons lol
Chuck said he always know when he’s beaten Shaq because that’s when he start mentioning his rings.
Chuck is the best man lol F the haters long live inside the NBA
I love Chuck, but he has some dumb takes. He’s also lowkey a LeBron hater.
He just like me fr
Tbf, it’s the same button over and over
It’s a gag at this point
At least Chuck didn’t stick a teammate’s mouth guard up his ass.
…that we know of.
…yet.
It’s stupid funny that both your reply or the reply above yours could be used for pretty much any statement. Never thought about that before because I say both frequently. I’m high.
Dude I wish I was getting high with you rn. But you’re right.
That’s the reason Shaq got 4 and he has 0. /s
Nah just a bar of soap
“That’s the problem! “ - Westbrook - Jeff Teague
This man is 54 years old.
He’s probably still playing with dookie
Deff makes turd sandos
What a sentence
Honestly he feels so much older to me
They’ve been doing the same jokes for over a decade and you guys still take them seriously lmao
He said the line!
I feel like this is the hundredth time they’ve had this debate.
This happens, in some form, in virtually every episode. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are less eps where shaq didn’t curtail any argument with this. “ Rings, Erneh” was an old meme on this sub when I first started browsing like 15 years ago
They just ignored him this time lol. Might be the best move as he continued rambling on as they tried to move on.
Wade definitely carried his overweight fat ass that fourth time
“Carried” is crazy.
He carried him in the finals. Shaq contributed a lot before that.
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Pretty sure he also had a great playoffs too just not finals if im remembering right
he was solid but the very clear number two. saying he was carried is a delusional stretch however. players like Shaq and Durant get their legacies way too reduced on here because of personal dislike
he averaged 13.7 ppg
he was clearly number 2 cuz of all the attention he got, but wade did everything. 36 ppg ten years ago people actually called it maybe the greatest finals performance ever but positive wade sentiment has steadily dropped since then
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/V9H5KjWSGd
Two things can be right.
He was all nba
And he was terrible that finals and Wade carried him.
And the refs
Lazy discourse. There was no defender on the mavs that could guard Wade. Watch that finals series and tell me which of the fouls weren’t fouls.
man please. go back and watch the compilations of foul calls. they were extremely soft for a finals. without those whistles, they dont win.
go back and watch the compilation of foul calls
as a huge basketball nerd there’s an almost infinite list of things that I’d rather do aside from that lol
I’m so sick of Shaqs insecurities. He’s not as nice of a person as he portrays himself to be imho.
Yeah he’s really bitter or something. Going after Gobert, McGee, and all these guys. These guys egos are too big. They can’t give any players now any credit.
He’s bitter because according to him he knows he wasted his career by not trying his hardest.
And then taking it out on McGee of all people. His words fit himself the best: “what a bum”
and for ruining his marriage and relationships with his children
He does everything right when it comes to fans and personal branding and somehow has managed to stay ahead of every other facet coming to haunt him.
He reminds me of early season Homelander who wants the attention and to be adored by people as savior, and smart enough to know a good image also helps in people not believing bad news related to him.
But, then terrorizes his peers and regular workers who he knows won’t rat him out because he knows they fear being out of the inner circle or having to find another job scarier.
It’s not that they won’t rat him out, all his shenanigans have been publicly known and even he himself talks about it. But those stories and accounts don’t make big enough waves to get traction. He’s a huge figure than won’t lose the mainstream appeal unless there’s a serious scandal like he actually gets sued for this or something.
He’s a great crowd pleaser and that’s all the mainstream ever really sees of him. But any of his long form content, inside the nba included, he just exudes insecurity, ego, and being a bully. The ugliness isn’t exactly a secret to anyone that watches him enough.
I mean in real time we’re seeing a classic case of people becoming overexposed to a celebrity. Shaq was universally loved, even on this sub, for YEARS.
Look at the comments in this thread. Virtually all negative. This same post even 5 years ago would be flooded with Inside the NBA love
We not over this garbage chat after 15 years?
No, because Shaq gets pressed every time and it’s hilarious
It’s quite amazing how easy it is to trigger the bully shaq. The more you learn about the man the less you think he’s a cool dude.
I know this is a bad look, cuz everyone’s piling on, but…
I still remember the show before Shaq, and while there have been good moments with Shaq, to me he made the show less good, and it’s largely cuz he just shuts stuff down with his pettiness and insecurity.
Again, I get that that might be the popular thing to say, right now, but Shaq’s thin-skinnedness really wears on me
anytime shaq brings up his rings you know he lost the argument lol
Reminds me of the time I was watching the A’s beat the Dodgers at The Coliseum and dude in a dodgers jersey kept yelling “88!”
Okay then, big man.
I know people are tired of these guys’ whole “running gag” but I have to admit it’s still entertaining asf for me a lot of the time
Its fine in doses.
Its better when its not every gamenight.
However Chucks comedic timing is on point
“Next you’re gonna tell someone you’re good looking”.
God damn man, Charles never misses 🤣🤣
It’s fun when you treat at like a podcast not an informative show. Because they are not informed.
The I got rings and you don’t shtick is old though. We get it Shaq. You got rings and Barkley doesn’t.
Yeah tbh the part I found funny was the whole segment before that part where they were doubting if he really took you guys to go up 2-0
It’s old and tired. All they usually do is talk crap about players and teams. Not great for nba fans.
Yea it’s bad for the game and the fans too.
Thats why I like the direction Prime went, at least they have Dirk and Nash who was coach and knows the game breaking it down what’s happening, not just lazy content from Shaq
The Prime crew is great.
It’s funny but I’ve seen a pattern that reddit can’t detect sarcasm at all so they take everything seriously if the guys aren’t laughing while they’re talking trash.
like San Antonio woman jokes, it’s just comfort food comedy
U bum
They should let Ben Wallace on set just to stare at him for an entire night
This shit is so tired
Do people really find this shit entertaining?
It’s like a bunch of uncles fucking with each other at the cookout, and honestly that is entertaining to me.
Not anymore
It reeks of being a staged interaction to use the “Google me” line
When TNT was losing the NBA, this entire subreddit was crying because “Inside the NBA is the only reason I watch basketball anymore.”
Everybody here just tries to have the most dramatic take possible. These dudes are talking heads between actual games. Sometimes they’re funny, sometimes they’re not. Who cares? I like this sport for the actual game.
Chuck has a point.
Even if Shaq got FMVP, Chuck never had teammates in their primes as good as D Wade and Kobe
Every year in the playoffs. Same lines. Shit is getting old
That may be true but Barkley is a 10x rage bait champion at this point.
How many fkn times do we have to see this same schtick play out? Inside got so bad.. should of ended at tnt.
They’ve had this same convo a 1000 times over the past 15 years
Shaqs Google me ring culture’s back
I’m tired of these guys. I’m m tired of these conversations. Ernie too.
TF did Ernie do? 😂
Way to put your teammates down there, Shaq. One man can’t win a championship by himself. It takes a team.
Shaq, notoriously kind teammate
Shaq is an insecure dude and I’m not excusing his dumbassery but he’s one of the like 5 people in history that gets to talk shit, his peak was insane
Fair point he was unstoppable
I think I’ve seen this episode before
The GOAT of insecurity. Yet another accomplishment KD will never touch.
Curt Cignetti did it better
I googled Shaq and it brings up his 2010-2011 season
Me talking shit on 2k lol
Inside the NBA has jumped the shark.
I had to check the date on this post because I swear they been having this same argument for 29 years word for word.
I said out loud in real life “bruh why yall posting these oldass videos? ” 😂
I mean both are true. Shaq is one of the most dominant players of all-time. Who just so happened to play with two of the greatest players to ever play the game. People did the “Put TMac on the Lakers with Shaq” hypothetical but there are definitely plenty of superstars that never won that would have if they had Kobe and Dwade as teammates.
This a repost? i swear i’ve heard this same exchange already lol
I cringe when he talks about his “the big man alliance.”
We Googled your bum and uhhh… a lot of your crap got all over your teammates stuff.
This show is so washed lol
How is he so insecure. Shaq acts like he is 5.
God he sucks. All he contributes to anything these days is talking shit about every current player in the league while ranting about how amazing he is. Just shut the fuck up man….no one gives a shit what you think anymore.
How many times are they going to do this?
Fuck watching this bullshit
Shaq is a child
Inside has run its course. Just pull the plug.
Shaq probably doesn’t want people googling him and his bum these days. Down with his bullying assclownery.
It’s nice when they play the hits
Can we go ahead and put this show out of its misery.
Given all of Shaq’s scatological adventures I’ve read about recently I imagine him saying this with an Irish accent, “Google me bum!” Hits different after he shoved someone’s toothbrush up there
Shaq really in his Doc Rivers era
Shaq fucking sucks lmao. Used to be my favorite athlete once upon a time, but he fucking sucks
I’m starting to agree more as time goes on. Rags on players constantly and is creepy as fuck with women.
He’s been doing this for 15 years. Make it stop. Please.
I don’t even listen to them anymore. Make some grub or take a shit.
I googled him and it told me all about him sticking things in his ass and being a fucking psycho to his teammates
r/nba not having the social aptitude to understand dudes joking around, more news at 11
We’re still doing this, eh?
Such amazing analysis of the current playoffs. Great job ESPN and Shaq. I expect literally nothing more.
I googled him and doc rivers showed up. Idk.
They still doing this?
2026 and they had this conversation in 2012 and every year after that
I’m starting to understand why people are sick of these guys. Shaq is the problem but man can we move on from this conversation.