[Shaq] “Wemby is the first perfect big man that’s ever created… in a long time he’s a joy to watch.”
ain’t he just a bol bol clone tho
Shaq just says stuff to rage bait, it’s that simple
I think Shaq genuinely believed in bol bols talent a lot of people did
To add on to this, Shaq helped raise Bol Bol and he grew up with Shaq’s son Shareef.
He continued, “I hate when you put out statements and these earthlings [say], ‘Oh Shaq’s comparing Bol Bol to Wemby.’ I’m not comparing, but after going back, I am comparing.” He suggested that Wembanyama, a promising prospect for the San Antonio Spurs in his debut season, has “a lot more fanfare” and he “wants it more.” In comparison, he thinks that Bol Bol, who signed a one-year deal with the Pheonix Suns last year, “is lazy as fuck.” Despite the perceived laziness of Bol Bol, he remains a big fan. “Bol Bol can do everything Wemby can do and even a little better,” he said. “He’s just lazy. So I stand by my statement that Bol Bol was the first seven-foot-five guy to have those skills. And you know whenever I open my mouth, I always try to open my mouth up with facts. Again, I’m not saying Bol Bol is better, just saying he was the first seven-foot-five guy to do that with style. I just think, you know, Wemby wants it a little more.”
He continued, “I hate when you put out statements and these earthlings [say], ‘Oh Shaq’s comparing Bol Bol to Wemby.’ I’m not comparing, but after going back, I am comparing.” He suggested that Wembanyama, a promising prospect for the San Antonio Spurs in his debut season, has “a lot more fanfare” and he “wants it more.” In comparison, he thinks that Bol Bol, who signed a one-year deal with the Pheonix Suns last year, “is lazy as fuck.”
Despite the perceived laziness of Bol Bol, he remains a big fan. “Bol Bol can do everything Wemby can do and even a little better,” he said. “He’s just lazy. So I stand by my statement that Bol Bol was the first seven-foot-five guy to have those skills. And you know whenever I open my mouth, I always try to open my mouth up with facts. Again, I’m not saying Bol Bol is better, just saying he was the first seven-foot-five guy to do that with style. I just think, you know, Wemby wants it a little more.”
I really don’t see how people don’t get his point. It’s the same shit with people still to this day acting like Durant said “hardest road” in his players tribune article referring to playing with Curry, Klay, and Dray as being the hard part.
Yeah where was this article from
I get the initial outrage but can’t the man just change his opinions? That’s supposed to be a good thing.
Pretty high praise, sounds accurate. He’s pretty much somewhere between awesome and spectacular in all facets of the game.
Didn’t this clown said Wemby is no better than Bol Bol?
Bol Bol was on his kid’s AAU team, it was never about discrediting Wemby so much as it was about gassing up his son’s friend.
Even in Wemby’s rookie year, Shaq was part of a Fanatics promotion that surprised him with a congratulations/celebration of Wemby winning ROTY and said “You will, when it’s all said and done, be one of the greatest big men ever.”
The Shaq-Wemby criticism has always been overblown and something that Spurs fans have latched onto for an unnecessarily long time, and I’m not even that big of a Shaq fan
Its almost as if people change their opinions of things over time
And then he’s not saying it anymore, what’s your point?
He’s got a point though
Pretty embarrassing to get blown out by basically Bol Bol then
Brother I was obviously being sarcastic
Spurs fan wasted no time going from plucky to annoying lol
It would be obvious if this site wasn’t crawling with delusional people
Shaq out here like “I haven’t enjoyed watching basketball in ages, but this Wemby guy…”
Until he wins chips/ dpoys and starts threatening his legacy
Tim Duncan disrespect
nowhere near perfect
Delusional. Please go look at some stats. For as long as Timmy’s career was, he is top 10 all time in winning percentage, #2 in overall defense win shares, and #4 all time in wins above replacement.
ok? doesn’t make him perfect. no player will ever get close to being perfect and that’s the beauty of basketball.
I dont think you understand whats being discussed here.
How? He certainly wasn’t perfect, one of the best bigs of all time but had his flaws, Wemby has 0 flaws in his game
His slender frame when he goes up against bigger centers and unwillingness to consistently attack the rim are
He doesn’t consider Duncan a big man cus he was a pf
He literally calls him the Big Fundamental
Shaq will never give Duncan his flowers, because he thinks it takes away from his own legacy.
“The Spurs won because of Tim Duncan, a guy I could never break. I could talk trash to Patrick Ewing, get in David Robinson’s face, get a rise out of Alonzo Mourning, but when I went at Tim he’d look at me like he was bored. Whenever I run into a Tim Duncan fan who will claim Tim Duncan is the GOAT, I won’t disagree with him.”
You can legit find 10 quotes from Shaq praising and talking shit about the same person, he’s rarely consistent with his takes
People like /u/lanfordr just say shit that they think gets them upvotes, even if it’s objectively false. As long as it fits the /r/nba karma train, it’s fair game.
In other instances I’ve seen Shaq say he doesn’t mind not being ranked top five by people (in all time debates) so I guess it depends on his mood on each day
He also said something along the lines of if someone rated Tim over him he would disagree but he wouldn’t argue it
Straight up said he wouldn’t argue with someone who had Tim as the GOAT, Shaq has these odd pearls where he’s pretty complimentary of other legendary bigs
He does similar with Hakeem.
the switch up lol
*the 2nd after bol bol
Btw shoutout to bolbol, he’s been wemby-ing vs 5ft players overseas
switching lane faster than a politician
Shaq’s dumbass will say anything for clout
Are you implying that Shaquille O’Neal needs clout? That’s a take.
He’s boring af to watch. It’s like watching the wacky inflatable arm flailing tube man waltz his way to the basket and get on his tippy toes to dunk. If I wanted to watch a tree move, I’d watch the Two Towers again instead.
This nga saying this after calling Wemby the second best big man behind Jokic the other day 😂
Lol what’s wrong with that statement?
The flip flop after saying the above is funny that’s all.
And yet Jokic is still the GOAT. I know exactly what Shaq is implying here.
3 years ago it was Jokic…
No because of defense…
The switch up is crazy. First it was “wembanyama is nothing special. Bol bol can do what he does” now it’s “he’s the first perfect big man that’s ever been created”
If by “the switch up is crazy” you mean changing your view after watching him develop i don’t see how that’s crazy
Ok but wemby has always been good. It’s not like he suddenly developed this season into a great player. Even as a rookie you can tell he was different. Comparing him to bol bol at any point in his career is stupid.
Wemby didn’t need to win shaq over by developing or “prove he was better than bol bol” shaq is just an idiot
Good yeah. Not the perfect big man every created and a rightful mvp
Should he be in denial?
Opinions change. There is no shame in that.