651: 228: He might need soone to back him up more (asking for monthly votes!) 651: 228: He might need soone to back him up more (asking for monthly votes!) Since leaving the Magic, Shaq had been disgraced every ti he encountered Roger.
But this was undoubtedly the most disgraceful of all.
In terms of basketball, he had been beaten by Roger again, and he couldn’t even win against the crippled Hawks.
Off the court, despite his trendous size advantage, he was actually knocked down by Roger on the spot.
Whether you are a superstar like Jordan or a behemoth like Shaq, in front of Roger’s fists, all creatures are equal.
Shaq was beaten badly, and his face, to use Bob Costas’s words, “looked like a chocolate cake that had been demolished by little kids!”
However, nobody sympathized with Shaq like they did with Tomjanovich.
Because it was entirely his own fault.
He was not innocent at all; he deserved it.
No matter how Kurt Rambis tried to whitewash it, he couldn’t cover up the filth of that clothesline foul.
Fans aren’t stupid; they can actually tell whether a player is trying or slacking, tough or dirty on the court, and those things can’t be faked.
Even if Stockton acted innocent, everyone knew he was dirty, and no matter how hard players like Wang Lin and Ben Simmons tried to appear, everyone knew they were slackers.
So Shaq not only got hurt, but he also lost the respect of most fans.
True enough, the next day, Shaq’s reputation completely collapsed.
“SportsCenter” host Keith Olbermann publicly executed Shaq, replaying his foul on Roger from over a dozen angles, which was no less than stripping Shaq bare.
“I don’t want to dredge up the past, but Roger really helped Shaq a lot in Orlando.
Who spoke up for his contract, even if it ant offending Mr.
Rich DeVos?
Who comforted him when his grandma passed away?
Who was there for him?
Who helped him win three championships and beco a world-renowned athlete?
I don’t think I’m being excessive because Roger won championships even after leaving Shaq, so Shaq was not an essential ingredient for Roger’s triumphs.
I believe I can say, it was Roger who helped Shaq win those championships.
But look at how Shaq treated Roger?
He nearly caused the Magic Team to lose the great three-peat and now gave Roger a potentially career-ending clothesline foul.
Jealousy and greed turned Shaquille O’Neal into a man-eating devil!
If I were in that situation, I’d be furious too!
You may not have to rember past favors, but there’s no need to destroy the other person because of it!
From today onwards, I no longer respect Shaq.”
“SportsCenter” was only one of the many dia that criticized Shaq.
Shaq’s reputation fell to rock bottom.
In fact, even his own parents were criticizing him.
Sergeant Harrison was very angry: “Shaq, I’ve utterly failed in your upbringing, I’m disappointed in myself and even more in you!
You can be rivals with Roger in basketball competition, but you cannot use that kind of action on Roger!
Have you ever thought that you might have destroyed him!
You could have defeated him fairly, but not like that!”
O’Neal did not retort, lying in bed with various bandages on his head, he stared blankly at the ceiling.
Was he regretting?
Not at all!
I ruined Roger?
It was Roger who genuinely knocked himself out in the stands!
That bastard hit with all he had, so why is everyone only blaming !?
Well, when soone does sothing wrong, they always find all kinds of excuses for themselves.
For the first ti, O’Neal felt a strong desire, an intense yearning to win everything.
He wanted to win.
He wanted to achieve the sa success as Roger.
He had lost too many tis, and as long as he couldn’t win, everything he did was wrong.
As Sergeant Harrison was raging, the doorbell of Shaq’s ho rang.
“I’ll get the door.” O’Neal took the opportunity to leave, to give his ears a rest.
Crossing the garden to the large iron gate of the villa, Shaq saw Kobe, also with a face full of bandages.
Kobe’s appearance made O’Neal burst into laughter: “You really got beaten up badly, honestly, your ridiculous fighting skills last night could make it into the season’s top ten funniest monts.
I’d rank you second, only behind Tim Duncan’s sissy gesture of covering his mouth with both hands after being called for a foul.”
Kobe always wanted to appear as a tough guy from the streets, but all his efforts fell apart last night.
AI doesn’t have to pretend to be seen as a street kid, while Kobe, no matter how much he pretends, always looks awkward.
In the face of O’Neal’s mockery, Kobe maintained his pride, pouting his lips: “That’s because I was ambushed, Paul Pierce, that bastard!
Don’t forget Shaq, if it wasn’t for , you would’ve been beaten even worse.
Maybe you would have lost more teeth, not six, not seven, not eight…”
“Enough, you couldn’t have helped anyone.
Next ti sothing like this happens, you better hide far away and let Daddy Shaq handle it.”
“How?
By sleeping in the stands?”
“You know what Kobe?
This is why when you talk about chatting with friends from the NBA during the off-season in interviews, all the reporters laugh because you don’t f**king have any friends in the NBA.”
“Aren’t you going to invite in?” Kobe didn’t want to continue this awkward conversation; neither he nor O’Neal should pretend to look as if they would be scary when serious.
O’Neal opened the gate, invited Kobe into the living room, and then poured two glasses of liquor: “Co on, relax.”
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