Ogbatman
06-07-2009, 10:35 AM
Looks like Shaq has a problem with young stars since Kobe forgave him now he has moved on to slamming Howard....This dude needs to grow up...:no:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-shaqhoward060509&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
In the past year alone, Shaq called Howard an ?impostor? and insisted that, ?Everything he?s done, I?ve invented,? and on and on. On opening night of the NBA Finals, Shaq posted a goofy photo on Twitter of what a Dwight Howard and Stan Van Gundy child would look like. After five years of this, Howard still doesn?t get the reason that Shaq revels in ripping him.
?I can?t tell you why he?s said a lot of discouraging things,? Howard said Friday at the Staples Center. ?I wish he wouldn?t say it because he?s one of the few guys that we all look up to.?
For most, O?Neal?s motives are transparent. Somehow, Shaq thinks it diminishes his own legacy if Howard achieves something significant sooner than he did.
?That?s why Shaq wants [Howard] to get swept in the Finals,? a league source close with Howard and O?Neal said Friday. ?He doesn?t want Dwight to win a game because he didn?t win a game in the Finals when he got there at a young age with Orlando.?
It?s funny, but Jordan never takes offense that Bryant and LeBron James(notes) and Dwyane Wade(notes) emulate him. To Michael, it was an honor. He embraces it. He always believed that was his responsibility to pass wisdom and encouragement to the next generation?s icons. Julius Erving did it for him. And Michael does it for them.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-shaqhoward060509&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
In the past year alone, Shaq called Howard an ?impostor? and insisted that, ?Everything he?s done, I?ve invented,? and on and on. On opening night of the NBA Finals, Shaq posted a goofy photo on Twitter of what a Dwight Howard and Stan Van Gundy child would look like. After five years of this, Howard still doesn?t get the reason that Shaq revels in ripping him.
?I can?t tell you why he?s said a lot of discouraging things,? Howard said Friday at the Staples Center. ?I wish he wouldn?t say it because he?s one of the few guys that we all look up to.?
For most, O?Neal?s motives are transparent. Somehow, Shaq thinks it diminishes his own legacy if Howard achieves something significant sooner than he did.
?That?s why Shaq wants [Howard] to get swept in the Finals,? a league source close with Howard and O?Neal said Friday. ?He doesn?t want Dwight to win a game because he didn?t win a game in the Finals when he got there at a young age with Orlando.?
It?s funny, but Jordan never takes offense that Bryant and LeBron James(notes) and Dwyane Wade(notes) emulate him. To Michael, it was an honor. He embraces it. He always believed that was his responsibility to pass wisdom and encouragement to the next generation?s icons. Julius Erving did it for him. And Michael does it for them.