Shaquille O’Neal has had it with Robert Griffin III.
The NBA Corridor of Fame heart emphatically referred to as out the previous quarterback turned media persona, telling him to cease posting commentary about WNBA star Angel Reese — and he made it fairly clear what may occur if he did not. O’Neal went as far as to say he would punch Griffin within the “f—ing face.”
Reese has turn into one of the vital polarizing athletes in sports activities, and her rivalry with Caitlin Clark has changed into a poisonous nationwide dialog. Griffin has usually posted in regards to the dynamic between Reese and Clark, second-year WNBA gamers whose rivalry stretches again to varsity, with language that always appears intent on stoking the divide.
However what set O’Neal off this time was Griffin deciding to repost a racist edit of Reese’s NBA 2K26 cowl, which drew backlash for amplifying the submit at the same time as he insisted he was calling out the racism. That drew a response from O’Neal, who’s a mentor of Reese courting again to her time LSU, their shared alma mater, and the Corridor of Famer did not mince phrases on the Off The Report podcast when telling Griffin to cease along with his posts about Reese.
“RGIII, tweet one other monkey submit about my lady Angel Reese and I am gonna punch you in your f—ing face. Ok. It is sufficient. Like, I do not normally do stuff like this however cease it, bro,” Shaq stated. “You bought your job, you bought your podcast, go away my Angel Reese alone. I am the one calling her and telling her to not reply, f—ing cease it. That is the final time. Ok. Thanks.
“That is not actual hate,” Shaq continued about Reese and Clark. “You go searching at what is going on on on this actual nation, that is hate. That is sports activities, I am not supposed to love you. It is a disgrace that each one the stuff you probably did in your life, you are gonna be remembered on your podcast. That ought to let you know you are not that f—ing nice. I do not need to be remembered for Shaq’s huge podcast. I don’t. Like go away these women alone. You already spoke on it. Let it go. So what? He hates her. So f—ing what? I hate you now for messing together with her. Now what? Say one thing about me.
“She’s not gonna reply trigger I am the one calling and telling her, ‘Child, hold it stylish.’ Trigger she’s not mushy, by any means, she’s from the streets. However I am like, you are stunning, do not indulge with these fools. Trigger he is a idiot. You do not even have G14 classification to say that. I’d respect it extra if Lisa Leslie stated it. Like, that is y’all class. Keep out of them folks’s class. Like I do not thoughts you doing all of your job, however do not decide on that little lady. Trigger guess what? I am her protector. Now decide on me. You decide on me, I am gonna punch you in your f—ing face.”
Each Reese and Clark insist that any animosity between the 2 ends as soon as they step off the courtroom, however folks cannot let go of the concept they hate one another. Griffin has been among the many most outstanding figures pushing that narrative.
Personally, if I discovered myself able the place Shaq was threatening to punch me within the face if I proceed doing one thing, I’d merely cease doing that factor. We’ll see if RGIII heeds this warning from O’Neal.
