Shaq is a ...MEANIE! (Jokes!)

[Fresh8]

Shaq is sorta mean if he really meant what Espn.com says what he was saying...

He said...

Shaquille O'Neal was in a chatty mood, neither mumbling nor meowing as he sat in a sweltering locker room and said so much with what he did not say.

Asked why he was sitting out with a sore left heel, O'Neal replied: "I want to be right for Derek, Karl and Gary."

Notice a name missing there?

O'Neal's omission of Kobe Bryant was not a mistake. He repeated that quote again, giving unspoken insight into the feelings inside a locker room that seemed at ease Tuesday night without Bryant around.

One can only wonder: Is O'Neal feeling some sort of perverse pleasure in seeing his superstar teammate's life in turmoil as he defends himself against a rape allegation in Colorado

O'Neal and Bryant have never been close during their seven years together...

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1638392

There's the article!

Any insight from you guys?

[Matthew]

Dude I think it's the media.. Shaq and Kobe are fairly close friends(call each other brothers,and they mean it). I dont think Shaq would take a shot at Kobe while he is down...

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maybe he just meant the pre-season

[Stevan]

cough*showerfun*cough...

I dunno if they like eachother. I haven't always like some of my team mates but you put that shit aside for basketball.

[Jackal]

I think they are pretty close, Shaq is probably messing around...

The media always tries to find a controversy...IMO they are close.

[Colin]

cough*showerfun*cough...

surprise surprise, guess who mentioned showerfun. Between brothers too. Ewwwww :grossed out:

They're either tight or are damn good actors, and since Kazaam (or whatever it was, Shazaam) is proof that Shaq isn't that therefore means they're tight.

[Pirate]

Media? WTF it's not the media and the media does not look for controversy this is ESPN its news, not Entertainment Tonight. Kobe and Shaq have never gotten along... they are teamates so on the court they do their best but three years ago they were at their throats all the time.
Shaq has a very dry sense of humor not to mention he is extremely stupid... i.e. the comment about Yao. I don't think he means to knock Kobe down... he's just ignorant

[Jackal]

Media? WTF it's not the media and the media does not look for controversy this is ESPN its news, not Entertainment Tonight.

Media:
-A means of mass communication, such as newspapers, magazines, radio, or television.
Media (used with a sing. or pl. verb):
-The group of journalists and others who constitute the communications industry and profession.

News was it you said? I think the news is delivered to us by...yeps, you guessed it: the media.

Kobe and Shaq have never gotten along... they are teamates so on the court they do their best but three years ago they were at their throats all the time.

Oh, so because they disliked eachother THREE years ago, they cant be buddies now? Great logic. I didnt get along with one of my sisters when I was around 10, suddenly I'm good with her...amazing isnt it.

They not only do their best on the court, but Shaq had invited him to his wedding if I'm not mistaken. Yeah, they probably hate eachother off the basketball court.

he is extremely stupid

Stupid:
-Slow to learn or understand; obtuse.

Yeah, extremely stupid, amazingly he graduated from college, college must be pretty easy these days.

The only thing I agree with is, he has a dry sense of humor, who gives a shit? We're here to watch their skills on the court right? Or is it to judge who's the funniest of the NBA?

[CHHAMP]

Why would Shaq like Kobe? Everbody says Kobe is an antisocial loner. I'd be surprised if a larger than life personality like Shaq would care for someone like that.

[Old School Fool]

Well we won't be seeing KOBE on the Court for awhile or maybe NEVER so i think Shaq has the Official Rights to BS and not mention Kobe's name besides Kobe's name is being Juggled by the News in other topics like RAPE. And i don't think shaq wants to mess with him at the moment