Shaquille O’Neal roasts Kevin Durant during social media exchange initially appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
The disagreement between Kevin Durant and the “Inside the NBA” crew continues.
This time, it was Shaquille O’Neal who fired again on the Brooklyn Nets star, taking purpose at Durant’s….hair, or lack thereof.
The change started Saturday morning with Durant’s quote tweet about O’Neal not understanding Rui Hachimura, the ninth total choose within the 2019 draft who was recently acquired by the Los Angeles Lakers in a commerce with the Washington Wizards.
“If you ain’t a top 10 player, I don’t know who you are,” Shaq stated on “Inside the NBA.” “I’m not watching the Bullets or the Wizards.”
Durant responded by tweeting, “Shaquille doesn’t know ball?”
O’Neal — who like fellow Corridor of Famer and TNT analyst Charles Barkley, is beloved extra for his leisure worth than his astute NBA data and evaluation — went again at Durant hours later.
“i don’t kno ball, but i kno how to brush my hair, or decide to cut it when i was going bald. love always THE BUS DRIVER,” O’Neal responded to a tweet by Durant’s firm Boardroom.
Durant then tweeted, “Damn, I got cooked for asking a simple question.”
O’Neal’s “bus driver” reference alluded to Barkley’s remark throughout the 2022 playoffs about Durant needing to be the focal point on a championship team to achieve respect as a substitute of being a “bus rider.” Durant, after all, left the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder as a free agent in 2016 to hitch a 73-win Golden State Warriors group led by Steph Curry and firm. The Warriors went on to win two championships with Durant.
“KD’s a great player,” Barkley stated. “Only point I was making is life is different when you’re driving the bus.”
Durant, who was named Finals MVP for each championships, clapped again by posting photos of the Corridor of Fame teammates Barkley performed with throughout his ring-less profession.
“Until he is the guy on a championship,” Barkley later told ESPN of Durant, “we’re not going to ever give him the respect that he probably deserves.”