This feud between Shaquille O’Neal and Scottie Pippen just keeps on going. First, Shaq claimed that the top 5 Lakers ever would defeat the top 5 Bulls ever by 50 points, a rather bold claim. Pippen then fired back, posting a photo on Instagram with the caption: “Sorry @shaq but I don’t get caught up in hypotheticals. All I know is we won 6 titles, twice the amount you claimed while in LA…” Burn.
Pippen seems to have let the topic go, but Shaq doesn’t seem to be over it just yet. Tuesday, on Shaq’s podcast “The Big Podcast with Shaq,” O’Neal said the following(H/T to a Reddit user):
“I didn’t even make the picture. Some other little guy made the picture so I just took it. It was the five best Lakers and the five best Bulls and I said we’ll beat them by 50. That’s how I feel and I’m sticking to it. I didn’t say ‘Hey @ScottiePippen we will beat you guys by 50.’ ‘Hey @Rodman we will beat you guys by.’ I just said, I’ll beat you by 50.
Now, he made it personal when he said, ‘@Shaq I don’t believe in hypotheticals.’ He swung first so I’m going to swing second and I’m going to swing last. Because I don’t let bums disrespect me. Yeah, he was a great player but I’m the bridge, he’s the water. He will always be under me. Every now and then he will rise to the occasion to get to the same level as the bridge but when reality kicks in, I’m bridge, he is water, he is under me. Scottie Pippen can’t disrespect me.
He made it personal when he put @Shaq, we got six rings like he was the main focus of the six rings. You were not the main focus of the six rings. Don’t make me pull up the scouting report. You wasn’t even a factor on the scouting report. It was all about Mike.”
Geez. Calling Pippen a bum seems a bit harsh. He is an all-time great, after all. I have a sneaking suspicion that Scottie won’t take this lying down. After all, Pippen’s the type of guy to speak is mind, no matter how bold the statement is.
This was a pretty big shot at Scottie, and I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait for Pippen’s response.
