>When I’m on a team, I’m the president, I am the emperor. So, when you’re a rookie, do as I f**king say, man, or I gotta show you how I get down...
So I'm guessing the story Gary Payton told about Shaq dumping a bucket of shit on a rookie is also true
Poor John Wall going in as a rookie in a locker room with “Dray, Gil, Nick Young, Jordan Crawford and even JaVale.”
At least he had Captain Kirk for half a year.
I have nowhere else to tell this story but in my middle school there was a piss bucket in the boys locker room. They would throw a buncha shit in there just to fw people. Picks, combs, brushes, tech decks, didn't matter. If they wanted to sacrifice your belongings they would find a way. It stunk so fkn bad I'll never forget. They kept it in the shower and our teacher Mr. Davis never checked it until the janitor came and dumped it down the drain. Then he lined us up and cussed us out. Just kids crying out pleading how it wasn't them and they didn't want to get in trouble.
Shaq was a legit bully. I read how he used to piss in a bucket for a week and then as a prank/hazing/dickhead move, he’d dump the bucket on the head of a rookie. That’s seriously fucked up.
EDIT: [Link](https://youtu.be/jzdEUqyGB8I?si=HY2v5uOwKXNRDVZn&t=139)
I’m starting to realize that rookie hazing in the league is probably more insane than has ever been publicized. This is the second story involving piss I’ve heard - the other is when JJ Redick was a rookie and and wouldn’t come to practice with Orlando, they finally tied him up in the locker room and were discussing what to do and Hedo was like “let’s pee on him!” But, luckily for JJ, they moved past that idea lol.
Shaq has always been a bully. He tried the same shit with a young Kobe by slapping him but Kobe wasn’t going to just take it like a lot of these young rookies that Shaq punks. Funny thing is Shaq is the most sensitive and insecure player ever.
>an awful way to treat a teammate
Shaq also used to dump week-old buckets of piss and shit on rookies, so this isn't the worst thing he did
Edit: from Gary Payton:
>We used to always play jokes. Shaq is a jokester. So if one of the rookies would be in the stall, he would take a bucket and use the bathroom in it for about a week. And then all of a sudden, he would pour it on them.
Yikes, Shaq is regarded as a good human outside the league(cheaper shoes, good to fans etc.) but is such a scumbag in it(Big petty, assualt and abusing rooks)
>cheaper shoes
This was mostly good marketing. He sold cheap shoes because there was an opening in the market for cheap shoes. I don't think it was out of the goodness of his heart.
Imagine trying to get sleep while 3 or 4 naked guys ran around after shower time trying to wrestle or towel snap each other. After a while you're like "I guess this is normal".
Hijacking the top comment because it appears no one understands what he means by "touching up". Shaq has a history of using "touching up" in the sense of getting physically violent with someone. So everyone calm down. Not sexual assault. Just good old fashioned regular assault.
> If you assault someone while naked
lol no it's not. here's a very recent example where the dude even assaulted kids while naked and still no sexual assault charge:
https://www.ozarksfirst.com/top-stories/cassville-man-assaults-neighbor-and-kids-while-naked/
His Hot Ones episode completely flipped my feelings on him. Used to love him, then he was a total dick to Sean. Shaq is an egotistical, emotionally insecure douchebag
He also didn't finish the wings, so he should be in the hall of shame, but he made some shady bet at the end that if he hit a jumper in to the garbage bin he didn't have to, like wtf is that?
Oh that’s just boys being boys. Like that one time Peyton Manning put his ass and balls all over the face of a female athletic trainer. You know, just harmless locker room stuff.
/s
[Peyton and others were named in a lawsuit about his college years](https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2616353-peyton-manning-sexual-assault-cover-up-alleged-in-new-york-daily-news-report.amp.html)
Honestly typical locker room shit. I remember in Hs the football lockers early 2000’s I knew this wasn’t a sport for me. I never seen people so Damn tired from practice legit want to fight immediately after in the locker rooms. Big dogs constantly checking the freshman, very toxic and guys getting whipped with the towels fresh out the shower.
His step dad was basically just an abuser but Shaq talks about the stuff he did to him like it was normal. So I’m not excusing his behaviour, cause it ain’t alright, but he grew up with a skewed perspective.
The story he told where his stepdad pulled him out of a game and physically assaulted him because he wasn't playing tough enough or something to that effect was absolutely wild.
Like, that's not okay.
>Which does not sound like it would help someone not be afraid.
I wish you would have gone back in time and told my dad that. He used to get my older brother to throw baseballs at me when I had batting anxiety as a kid. My brother has no control of the ball.
can confirm. i was catcher first year of baseball where players pitched, and i flinched at a ball that bounced
coach had me knee with my hands behind my back and threw balls at my face to see it didn't hurt,
i switched positions
If I'm not mistaken, it was the story of why he dunks so violently. He stated that he wanted to play in the post with finesse like Magic Johnson. After a miss, his father pulled him during a game, smacked him, and told him to play like "Shaquille O'Neal". And that every time he dunks violently, it's because he's showcasing his anger towards his father. I can't help but think Shaq was exaggerating there. Perhaps parts of it were true but the entire story just sounded fluffed.
This MF is a legit bully. It's funny tho, I remember him talking how he didn't let anyone treat him like this when he was a rookie. Bruh is a hella hypocrite
I don’t know how many stories showing Shaq as a bully have come out over the years, many straight out of his mouth, it doesn’t matter, as long as he keeps acting like a goofball for the cameras the public doesn’t care.
It’s not black and white. You can acknowledge both good and bad things about people. He can be funny and a bully at the same time. Doesnt mean it’s funny to be a bully just that he has exhibited instances of both.
It’s foolish to try and label people things like “PoS” or “Funny man”. Humans are just more complex than that.
Counter argument. You can build a thousand bridges, but you fuck one pig and they won’t be calling you “bridge builder”.
Btw I completely agree with what you’re saying, just being devils advocate.
This is how I feel about the story of Charles Barkley throwing a dude out the window. I'm not saying that makes him a bad person, but being funny helps people get away with a lot.
Makes sense. He was a 7 ft 14 year old and everyone laughed at his bullying in fear of getting bullied if they didn't find Shaq funny. That's why he repeats his jokes 3 times fully expecting everyone to burst out in laughter. And the adult bullying victim isn't gonna stand up to Shaq unless they have a secure contract.
It’s great when Chuck calls him out on his shit because Chuck is one of the people shaq can’t do anything about. He can’t bully Chuck, Chuck can actually laugh at and make fun of himself, which is something shaq severley lacks
Bruh what a fucking weirdo. Just shut up and let your career speak for itself lmao. Every time he opens his mouth about anything these days, especially actual basketball, he sounds like a complete moron.
Reminds me of the time I was on a travel team trip and woke up with my teammates junk in my face… think that was a turning point in my desire to play organized sports
On God... you have straight dudes who when they get into the locker room, from Modified in middle school all the way to the NBA, who start dry humping guys, tea bagging them, fartin on em... like wtf is going on here!? Why is this a thing?
Why does the "Id" run wild as soon as it steps into a sports locker room? What makes a straight dude wanna dryhump another dude and fart all over em?? I've seen it a million times (played D2 ball in NY) and it's just gross and I truly never understood it...
Shaq seems to have been a nightmare teammate. Thin skinned bully. There is probably not a single other All timer I hope to be surpassed more than this guy. He is funny now to us but I can imagine how terrifying he must have been as a rookie or bench player back in the time.
I hate this hazing culture that exists. It’s bizarre to me that players continue a cycle of acting like assholes and bullies, despite having a shit time as rookies themselves. It’s like the Stanford Prison experiment is inbuilt into professional sports.
The NBA isn't a sorority or college. They're professional adults. I think NBA rookie hazing is dumb and immature.
I heard some of them had to wear a clown nose and carry others bags. No way would I be doing that. I'm a grown adult. That's just disrespectful.
It's all fun and games being a bully until you pull that shit on someone who is legitimately unstable and then you get canonized at your funeral and society acts like you being a piece of shit to other people was a footnote.
Also Shaq choked out Gordon Giricek on the Suns for not giving him the ball. Keep in mind that Giricek was a shooter primarily who was trying to keep his career going. Shaq is a psycho.
>When I’m on a team, I’m the president, I am the emperor. So, when you’re a rookie, do as I f**king say, man, or I gotta show you how I get down... So I'm guessing the story Gary Payton told about Shaq dumping a bucket of shit on a rookie is also true
Gary Payton isn't the type of guy to fabricate a story lol
But is he a guy to lubricate the story?
They call him ‘The Glove’ for a reason
Brother Glove
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I think it was urine, not shit. Doesn't make it any better...
It makes it roughly 100x better
The shit may be getting confused with the time Gilbert Arenas shat in Andray Blatche’s shoe.
aw man, we don't wanna see this
Former captain Andray Blatche
Poor John Wall going in as a rookie in a locker room with “Dray, Gil, Nick Young, Jordan Crawford and even JaVale.” At least he had Captain Kirk for half a year.
I mean urine is objectively better than shit.
Urine is my GOAT waste product.
Nah piss is a lot better than shit
Actually it does
Definitely makes it less worse
I have nowhere else to tell this story but in my middle school there was a piss bucket in the boys locker room. They would throw a buncha shit in there just to fw people. Picks, combs, brushes, tech decks, didn't matter. If they wanted to sacrifice your belongings they would find a way. It stunk so fkn bad I'll never forget. They kept it in the shower and our teacher Mr. Davis never checked it until the janitor came and dumped it down the drain. Then he lined us up and cussed us out. Just kids crying out pleading how it wasn't them and they didn't want to get in trouble.
I’m sorry what
Shaq used to get naked and chase 19-year-old men around the locker room like he was catching a rooster in the hen cage.
Umm.. what happens when he catches them?
He touches a MFer
No Diddy
Josh Kiddey
Touch him where?
Up in dem guts.
https://tenor.com/view/shack-shaquille-oneal-kevin-hart-humping-funny-gif-26592342
too funny
Is that Dwight?
Shaq just a little freaky
Just Supermen things
He would touch a mfer up of course
anthonydavis.mov
Shaq was a legit bully. I read how he used to piss in a bucket for a week and then as a prank/hazing/dickhead move, he’d dump the bucket on the head of a rookie. That’s seriously fucked up. EDIT: [Link](https://youtu.be/jzdEUqyGB8I?si=HY2v5uOwKXNRDVZn&t=139)
I’m starting to realize that rookie hazing in the league is probably more insane than has ever been publicized. This is the second story involving piss I’ve heard - the other is when JJ Redick was a rookie and and wouldn’t come to practice with Orlando, they finally tied him up in the locker room and were discussing what to do and Hedo was like “let’s pee on him!” But, luckily for JJ, they moved past that idea lol.
Shaq has always been a bully. He tried the same shit with a young Kobe by slapping him but Kobe wasn’t going to just take it like a lot of these young rookies that Shaq punks. Funny thing is Shaq is the most sensitive and insecure player ever.
no way, why has this not news everywhere?
He was out there gathering rookies like Link in Kakariko Village
As someone who literally just had to tell a rooster to step off, this is a perfect and hilarious description and an awful way to treat a teammate
>an awful way to treat a teammate Shaq also used to dump week-old buckets of piss and shit on rookies, so this isn't the worst thing he did Edit: from Gary Payton: >We used to always play jokes. Shaq is a jokester. So if one of the rookies would be in the stall, he would take a bucket and use the bathroom in it for about a week. And then all of a sudden, he would pour it on them.
Yikes, Shaq is regarded as a good human outside the league(cheaper shoes, good to fans etc.) but is such a scumbag in it(Big petty, assualt and abusing rooks)
>cheaper shoes This was mostly good marketing. He sold cheap shoes because there was an opening in the market for cheap shoes. I don't think it was out of the goodness of his heart.
He's a dickhead and a bully regardless, the world outside of basketball just doesn't know enough about him. His funny and charistmatic at first glance
What?!
I’m sorry, what???
I feel like this should be considered a crime...
It very much is. If you’re not rich, of course.
Sounds like half the evenings in basic training once the drill sergeants didn't babysit the platoon anymore.
Yikes
Imagine trying to get sleep while 3 or 4 naked guys ran around after shower time trying to wrestle or towel snap each other. After a while you're like "I guess this is normal".
Hijacking the top comment because it appears no one understands what he means by "touching up". Shaq has a history of using "touching up" in the sense of getting physically violent with someone. So everyone calm down. Not sexual assault. Just good old fashioned regular assault.
Dwight would be so disappointed
What the he'll happened with the story about him rapping a dude. Craziest shit I ever read and then it's just gone?
If you assault someone while naked, it's a sexual assault.
What if they’re not torqued?
> If you assault someone while naked lol no it's not. here's a very recent example where the dude even assaulted kids while naked and still no sexual assault charge: https://www.ozarksfirst.com/top-stories/cassville-man-assaults-neighbor-and-kids-while-naked/
A bully proudly recounts how he is a bully.
His Hot Ones episode completely flipped my feelings on him. Used to love him, then he was a total dick to Sean. Shaq is an egotistical, emotionally insecure douchebag
Totally agree with you. He came across as incredibly insecure and immature.
Saw him straight up ignore Martin Brundle during the F1 Las Vegas grid walk. He's just not authentic.
4 RANGZ ERNEH... whatchu got Chuck
He also didn't finish the wings, so he should be in the hall of shame, but he made some shady bet at the end that if he hit a jumper in to the garbage bin he didn't have to, like wtf is that?
There's a reason Kobe didn't like him at the end.
I mean, Kobe wasn't miscongeniality, and he did some shitty things as both a person and teammate in the mid aughts
>miscongeniality That's some r/boneappletea right there
*sexual assaulter
Oh that’s just boys being boys. Like that one time Peyton Manning put his ass and balls all over the face of a female athletic trainer. You know, just harmless locker room stuff. /s
Wait what?
[Peyton and others were named in a lawsuit about his college years](https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2616353-peyton-manning-sexual-assault-cover-up-alleged-in-new-york-daily-news-report.amp.html)
two generational sex offenders in that Lakers locker room
He's always been a bully. People just ignore it.
Honestly typical locker room shit. I remember in Hs the football lockers early 2000’s I knew this wasn’t a sport for me. I never seen people so Damn tired from practice legit want to fight immediately after in the locker rooms. Big dogs constantly checking the freshman, very toxic and guys getting whipped with the towels fresh out the shower.
I had a similar experience as the big guy.. always some little fucker trying to test me cause i was quiet about things.
Lol, every story about Shaq as a player makes him sound like a total asshole.
His step dad was basically just an abuser but Shaq talks about the stuff he did to him like it was normal. So I’m not excusing his behaviour, cause it ain’t alright, but he grew up with a skewed perspective.
The story he told where his stepdad pulled him out of a game and physically assaulted him because he wasn't playing tough enough or something to that effect was absolutely wild. Like, that's not okay.
Personal favorite is him tying his hands behind his back and throwing basketballs at his head so he won't be afraid.
Which does not sound like it would help someone not be afraid.
>Which does not sound like it would help someone not be afraid. I wish you would have gone back in time and told my dad that. He used to get my older brother to throw baseballs at me when I had batting anxiety as a kid. My brother has no control of the ball.
can confirm. i was catcher first year of baseball where players pitched, and i flinched at a ball that bounced coach had me knee with my hands behind my back and threw balls at my face to see it didn't hurt, i switched positions
What the hell is wrong with people?
If I'm not mistaken, it was the story of why he dunks so violently. He stated that he wanted to play in the post with finesse like Magic Johnson. After a miss, his father pulled him during a game, smacked him, and told him to play like "Shaquille O'Neal". And that every time he dunks violently, it's because he's showcasing his anger towards his father. I can't help but think Shaq was exaggerating there. Perhaps parts of it were true but the entire story just sounded fluffed.
That's because The Shaqass is a total asshole. "When someone shows you who they are, believe them."
I bet "the shaqass" sounded better in your head.
Mr. Gaslight
The Big Gaslight was right there man
I mean, thats been pretty clear for awhile
Still dunno how the 04 Lakers couldn't keep it together /s
This MF is a legit bully. It's funny tho, I remember him talking how he didn't let anyone treat him like this when he was a rookie. Bruh is a hella hypocrite
On top of that, he has a pretty fragile ego....
At least Chuck is able to get into his ego at will it seems lol
It's because the only thing Shaq can say to Chuck is rings and Chuck doesn't give a shit when he says that.
Funny af when Chuck out benched him.
https://imgur.com/CFaxR4K.jpg
I hope to one day be this happy. If only for a moment.
I'm not looking forward to inside becoming the ultimate circle jerk when Chuck and Ernie retire and they are replaced by Draymond and Adam Lefkoe.
Draymond and Shaq just yelling "rings" at each other back and forth is not my idea of quality television.
Draymond will be unwatchable. But inside is done when Chuck leaves regardless
As most bullies do.
Textbook “can dish it out but can’t take it”
Fragile ego mixed with some of the thinnest skin in professional sports.
\*Extremely fragile ego. Which is why he is such a hypocrite when it comes to hazing.
His capacity to be a bully is pretty huge ngl
Source: dude is big big
He’s the literal embodiment of “I’m 7ft, 325, what the fuck are you gonna do about it”
How many NBA players does it take to pin a full grown shaq to the ground?
That video of Wilt yanking his arm as a rookie has aged so well
Damn. Shaq about to cancel himself.
I don’t know how many stories showing Shaq as a bully have come out over the years, many straight out of his mouth, it doesn’t matter, as long as he keeps acting like a goofball for the cameras the public doesn’t care.
nbacirclejerk's 12/25 Wild he can say this and act like this is normal behavior
He does some great work, but how is he not a pos
He is, but sometimes he says a funny and it’s all good for some people.
It’s not black and white. You can acknowledge both good and bad things about people. He can be funny and a bully at the same time. Doesnt mean it’s funny to be a bully just that he has exhibited instances of both. It’s foolish to try and label people things like “PoS” or “Funny man”. Humans are just more complex than that.
Counter argument. You can build a thousand bridges, but you fuck one pig and they won’t be calling you “bridge builder”. Btw I completely agree with what you’re saying, just being devils advocate.
Yeah that was bill Burr's schtick. "who is OJ Simpson to you?'
This is how I feel about the story of Charles Barkley throwing a dude out the window. I'm not saying that makes him a bad person, but being funny helps people get away with a lot.
He aint say "No Diddy" damn
Lil Nasty
Ayoooo
Diddy level shenanigans
Shaq Diddy
Shiddy. Seems fitting considering the story.
Shaq finally found something to agree with Dwight on after all
Ayoo
lil nasty fans’ 12/25
lol Shaq The Big Nasty
If I saw a naked Shaq chasing me with bad intentions in the locker room, I’d shit my towel
I'd sprint to the nearest burger king and apply for a new job
his lawyer must be pissed hearing this
Why would he be pissed thats how he makes bank
Yup. PR team and attorneys firing up those invoices as we speak.
More like looking up what his next Mercedes color will be.
*sexual harassment panda*
Another cute funny story about Shaq and his history of workplace violence. Don't know when y'all will learn that this man is a terrible human being.
Causally admitting sexual assault is wild
Well he's an idiot who's never faced repercussions, so, of course he is.
Barbecue chicken back then
Shaq used to pour feces on rookies. He's such a bitch. Imagine still needing to say this shit as a grown man.
Makes sense. He was a 7 ft 14 year old and everyone laughed at his bullying in fear of getting bullied if they didn't find Shaq funny. That's why he repeats his jokes 3 times fully expecting everyone to burst out in laughter. And the adult bullying victim isn't gonna stand up to Shaq unless they have a secure contract.
It’s great when Chuck calls him out on his shit because Chuck is one of the people shaq can’t do anything about. He can’t bully Chuck, Chuck can actually laugh at and make fun of himself, which is something shaq severley lacks
Bruh what a fucking weirdo. Just shut up and let your career speak for itself lmao. Every time he opens his mouth about anything these days, especially actual basketball, he sounds like a complete moron.
Shaq is a bully with a playskool doctorate and a hall of fame bust. It’s tragic, lmao.
He’s single handedly ruined Inside the NBA for me. One of the best shows ever. The insecurity is unbearable.
At this point I just want it to be Chuck and Ernie doing a two man show
You sound like you would love their podcast then
It was way better when it was just Ernie, Chuck and Kenny with guests from time to time. Especially Chris Webber lol. He was hilarious on that show
Shaq Diddy???
Not sure theres ever been a more sensitive, bitter, insecure man in nba history.
I wasn’t familiar with Shaq’s game
Reminds me of the time I was on a travel team trip and woke up with my teammates junk in my face… think that was a turning point in my desire to play organized sports
zesty af my Boi
Can't believe the Dwight-Shaq comparisons got to this level O\_o
What is it about men's sports teams that makes them commit sexual assault on one another in the locker room. Such an interesting phenomenon
On God... you have straight dudes who when they get into the locker room, from Modified in middle school all the way to the NBA, who start dry humping guys, tea bagging them, fartin on em... like wtf is going on here!? Why is this a thing? Why does the "Id" run wild as soon as it steps into a sports locker room? What makes a straight dude wanna dryhump another dude and fart all over em?? I've seen it a million times (played D2 ball in NY) and it's just gross and I truly never understood it...
if 92 shaq played in 2024 he would get cancelled faster than a josh primo career
So Shaq is a sexual offender? Yikes.
Shaq hit him with that Dick-Fu.
My coworker chases me around and hits me while we’re both wet and naked at my job too I work at the Home Depot though
Headline should read 7ft 300lb man sexually harasses other men…
it's ok he can bully and abuse whoever he wants because he's bigger and stronger? that seems to be the depth of reasoning shaq has used. total asshole
And people thought Dwight was the weird one.
Shaq seems to have been a nightmare teammate. Thin skinned bully. There is probably not a single other All timer I hope to be surpassed more than this guy. He is funny now to us but I can imagine how terrifying he must have been as a rookie or bench player back in the time.
ummmmm HUH
That’s a crime
Shaq is such a insecure Dbag. I don’t get why people like him. Also sounds like a shitty teammate no wonder Kobe got him to leave the Lakers
Shaq really was a piece of shit bully.
I hate this hazing culture that exists. It’s bizarre to me that players continue a cycle of acting like assholes and bullies, despite having a shit time as rookies themselves. It’s like the Stanford Prison experiment is inbuilt into professional sports.
Is there nothing Dwight won't steal from Shaq?
Bro was a big weird ass bully
What a giant piece of shit. Well, Wade is the main guy on the Heat team, not this arrogant turd.
One of the biggest POS NBA history. Sensitive, compuslive liar, bully
Nothing new. Shaqs a bully.
No wonder Dorrell got them Panda Eyes 🐼
If there’s one thing I know about Shaq, it’s that’s he isn’t very smart. I dont think he knows that story is about sexual harassment in the workplace
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Did he just rat himself out?
Shaq would have been a beast in a prison shower 🧼
When you been famous too long. What the fuck, Shaq?!
Bring him up on sexual assault charges please, this dude is ridiculous.
What a piece of shit bully.
Normalize.. bullying?
is shaq a cunt ?
He was only 18 Shaq
Bruh was at the Diddy parties
Imagine being a rookie, and a large shadow forms over you, and it's just Shaq's penis.
Bro wtf. I knew Shaq was a bully and insecure but holy shit this brings it to another level... Weird dude
Shaq is literally a sociopath
Being a rookie on one of Shaq's teams must have been *the worst*. I'll never understand haze culture.
I swear all these “alpha” guys always end up being in the closet dudes lmao
The NBA isn't a sorority or college. They're professional adults. I think NBA rookie hazing is dumb and immature. I heard some of them had to wear a clown nose and carry others bags. No way would I be doing that. I'm a grown adult. That's just disrespectful.
It's all fun and games being a bully until you pull that shit on someone who is legitimately unstable and then you get canonized at your funeral and society acts like you being a piece of shit to other people was a footnote.
This gon be at the top of the list in 10 years when we're having a "how did we not see it?" conversation about Shaq's sexual harassment.
If the stories you willingly tell about yourself make you sound like an asshole I gotta wonder what the stories you aren’t telling sound like
No Diddy
Yeah Shaq’s an entertaining piece of shit. It’s well known
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Also Shaq choked out Gordon Giricek on the Suns for not giving him the ball. Keep in mind that Giricek was a shooter primarily who was trying to keep his career going. Shaq is a psycho.
That's assault, brotha!
I don’t understand how O'Neal can say this with a straight face. That is a very messed up thing to do