French center Rudy Gobert, the fourth NBA Defensive Player of the Year, said Thursday that he was sad that his success “invited” Shaquille O’Neal to call him the worst NBA player of all time this afternoon when a video clip was published about it. social media from four-time NBA champion O’Neal’s interview with Complex Networks, where he was asked who is the worst NBA MVP of all time.”Rudy Gobert,” O’Neal replied , the 2000 NBA MVP. , who added that Brooklyn Nets forward “Ben Simmons is another fool.”
Gobert, a 32-year-old who played for the Minnesota Timberwolves the last two seasons after nine NBA seasons with the Utah Jazz, won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 2018, 2019, 2021 is the last season. to tie the all-time record. He led the NBA in blocked shots in 2017 and rebounds in 2022.
He responded to retired NBA legend O’Neal with a post on X, ex Twitter. “It’s sad to see someone who has accomplished as much as you @SHAQ in sports and business still being influenced by another man’s finances and accomplishments,” Gobert wrote. “I understand the funny part, but unlike others, you don’t have to.
That kind of thing to be relevant.” that he was receiving. “If you sign a 250 (million dollar) contract, show me 250 (effort value),” O’Neal said in the video. “There is a reason why I walk funny, why I can’t turn my neck and why I can’t do this is because I played for my 120”.
O’Neal said some players cheat the system because they get big salaries but don’t justify their contracts with their performance on the field. “I don’t respect guys like that,” O’Neal said. “People think I hate him, but these are the facts.
” Simmons, a 28-year-old Australian, has battled injuries, playing just 15 games last season and fewer than 60 in each of the past four campaigns.
