- This is definitely the Shaq that HE wants you to see.
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>- I thought his reasoning for leaving Orlando was BS (hints of
>TNT Shaq), claiming if Penny had just went to management he
>would have stayed.

Agreed. Just like this whole "task vs relationship, it was all marketing" bullshit he made up for the Kobe beef.

Nobody gets it right 100% of the time. But Shaq isn't far off of Hulk Hogan in terms of his version of events being a complete work of fiction.

>- I think it's funny Shaq labels himself the funny man when in
>his old age he's the only one on the TNT panel that can't take
>a joke.
>Any criticism towards him on Inside The NBA results in him
>asking, "But how many rings do you have?"

He's one of the most thin-skinned, dish it out but can't take it bullies in the league. And his "how many rings you got?" schtick is tired not just because it's how he deflects criticism against himself, but because he thinks those wins gives him a win in a discussion where his points are either weak, invalid, or a complete fabrication.

>- I wish they would have spent more time with his rap career.

Yep