“Rudy Gobert would have ZERO chance against Shaquille O’Neal”: JJ Redick doesn’t think Jazz big man believes what he Tweeted out

Akash Murty | 11/05/2022
"Rudy Gobert would have ZERO chance against Shaquille O'Neal": JJ Redick doesn't think Jazz big man believes what he Tweeted out

Add JJ Redick to the list of people who believe Rudy Gobert would be nothing against a prime Shaquille O’Neal

Recently talking about the idea that the Jazz needs to break up Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell after Utah’s first-round exit in the NBA playoffs, Shaquille O’Neal said that one probably needed to go and that while Gobert is an exceptional defensive player, his offensive contribution is traumatic for the Jazz.

Along the same conversation on The Big Podcast with Shaq, the 7’1 giant wasn’t very humble when one of his co-hosts, Anthony “Spice” Adams, said that the 3x DPOY could hold The Big Aristotle to 12 points.

“Twelve points? Yeah, in the first three minutes,” Shaq responded. “Let me tell you something, man. It’s against my religion for somebody to hold me one-on-one. I take that personally. I do.”

O’Neal continued, “You know what I’m going to do to him? He’s a shot blocker. You can’t shoot a shot. You’ve got to back his little skinny ass up under the rim. Show him the ‘bow, so he gets scared and just go up.”

Rudy took to IG himself to respond to The Diesel and said he’d “lock his a*s up”.

Also read: “I would lock his a** up”: Shaquille O’Neal and Rudy Gobert continue their rivalry on social media

 

JJ Redick shuts down Rudy Gobert’s claim about locking up Shaquille O’Neal

Former Mavericks sharpshooter who got drafted into the league just the year when O’Neal won his 4th and final title with the Miami Heat, has seen enough of the declining Shaq to talk about what he would have been in his prime.

And JJ Redick believes the French international will have no chance against the 15x All-Star.

Neither does the rest of the NBA community.


Also read: “Shaq would have a Wilt Chamberlain game on Rudy Gobert and score 100 points!”: Shannon Sharpe and Skip Bayless roast the Jazz’ big over his comments about the Lakers’ legend

Alright, he wouldn’t score a 100 on Rudy today, maybe not even 10, but if it really does happen at the next All-Star weekend, the 7’1, 29-year-old will surely block the 50-year-old most of the time but the latter’s 60-80 pounds weight advantage would make it very ugly.

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Akash Murty

An Electrical and Electronics Engineer by degree, Akash Murty is an NBA Editor at The SportsRush. Previously a Software Engineer, Murty couldn’t keep himself away from sports, and his knack for writing and putting his opinion forward brought him to the TSR. A big Soccer enthusiast, his interest in basketball developed late, as he got access to a hoop for the first time at 17. Following this, he started watching basketball at the 2012 Olympics, which transitioned to NBA, and he became a fan of the game as he watched LeBron James dominate the league. Him being an avid learner of the game and ritually following the league for around a decade, he now writes articles ranging from throwbacks, and live game reports, to gossip. LA Lakers are his favourite basketball team, while Chelsea has his heart in football. He also likes travelling, reading fiction, and sometimes cooking.

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