Shaq says Simmons was ‘mad’, DM’d him after TV roast originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Folks, we’ve got a real-deal barbeque chicken alert on our hands.
Last week, NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal torched Sixers star and current holdout Ben Simmons on TNT for his behavior this season, and in particular the fact that Simmons seems to bristle at criticism instead of using it to grow his game.
O’Neal called Simmons a “crybaby” while refusing to actually use Simmons’ name, calling him “the other guy” in reference to his standing alongside Joel Embiid, who O’Neal praised for responding well to critiques of his game.
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It was a pretty scathing rebuke of Simmons as far as national TV talking heads are concerned, but it wasn’t anything that hasn’t been said already during Simmons’ seven-month holdout.
And yet apparently it was a bridge too far for the 25-year-old All-Star.
Because O’Neal said in a new episode of his podcast, ‘The…