The Shaquille O'Neal and Kanye West Twitter feud timeline: Everything involved including anti-Semitic remarks, Kyrie Irving, and more
Shaquille O'Neal has never been afraid to use his platform to call out players, and his most recent target is Kyrie Irving. He joins fellow Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as some of the key figures in the NBA to speak out against the Brooklyn Nets guard.
Earlier this week, Irving posted a link to a movie on his Twitter that had antisemitic undertones. When first asked about it, the All-Star guard did not apoligize for his actions. After the Brooklyn Nets suspended him for at least five games without pay, Irving took to social media late Thursday to own up to his mistake.
When this was all first brought to light, Shaq went on "Inside the NBA" and gave his thoughts on Irving. He feels that the Nets star isn't aware and that his actions are hurting a game he helped build.
"Some people are concious, some people are not. I can tell he's not concious, he doesn't really care what's going on."
"It hurts me sometimes when we have to sit up here and talk about stuff that divides the game. Now we got to answer for what this idiot has done."
Many applauded the Hall of Fame big man for his remarks, but one celebrity was not to fond of his comments. Kanye West recently took to Twitter to go against Shaquille O'Neal for turning his back on Irving.
Kanye West drags Shaquille O'Neal in Twitter rant regarding Kyrie Irving
Not many people have come to the defense of Kyrie Irving, but one person who did is Kanye West. He recently took to Twitter and did a deep dive on all the people who have spoken out against the Brooklyn Nets star.
First up was former Nets assistant coach Amar'e Stoudemire. Next, he set his sights on Shaquille O'Neal. West feels the LA Lakers legend raged against Irving as a business decision.
"They make us bully ourselves because of our business alignments."
They make us bully ourselves because of our business alignments https://t.co/NG5c0V1Wa8
He later called out Shaquille O'Neal for his connections with billionaire businessman Jamie Salter.
"I said 'Jamie . . . There’s no such thing as 50/50 in business . . . Who has the extra 1 percent for the control and voting rights'”
Shaq is in business with Jamie Salter
Jaimie first said he’s 50/50 with David Beckham and 50/50 with Shaq
I said “Jamie . . . There’s no such thing as 50/50 in business . . . Who has the extra 1 percent for the control and voting rights” https://t.co/M36WhsMFf1
Shaquille O'Neal quickly responded to West and shut down any notion that his intial comments had anything to do with business.
"Believe me you don’t know me like that. Worry about your business, and to quote the once great Kanye west 'I got more money than you, so why would i listen to you' take my advice get your family business in order. Have a great day brother."
@kanyewest Believe me you don’t know me like that. Worry about your business, and to quote the once great Kanye west “ I got more money than you, so why would i listen to you” take my advice get your family business in order. Have a great day brother.