“I wanna beat his ass, but now we teammates, so it's like, shit, I can't do that no more” – Dwight Howard describes conflicting feeling of playing with former rival Kobe Bryant
"I never wanted to be like Shaq...so I'm like, why is he hating on me?" - Dwight Howard opens up on his relationship with Shaquille O'Neal, says their beef is complicated and he never had 'bad blood' with him
“I wake up and I look it said Kobe died … I go to the bathroom and I just start crying for like 20 minutes” – Dwight Howard recalls the moment he heard about Kobe Bryant's death, says it was tough to fathom
"I think the greatest player is Michael Jordan" - Shaquille O'Neal reveals his greatest player ever, believes LeBron James acing the scoring record is unique achievement but not enough to be the greatest ever
“The Bill Russell Award was one of the most delightful moments of my career” – LeBron James feels honored to wear #6 on his jersey, says Bill Russell has contributed immensely to fans and the community
"If Penny Hardaway never got hurt, people would be talking about him in the same breath" - Nick Anderson believes Penny Hardaway would have had a career like Kobe Bryant if not for injuries
"I got the opportunity to play pick up ball with Penny, Shaq, Nick" - 8x NBA All-Star Vince Carter recalls playing with stars while in high school, says amateur athletes gain knowledge while playing with pros
"Charles Barkley, who I’m not saying is a bad citizen, but he did throw somebody through a window" - Chris Broussard rips NBA draft eligibility rules apart for preventing 18-year-old kids from turning pro
"Sometimes you can play like you don’t even deserve to be in the league" - Shaquille O'Neal opens up on his mindset going into a game in a vintage interview from 1992
"I haven’t played against David yet, but Hakeem was real tough and Patrick was real tough" - Shaquille O'Neal names his toughest competition to Ernie Johnson in a candid interview taken back in 1992
“He told me he wasn’t going to give me an autograph until I got a dunk” - Shaquille O'Neal pledges to donate 1000 laptops, shoes to Wichita youth charity
"Leave Dave Chapelle, Corey Holcomb, and Aries Spears alone; that dude is a comedian" - Shaquille O'Neal sides with comedian Aries Spears after his insensitive comments on Lizzo spark controversy
"Before you succeed, you must first learn to fail" - Shaquille O’Neal reveals Michael Jordan's advice to him, recalls ripping urinals and "s**t flying everywhere" before being calmed by Jerry West
"You can't outplay me because if you are, you're taking my mother's house away!" - Shaquille O'Neal on what helped him dominate, would have damn near killed opponents before letting them take his mom's house
"The fact that he didn’t make the NBA’s 75th team is kind of an embarrassment to the NBA 75" - NBA insider calls out the league for excluding Dwight Howard from NBA 75 team
Video: “Good enough to be a first ballot HOF… Not good enough to be Top 75” - 3x DPOY takes a subtle dig at not being mentioned as NBA’s 75th Anniversary team member
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