Shaquille O'Neal slams 76ers for handing star $170 million

[{"selector":"#anim-5d761e9e-2141-4566-946d-abde46550039 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.249999886225726%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] Ben Simmons, the Philadelphia 76ers' No. 1 choice, has been criticized for over a decade.

[{"selector":"#anim-b00ec59f-4091-4bf4-8566-da3e1d209dbb [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.249999886225726%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] NBA veteran Shaquille O'Neal is openly hostile toward modern players, especially three-time Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert.

[{"selector":"#anim-7ce5243d-5e35-4fc6-b498-57ec7cde57c0 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-16.876220438148795%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] When Complex asked O'Neal to select his W.O.A.T., he quickly named Gobert and criticized the ex-Sixers guard.

[{"selector":"#anim-d0dd807b-a921-4c2a-b83f-c31580f7a50a [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.240844612732676%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] "You know why Ben Simmons is another bum? I'll explain why. Show me 250 if you sign a 250 contract "O'Neal.

[{"selector":"#anim-3c2ef94d-fbf4-4171-91a0-f38426e2b8e3 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-12.514648210040342%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] "There's a reason why I walk funny and why I can't turn my neck because I played for my 120, so you got guys like him that [expletive] the system over there making all this money and they can't [expletive] play, so I don't respect guys like that."

[{"selector":"#anim-1533e692-0bca-4f68-9ef8-9866d576e2d1 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.249999886225726%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] O'Neal exaggerated Simmons' salary, but the Sixers gave him a five-year, $170 million maximum agreement in 2019.

[{"selector":"#anim-44dbedbc-b12b-4615-b699-f750c4edf584 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.249999886225726%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] He will earn $40 million with the Brooklyn Nets this season. "You know every time I make these comments people think I'm hating, but these are facts," he said.

[{"selector":"#anim-d5c0b9e3-a746-4cbe-a89e-07eaf7caf644 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-17.370605208601773%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] "You got teachers, you got firefighters, you got doctors who have real jobs and don't get paid [expletive]."

[{"selector":"#anim-0dd15033-83fd-4f8f-814a-262e03314c6d [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.240844612732676%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] Simmons can prove the many naysayers wrong at 28, but the chances are against him.