<p>It’s not a secret that public figures are always under heavy scrutiny. Celebrities and athletes get paid a lot of money, way more than the average person will make in his lifetime, and that makes analysts and the media think as that gives them the right to criticize them left and right. <strong>That trend keeps growing around the <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/nba-t19117" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBA</a>,</strong> with former players like <strong>Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley</strong> constantly going at younger players, calling them out and claiming that they’re not actually that good.</p>
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<p>A guy that’s often been on the losing end of those kinds of discussions is<strong> Rudy Gobert</strong>. Gobert recently signed a huge contract extension with the <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/utah-jazz-t92560" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Utah Jazz,</strong> </a>prompting criticism from his former colleagues who think he’s not worthy of that kind of money.</p>
<p>Gobert – being a defensive specialist and rim protector – isn’t exactly the flashiest player or a guy that’ll score 25 points any given night, so I get where they come from. Then again, as former stars of the league, they should know that <strong>there is more to the game than just scoring.</strong></p>
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<h2>Rudy Gobert Says He Handles Criticism Like LeBron James</h2>
<p>That’s why the French big man has been unfazed by the criticism. Recently, he reached out to <strong>Sam Amick of The Athletic t</strong>o say that he’s taken a page out of<strong> <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/lebron-james-t92259" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LeBron James’</a> </strong>book and just doesn’t let the haters get under his skin:</p>
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<p><em>“And obviously t<strong>he better you get, the more people talk </strong>and the more people are either going to praise you or adopt you or criticize you, so I kind of started to embrace it and take every kind of criticism as, in a way, a compliment,” </em>Gobert started. <em>“I mean<strong>, look at LeBron. He was actually the most criticized player of our generation, and he’s the one who has accomplished the most,</strong> so I would say when you start playing well, you’re going to have a lot of people criticize you and people praising you. But you can’t let that affect you.”</em></p>
<p>The Utah Jazz may indeed have<strong> overpaid for Gobert’s services.</strong> It’s also true that he’s one of the best rim protectors in the league and a guy they need to anchor their defense if they want to win a ring.</p>
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<p><a href="https://us.bolavip.com/utah-jazz-t92560" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Utah Jazz</strong></a>’s big <strong>Rudy Gobert</strong> has finally responded to <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/nba/shaquille-oneal-roasts-rudy-gobert-again-in-a-hilarious-post-20210104-0009.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Shaquille O’Neal</strong></a>’s bad comments on him and his contract extension. Shaq was recently in an interview when he took a jab at Gobert, explaining that kids that average 11 points per game in the <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/nba-t19117" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>NBA</strong></a> could get $200 million in the future.</p>
<p>That was the beginning of that since Shaq didn’t stop there. The legendary center went on to continue roasting Gobert on social media. More recently, he shared an edit of him dunking the ball over Rudy Gobert with a huge caption to make it clear that there was no competition between them.</p>
<p>Shaq left a big message and made things escalate real quickly. This started as a fun comment in an interview but now things have gotten to the next level and Gobert isn’t happy with any of this.</p>
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<h2>Rudy Gobert responds to Shaquille O’Neal’s trash-talking on social media</h2>
<p>The French star had enough of that and took to Twitter to express how he feels and the differences between him and the 4x NBA champion. He made it clear there was no beef and instead of throwing shade at other people, he celebrated everybody who finds success.</p>
<p><em>“There is no beef. If people wanna keep speaking negatively about me or keep discrediting what I do it’s on them and all that does is show who they are. I will always be happy for a brother beating the odds. And I’m gonna keep beating the odds.” Gobert wrote on Twitter.</em></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">There is no beef. If people wanna keep speaking negatively about me or keep discrediting what i do it’s on them and all that does is show who they are. I will always be happy for a brother beating the odds. And i’m gonna keep beating the odds. <a href="https://t.co/l241ZQ2Qk4">https://t.co/l241ZQ2Qk4</a></p>
<p> — Rudy Gobert (@rudygobert27)    <a href="https://twitter.com/rudygobert27/status/1346138503319576576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 4, 2021</a>   </p></blockquote></div>
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<p>It remains to be seen if Shaq will apologize or will continue the back and forth, which looks more likely, to be honest. The Big Diesel is known for roasting people like it’s nothing and he showed that once again.</p>
<p>This was something that could have been avoided and even though Gobert said there was no beef, this could be the start of something between these two. Shaq already had beef with JaVale McGee and Dwight Howard so this could be another modern big man to enter a feud with the former player-turned-analyst.</p>
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<p>Back in the day, <a href="https://us.bolavip.com/nba/how-many-rings-does-shaq-have--20201012-0018.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Shaquille O’Neal</strong> </a>was known around the world for being one of the <strong>most dominant athletes ever</strong>. He torched opposing defenses at will and locked down the best players in the<a href="https://us.bolavip.com/nba-t19117" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> NBA</a> in the other end of the floor.</p>
<p>Now, Shaq has become a bit infamous <strong>around the current generation of NBA players,</strong> as he’s made a mockery of them over and over, especially the big men, constantly taking shots at them and talking about how he would do way better than them.</p>
<p>And, as you may have heard recently, his latest victim is former Defensive Player of the Year<strong>Rudy Gobert, </strong>who just signed a max contract with the <strong><a href="https://us.bolavip.com/utah-jazz-t92560" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Utah Jazz</a> </strong>franchise despite being far from an offensive factor.</p>
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<h2>Shaq Says He Would Have Easily Dominated Gobert</h2>
<p>It all started when Shaq made an appearance on <strong>CBS Sports’ ‘All Things Covered’ </strong>podcast. He mocked Gobert by claiming that he was an inspiration to all the little hoopers out there because you could get $200 million averaging just 11 points:</p>
<p><em>“I’m not gonna hate, but this should be an inspiration to all the little kids out there. <strong>You average 11 points in the NBA, you can get $200 million. </strong>He’s got a great agent, and I’m happy for him and his family. With the new rules, you have a pot of money, you have to spend that money. I’m happy for him, but this is a moment for a lot of kids who think they can’t make it,”</em> Shaq said.<span></span></p>
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<p>Then, rather than backpedal his comments or shy away from the controversy <em>The Big Aristotle</em> doubled down on his take by posting an edition of him and Gobert and<strong> predicting how their stats would look like:</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>“I would had 45 pts 16 rebound ten missed free throws in three quarters. He woulda had 11 pts four rebounds and fouled out in 3 quarters. I’m a G,</strong></em>” Shaq captioned a pic of him dunking over Gobert.</p>
<p>The worst part about this is that it might as well be true. No disrespect towards Gobert as he’s one of the best rim protectors in the league, but there haven’t been many people on earth<strong> who could match up vs. prime Shaquille O’Neal.</strong></p><p></p>

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