Shaquille O'Neal could not extremity gushing complete his emotion for Caitlin Clark while sitting beside arguably her biggest rival, Angel Reese, connected her podcast this week.
O'Neal admitted he was astatine first a Clark 'hater' because of his 'love' for Reese, but now has a clear admiration for both.
Reese and O'Neal were some stars astatine LSU 3 decades apart. Clark and Reese's rivalry has transcended aggregate levels of women's basketball, pinch nan brace astatine nan forefront successful nan emergence successful fame of nan sport.
Clark was 1 of respective topics discussed connected nan 'Unapologetically Angel' podcast, alongside O'Neal's imagination for WNBA salaries to summation if they lowered nan rims.
O'Neal besides pointed to nan nonstop logic he had a alteration of bosom connected Clark, comparing her to early NBA Hall of Famer Steph Curry.
Clark has brought plentifulness of caller fans to nan WNBA complete nan past twelvemonth pinch her level of play
O'Neal is 1 of those Clark fans aft starting retired arsenic a 'hater' because of his support for Reese
Shaq admits to Angel Reese that he was initially a Caitlin Clark hater:
"She's doing worldly we’ve ne'er seen before. I was a hater because you cognize I'm down pinch you. ‘She’s not gonna make that shot’ past BAM! she hits nan shot. That intends she’s nan truth."
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Reese interjected during O'Neal's reply astir nan champion point astir Clark to opportunity she tin sprout 3-pointers from nan logo.
'We've ne'er seen that before. That's my point. Steph Curry, a small kid for illustration Steph Curry, you cognize why I emotion Steph Curry? Because I've ne'er seen that before. I've ne'er seen that before. I've seen it a small bit, but I've ne'er seen a feline consistently travel down,' O'Neal said.
'If you saw Steph connected nan street, he ain't sewage nan Lebron muscles. He looks for illustration a perfect, normal agency guy. He's doing worldly that group ne'er seen before. She's doing worldly we've ne'er seen before. Never seen cipher do that connected a accordant basis.'
'There's a batch of girls that person done it successful spurts. And I was a hater because you cognize I'm down pinch you, and I was for illustration she not gonna deed that changeable and bam. Like damn, she's not gonna deed that shot, bam.'
'Like if I opportunity 10 times, "you're not gonna deed nan shot" and you deed nan shot, that intends you're nan truth.'
Reese did not respond to O'Neal's emotion for Clark. Instead, she opted to move onto her adjacent mobility without a retort.