Lakers legend Shaq issues one-word response following snub from Jeanie Buss

Corridor of Famer Shaquille O’Neal is without doubt one of the most achieved massive males in NBA historical past.

However he was left off Los Angeles Lakers proprietor Jeanie Buss’s record of the highest 5 all-time contributors to the franchise.

Buss listed Kobe Bryant, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LeBron James, Magic Johnson and former coach Phil Jackson. On Wednesday, the three-time NBA Finals MVP used one phrase to answer the omission.

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“Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy,” he captioned an Instagram publish that includes a graphic of Bryant, Abdul-Jabbar, James, Johnson and Jackson. The second picture within the publish was a photograph a O’Neal wanting shocked.

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Buss’s record surfaced throughout an interview on the “All of the Smoke” podcast hosted by former NBA gamers Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson. Barnes spent two seasons with the Lakers.

At one level through the interview, Barnes and Jackson asked Buss to call the 5 Lakers she thought-about most necessary within the franchise’s historical past.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O’Neal and Julius Erving pose for a photograph through the Taco Bell Abilities Problem as a part of 2022 NBA All-Star Weekend Feb. 19, 2022, at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland. (Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE through Getty Pictures)

Jackson gained 11 NBA championships as a head coach, together with 5 with the Lakers. He coached Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls within the ’90s through the franchise’s two three-peats. Buss beforehand dated Jackson and later turned his fiancée.

“Does Phil rely?” Buss requested earlier than admitting he would make her record.

Kobe Bryant, left, of the Los Angeles Lakers holds the Larry O’Brien trophy as teammate Shaquille O’Neal holds the MVP trophy after successful the NBA championship in opposition to the Indiana Pacers June, 19, 2000. (AFP/AFP through Getty Pictures)

Buss’s record sparked some controversy.

“I noticed the opposite day Jeanie Buss made a press release. The 5 most necessary Lakers. Some of the offensive issues I’ve ever heard in my life,” former Lakers govt and participant Jerry West mentioned on the “Hoop Du Jour Podcast.”

“I used to be there numerous instances, had numerous success. Be curious to know if they’d have had that success if I hadn’t been there.”

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Throughout his eight-year stint in Los Angeles, O’Neal helped the franchise win three championships. He left to hitch the Miami Warmth and gained his fourth title with the Warmth.