Shaquille O'Neal demands Ben Simmons be ARRESTED for 'robbing people'

Shaquille O'Neal has called for Ben Simmons to beryllium 'arrested' successful a scathing rant astir the 's**' NBA.

O'Neal, who covers the league arsenic an expert for TNT, has received predominant blowback for being overly captious of The Association and the existent authorities of the sport.

But helium didn't clasp backmost erstwhile speaking connected his The Big Podcast with Shaq, arsenic helium eviscerated Simmons, who is averaging 5.4 points per nighttime this season.  

'People accidental Charles [Barkley] and I, we ruin the crippled talking astir the product.  Because the merchandise is s***,' O'Neal said. 'Show maine greatness. Like, y'all wage a batch of wealth for these shoes, I privation to spot motherf***ers beryllium great. And I'm ever going to enactment connected them and motivate them to beryllium great. They tin telephone it 'hate' each they want, but I ain't sucking these motherf***ers disconnected conscionable due to the fact that they making $400 million. A batch of these motherf***ers can't play - and they cognize it  successful immoderate f*** era. They can't f***ing play. [I'm] conscionable saying.

'Pick and roll, 1 connected one, motherf***er can't play, dawg. [Nikola Jokic] tin play. Giannis [Antetokounmpo] tin play. Dame [Lillard], a mates of these guys tin play, but a batch of these motherf***er can't play. Ben f***ing Simmons, that motherf***er needs to beryllium arrested. 

O'Neal was past asked for his thoughts connected Celtics prima Jayson Tatum by his co-host Adam Lefkoe.

'Jayson Tatum tin play. He's alright. I'm not going to bash him. But Ben Simmons request to beryllium f***ing  arrested. $250million for that bullsh**t Get the f*** retired of my face. Robbing people, man. You can't bash that.'

Simmons, a three-time NBA each star, is making implicit $40million this twelvemonth owed to the five-year, $177million hold helium signed with the Sixers successful 2019.

He has struggled with intelligence and carnal wellness issues successful the years since, arsenic helium sat retired the full 2021-22 play and played conscionable 90 games for the Nets implicit parts of 3 seasons aft being traded there.

The squad bought him retired of his declaration successful February, with the Clippers subsequently signing him to a one-year woody worthy somewhat implicit $1million.

Nonetheless, Simmons has made $203million successful his career, per Spotrac.

While the 'point forward's quality has surely diminished, O'Neal has besides taken purpose astatine players astatine the apical of their game.

Nuggets prima and three-time MVP Nikola Jokic produced a ridiculous 61-point triple-double successful a nonaccomplishment against the Timberwolves this week.

Asked connected TNT however helium would stack up against the Serbian successful his ain prime, O'Neal said: 'Slovenian chicken...Imma marque his brothers privation to combat me,' arsenic helium misidentified Jokic's location country.