Shaq O’Neal says it doesn’t matter that Kobe Bryant just blew by him to win his fifth ring. Doesn’t matter because O’Neal says Bryant isn’t the guy he’s chasing: “It burns inside me that Bill Russell has 11. And that Kareem has six. I don’t compete against guys who are not in my position. It would have bothered me more if Tim Duncan would have won. I’m not worried about a guy who has five and I helped him get three… I only compete against big guys.” You only compete against big guys? You don’t worry about Bryant? What are you talking about? After you went by the guy, you were in a club dropping this; if you really were about running down Bill Russell and Kareem, you would have found a way to make it work with Bryant in L.A.

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C’mon you didn’t really just say Bryant doesn’t matter to you. He’s probably the only guy in the NBA who matters to you. And I have more bad news for you big fella; even if you do get number five this year; your five aren’t the same as his five; Bryant is still the face of his franchise and the best player in the game and didn’t have to jump from team to team at the end of his career looking to gravy train other stars to get to number five. And allow me to save you the trouble, No, I’m not going to fight you, not for charity and most of all not for saying for what everyone already knows is true.