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As he headed for the locker room door after his great team and individual victory, O'Neal said, "Superman, my !%%."
His ego wouldn't let himself to be compared to Howard no matter what. The fact that Howard likes Superman and has chosen to do dunk with capes and do commercials as Clark Kent basically just supersizes the issue. Shaq considers this an insult from an underling. Here's what he said after the game:
"When I was coming up and there was Pat Ewing and Hakeem (Olajuwon) and I never doubled anybody. You tell me who the real Superman is. Don't compare me to nobody. I'd rather not me mentioned, I'm offended."
"Don't let them double team me and make it a him vs. me thing. 18 years straight: Hakeem, (Pat) Ewing, Rik Smits, (Tim) Duncan, (David) Robinson, the best of the best, straight up. I never doubled nobody. Nor have I ever asked for double team."
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I'm not getting this at all. Anyone with even a little bit of b-ball knowledge knows that Shaq's legacy is set in stone. There is no one that compares to how dominant of a player he was back in his prime. That being said, I don't get why he keeps going in on Dwight Howard. To my knowledge, Dwight hasn't said or done anything to ruffle any feathers.