Steve Kerr and Shaquille O'Neal Banter... from 2004
I was looking through some of my old blog entries here and stumbled across one from February 2004 commenting on an article (whose link is now dead) where TNT analyst Steve Kerr was commenting on Shaq.
Steve Kerr: "I don't know if Shaq has that killer instinct, but it's probably a good
thing he doesn't, because there would be a lot of dead people lying
around the floor."
Shaq's Reply to the Quote: "You have to know what killer instinct is to comment on it. (Kerr) has
never had a killer instinct, he's just been a lucky guy on the end of
the bandwagon, several times. He doesn't know what killer instinct is."
What makes this deliciously funny is that Steve Kerr, as GM of the Phoenix Suns, is now Shaq's boss. Moreover, he's the one that instigated the trade with the Miami Heat. Too funny. This reminds me of Shaq's quote about Steve Nash's winning of the MVP award being "tainted."
Here's a piece of free advice, Shaq: don't bad mouth other players because you never know where you'll end up in this business. Of course, it seems that no one holds Shaq's comments against him. Everyone seems to view Shaq as that goofy guy who jokes around a lot and, at times, doesn't know when to keep his yapper shut, but really means no harm.