The Miami Heat have a ton of things to worry about right now. Allowing the Philadelphia 76ers to tie their second-round NBA playoff series at 2-2 is just the overarching point.
Inside of that, they have to worry about making some shots, having two of their worst offensive games of the year in Games 3 and 4. Though Game 3 was a complete anomaly, only scoring 79 points total, Game 4 saw them shoot even worse from range than they did in that lousy scoring affair.
Game 3 was a 23 percent night form deep. Game 4, however, was only 20.
That won’t win the Miami Heat a title. Then you have the return to health of Joel Embiid and the return to form, perhaps, of James Harden, which presents their own sets of circumstances, among many other things. Basically, there is a lot of “figuring” to be done before Game 5 tips off.
Taking a break from all that though, at the moment, there are other topics that have the sports world fired up. One, in particular, involves a particularly well-known pitchman, an NBA legend, and most importantly, a Miami Heat champion.
The current Miami Heat have their own things to worry about, but one former Heat champion is a hot topic. Yes, that would be ‘The Diesel’, Shaquill O’Neal.
Check this out.
Rudy fires back at Shaq in our comments 👀🍿 pic.twitter.com/ReqZZ6Z6WZ
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 9, 2022
Though Shaquille O’Neal has played for several franchises, including both Florida teams, Orlando and Miami, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Phoenix, and a couple of others, just looking at one set of highlights from one of his three more prime stops of his career tell the tale.
In an era that was more physical, more allowing of defenders, and not as ticky tacky, for lack of better terms, Shaq was still the most physically dominating force on a basketball court anywhere.
Whereas Rudy Gobert is one of the biggest dudes in an era of NBA basketball where there aren’t that many big dudes, though they are trying to come back a bit, Shaq constantly played against other real-life giants.
Enough of this soliloquy though, you should see some of it for yourself.
Yea, again, about what Gobert was saying? There is no way he could guard The Diesel correctly, let alone, “lock” him up.
Gobert wouldn’t be able to be a seven-foot centerfielder (Hey Brook Lopez!) if Shaq were in this league. He would have to come out and meet the man that was not only a tank but a ballerina.
That’s the part that many fail to understand. His sheer size and strength were the main course, but the appetizer, surrounding side dishes, and dessert were his nimble feet, adept touch, and overwhelming skill for a man his size.
He would literally break Gobert in half. Just ask The Admiral, as Shaq put him on “Latrine Duty” a time or two as well.
Now, this is David Robinson we are talking about, David Freaking Robinson! Rudy would stand no chance.