“How could I lose the MVP to Steve Nash” Shaquille O’Neal broke things in his own house after failing to answer one ‘TRIGGER’ word
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NBA stars like Kobe Bryant acknowledged that if Shaquille O’Neal had more discipline, he could easily have been the greatest player of all-time. However, having won MVP accolades throughout his career along with 4 silverwares, Shaq could not tolerate him losing the individual prize to Brooklyn Nets’ current coach.
To those who are not aware, Steve Nash won the MVP award over Shaquille O’Neal by a small margin. The legendary Center, who played for the Miami Heat was clearly heartbroken as he has talked about his loss on multiple occasions. To talk about the precise facts, on one hand where Shaq managed to average a phenomenal 22.9 points, 10.4 rebounds, and 2.7 assists during the season. While Steve Nash averaged 15.5 points, 11.5 assists, and 3.3 rebounds. The difference between both the spoken off personnel was only 34 points, with Dirk Nowitzki ranking third.
What was opinionated by Shaquille O’Neal?
Shaquille O’Neal said, “I always used to hate saying the word ‘but’, like Shaq is one of the greatest Lakers ever but. The reason why he couldn’t win the MVP over Steve Nash, he could’ve, but. So, that would drive me crazy. It reached the point where I would go to my house and break stuff up.”
This was probably the first time when the fans were themselves confused on how a Center, who has had a dominating season throughout, failed to win the MVP accolade. Evidently it was visible on the face of the legendary Hall of Famer, who publicly admitted it too.
The former Heat and Lakers Center said, “People know who the real dominant guy was. But Steve Nash, I don’t want to say it because you might print it and it might cause problems. I don’t believe he beat me out twice.” That being said, Shaquille O’Neal was visibly upset as he narrowly lost out to one of the biggest accolades in basketball despite being in prime contention to win it.
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