“Joel Embiid would lock up and contain a prime Shaq” – Shaquille O’Neal drops on Twitter.
“Let’s be honest Joel Embiid would lock up and contain a prime Shaq.”
It seems Shaquille O’Neal has been looking at memes lately, as he saw one claiming that Joel Embiid would “lock up and contain” a prime Shaq. Shaquille O’Neal reposted the image on his Instagram, and asked for people’s thoughts, while making his opinion on the topic known.
Shaquille O’Neal had already established himself as one of the best big men in the league by the end of his rookie year. By the end of the 1992-1993 season, the “Superman” had already dominated matchups against the likes of Patrick Ewing, Hakeem Olajuwon, Charles Barkley, and Dikembe Mutombo, among several other all-time greats. However, one may naturally assume that a player way taller than him would probably prevent him from going on a scoring rampage. That didn’t seem to be the case.
“i like these conversations. give me your thoughts. you already kno mine. #barbecuechickenalert,” Shaquille O’Neal wrote in the caption of his Instagram post.
Even though Joel Embiid won the MVP award this season, he did not have much support in the comments. Many responders balked at the notion that Embiid could even challenge prime Shaquille O’Neal in a one-on-one.
Shaq is an avid social media user. He often posts numerous hypothetical matchups on his Instagram account, including players from different eras. However, the 51-year-old’s most recent fictitious matchup was slightly different than what he usually posts. Sharing a graphic that claimed that Joel Embiid will easily be able to ‘lock up’ a prime version of him, Shaq was not-so-humble in expressing his disgreement with the take. Hours after sharing the ‘Joel Embiid lock up’ graphic, Reddit users unearthed an old clip of the Big Aristotle dominating one of the tallest NBA players ever.
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