The Warriors bandwagon apparently has sufficient area to carry Corridor of Fame middle Shaquille O’Neal among the many staff’s many followers who suppose that is their yr.
The previous Los Angeles Lakers huge man defined on his podcast that not solely was he backing the Warriors this season, however he was doing so instead of cheering for the staff he gained three straight titles with.
This got here up throughout a dialog in regards to the Lakers’ area altering its identify from Staples Middle to Crypto.com Enviornment. O’Neal, who informed TMZ he was really supportive of the identify change, stated he doesn’t even go to video games anymore, even asking, “Who wish to watch them individuals play?”
The Lakers have been massively underperforming this season, sitting with a 13-13 document after a loss on Thursday to the Memphis Grizzlies. Although LeBron James has turned it on a bit in recent games, the shortage of success from these performances makes them null and void to the large man, particularly in comparison with the Warriors.
“I don’t rejoice seventh place in any respect,” O’Neal stated. “I rejoice Steph Curry. That’s who I rejoice. I can go to Golden State and watch him play.”
The Huge Aristotle may be trolling a bit within the hopes of getting an increase out of the Lakers to allow them to play higher, but it surely’s arduous to argue with the choice to look at the Warriors, and Curry, as an alternative of the Lakers.
Not solely is Curry placing up an MVP-caliber season — ESPN just lately reported that 94 out of 100 NBA insiders surveyed would award MVP to Curry — however he’s additionally on the verge of constructing league historical past with probably the most 3-pointers in NBA historical past. Oh, and that is all occurring whereas Klay Thompson has been out, so the staff can solely get higher from right here.
That positive appears much more attention-grabbing than seeing washed up variations of Carmelo Anthony, Russell Westbrook and Dwight Howard attempt to sustain with LeBron each sport.
