1. Max wrote:

But they hugged on TV!

2. Garrett wrote:

He shoots free throws better than he raps . . .

3. carisma wrote:

How can Shaq diss Kobe? Im not a fan on neither, because they both are egotistical, rich for no reason, “cheat on wife” man whores. I don’t care how well of basketball players they both are cause it’s irrelevant to me. People are weird cause they put people like Shaq and Kobe on pedalstools, when they don’t give two flat asses about you and I, haha.

4. Piscean Princess wrote:

I’m in Cali right now…they’ve been playing this on the news all last night & now even this morning. I’m so over it. He came out with a statement late last night saying it was just jokes.

5. Logic wrote:

He was just clowning. Thats what freestyle is about. You say silly stuff to get a response from the audience. They were making a big deal out of it last night on Sportscenter.

Thats what happens when folks view sh$@ that they don’t understand i.e Rev Wright’s sermon.

6. Chad wrote:

Just rapping, all is well with the two of them. No big deal, let’s move on. In fact, let’s talk about Amare and Chaunce not wanting to play for the gold. I hope they know they will not be missed. Just got word,that they would like Dr. Hill and myself to replace them (lmao).

7. mike wrote:

excuse me folks…what Shaq was doing was not rap. He was just talking stuff. It was embarrassing to say the least. I remember growing up in the late 80’s and there were brothers in my neighborhood here in Detroit who could artfully freestyle rap and it was rythmic, insighful, thought provoking, creative: it was vocal art in time. of course, this is before hip hop declined into what it has become now. What they are showing here is a mess. One thing about freestyle rap, it that is often reveals who you really are and what is on your mind. I guess we’ve learned what is on Shaq’s mind…you fill in the blank. And to think, I was starting to respect this man. He first won me over when he finished his degree and then a little more when he started working in law enforcement. I thought, wow this brother is truly evolving, but now…I don’t know what to think.

8. DCI74 wrote:

Flaming hot garbage

9. mike wrote:

catch this…now Shaq is losing his deputy badges. Is this extreme? Look at Sean Bell case? Where are those officers now?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3459208

10. Robert wrote:

All I want to say is someone sent me a video of Shaq pulling his pants down and spread them for a camera (hope thats not too graphic). Anyway he seems to have some issues with his backside. ITs all sad. I think he was just having fun and I will always be a Shaq fan…………..so whatever KObe how my a&%S taste?

11. Regkam2 wrote:

What is even sadder is that this guy is 36 yrs old (I think) and he acts as though he is still 15. And this guy has 6 children. Stop trying to diss Kobe and learn how to shoot a free throw or go back to school to learn something that u can do outside the NBA. Instead of wasting his breath trying to free style, why doesn’t this guy grow up and try to stay in shape for the next 2 or 3 yrs he has left in the NBA. Damn, the next generation of males is going to be messed up if Shaq is any indication of what fatherhood is……

12. james wrote:

regkam2, fathers are allowed to act silly and party once in a while. as for talking shit, isn’t that a major component of sports and rap?

13. Regkam2 wrote:

Acting silly is one thing, looking like an ass and being disrespectful is another. James, I guess you wouldn’t mind your children looking at you on Youtube cussing and acting a damn fool. How would that look when you are trying to discipline them and they look at you and say you don’t believe in it because u don’t do it. Children mimic behavior more than they do words.

14. james wrote:

regkam2, my children get to see me cursing and acting like a fool on any given evening in the privacy of my own home. neither of them has started mimicking me yet. mocking me, perhaps, but never mimicking.

in fact, i’ve never heard my 13 yr old son utter a curse word at anybody, despite the fact that i know all of his little buddies curse quite frequently. he knows i’m not terribly proud of my gutter mouth, which i’ve told him i developed shortly after my parents divorced, because i was very angry all the time. i’ve told him that he really does not have anything to be angry about, and he seems to have believed me so far.

i have a feeling, however, that child-rearing is much more complex than you may be making it out to be, especially when you throw in cultural, intellectual, physical, philosophical, emotional, financial, and genetic influences.

15. Chad wrote:

Okay, we all know that Shaq cannot shoot free throws, however, he is the baddest motherfuckin center of his generation. He ate Ewing for breakfast, had Hakeem for lunch and David was anything less then an admiral. The Lake show would not have won any of those chips without him. He was a beast when he left LSU (by the way, he could not shoot free throws then)ripped the league a new one with the Magic. There are players in the past, present, and I am more then sure of in the future who will have key flaws. His was free throws and a lack of passion toward the end of his career. Nevertheless, he got tortured every night, fucked up on the low block and in the paint, and because he is big, folk exclamied, “look how big he is”. That shit hurts when you get hit a lot. Take it from a 6″6 beast who played the game. Furthermore, Shaq was skillful at his postion, have you ever observed his footwork? Next to the Dream, it was amazing to see him move. Oh, his passes were/are the shit. He changed the game. In ending, we all know that rappers want to be ballers, and ballers want to be rappers, and the both want to be gangsters. Mike, he may still be evolving, that process never changes. AI, ZO, many more cats have evolved and they then make mistakes, then they evolve again. My childhood friends, Marvin Harrison of the Colts, and Shawn Stockman of Boyz to Men, and I were talking a few years back on how we evolve and learn from our challenges each day. Everything we do is a teachable moment.

16. Chad wrote:

yeah, he wrecked that cat! Shaq has no real MC skills, but just the theme, timing, beat, and sheer audacity to kick it like that makes it hot!! this is going to be my basketball signature line when I wreck cats on the blacktop this summer (lol)

17. Regkam2 wrote:

James, I don’t know you nor your family, but its safe to assume that your son will mimic some of your bad behavior eventually, if he already hasn’t. My father cursed as well, but I would NEVER said anything like that in front of him. You stated that your 13 yr old son’s friends curse, birds of a feather flock together. Now, you may not have heard him curse, but that doesn’t mean that he doesn’t. Also, when your son becomes grown and gets angry, how will he react to that particular situation? Chances are is that he is going to react the way he saw u react. Now, I could be wrong and your son is the exception, but I know that the majority of times, children will mimic what the see more so than what they hear. As a parent, isn’t your responsibility to grow and evolve right along with your child. We can’t justify why we do toxic things, we must grow out of them.

18. Regkam2 wrote:

Also, child rearing is complex which is the whole basis of my argument. One can’t do what one wants without someone looking up to him/her and do the same (whether its your child or someone else’s). Too many parents make excuses for their behavior yet want their child to do the opposite of what they see.

19. ChgoSista wrote:

RegKam, I just ‘love’ you.

20. james wrote:

regkam2, while i do view cursing as currently inappropriate for my son or daughter (”no cursing until you can kick my ass!”), i would never condemn cursing as toxic behavior. i don’t view arts and entertainment that uses foul language as toxic, but i will admit to trying to limit my children’s exposure to it through age-appropriate movies and insisting on cleaner versions of songs for their ipods. of course, that hasn’t always worked out, but the effort has been important.

incidentally, one of my son’s favorite shows, which i just started letting him watch, is that foul-mouth south park. furthermore, he spends a whole lot time playing xbox-live with potty-mouth pukes from all over the world. still, i’ve never heard my son curse. i can only attribute this to the many discussions we’ve had about the use and reception of foul language, in addition to the fact that my son is, as you suggested, probably exceptional, a leader rather than a bleeder, interested in respecting and following one of the few rules we’ve laid down as parents.