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Kobe tells police that Shaq has spent millions to keep women quiet about extra-marrital affairs...no shit...lmfao...
"The guy's a joke," O'Neal said about his former teammate. "I'm just trying to tell the world that the whole time, but just because he hits a couple of shots, everybody thinks he's a great person."
O'Neal's comments came Thursday at a poolside photo shoot where, clad in his Heat uniform, the big man was feeling talkative.
"He's a clown," said the 32-year-old married father of five. "Kobe, he gets caught by the police after doing what he did, and my name comes out."
O'Neal was referring to a Los Angeles Times story that Eagle County, Colo., detective Doug Winters wrote the following in a report:
"Bryant stated he should have done what Shaq does. Bryant stated that Shaq would pay his women not to say anything. He stated Shaq has paid up to a million dollars already for situations like this."
Until now, Bryant and O'Neal had mostly minimized the gulf in their relationship and its influence on the blockbuster trade that sent Lamar Odom, Caron Butler and Brian Grant to Los Angeles for the 7-foot-1 future Hall of Famer.
Thursday's statements further solidified popular sentiment to the contrary, namely that the two stars never had a relationship to begin with.
"I don't understand how a guy that I've never spoken to about that, that I've never hung out with, can say something like that," O'Neal said. "But, obviously, it shows what kind of character this guy has. It shows I'm on his mind that much. That just shows you what type of guy he is. That's just funny to me."
The two men meet again in a nationally televised game at Staples Center on Dec. 25, a date O'Neal seems to be eyeing with renewed intensity.
"The Christmas game is going to be the highest-rated game ever," O'Neal said.
"The guy's a joke," O'Neal said about his former teammate. "I'm just trying to tell the world that the whole time, but just because he hits a couple of shots, everybody thinks he's a great person."
O'Neal's comments came Thursday at a poolside photo shoot where, clad in his Heat uniform, the big man was feeling talkative.
"He's a clown," said the 32-year-old married father of five. "Kobe, he gets caught by the police after doing what he did, and my name comes out."
O'Neal was referring to a Los Angeles Times story that Eagle County, Colo., detective Doug Winters wrote the following in a report:
"Bryant stated he should have done what Shaq does. Bryant stated that Shaq would pay his women not to say anything. He stated Shaq has paid up to a million dollars already for situations like this."
Until now, Bryant and O'Neal had mostly minimized the gulf in their relationship and its influence on the blockbuster trade that sent Lamar Odom, Caron Butler and Brian Grant to Los Angeles for the 7-foot-1 future Hall of Famer.
Thursday's statements further solidified popular sentiment to the contrary, namely that the two stars never had a relationship to begin with.
"I don't understand how a guy that I've never spoken to about that, that I've never hung out with, can say something like that," O'Neal said. "But, obviously, it shows what kind of character this guy has. It shows I'm on his mind that much. That just shows you what type of guy he is. That's just funny to me."
The two men meet again in a nationally televised game at Staples Center on Dec. 25, a date O'Neal seems to be eyeing with renewed intensity.
"The Christmas game is going to be the highest-rated game ever," O'Neal said.
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