Dwight Howard to Shaquille O'Neal: 'You too big to be this insecure. I hope you don't bring my name up again'

"I know you care. Cuz yo insecure ass been hating and talking shit for 20 years," Howard replied. "You too big to be this insecure. I hope you don't bring my name up again. 52 years old tweeting me. And still hating. Now all this time you was joking. You always been jealous." "Jealous of Kobe, penny, dwayde. You jealous of Charles too. Go move around big lazy insecure ass. I still have that long 5 Paragraph direct message you sent me a couple years ago telling me that I'm not that great to hate. And you still doing it. It's 2025 grow the hell up. and move on," Howard added.

Source: BasketNews

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Two big men were chirping at each other for years, but their dispute was revived once again after Howard's appearance on The Gauds Show. "I hated the most is the fact that he always thought I was trying to be him or be like him," Howard said a couple of days ago. "But again, if I wanted to be you or be like him, shouldn't you take that as a compliment and show how great you are as a player and a person?" Nevertheless, it looked like Howard was ready to end a long feud with Shaq. "All right, Shaq, I just never disrespected. But he's always had something to say, and you know there are times where I got enough, and I'm like, yo Shaq just gotta stop," Howard continued. -via BasketNews / January 7, 2025

Dwight Howard: When I got a chance to go (to the Lakers), I had just ended up having back surgery. That year, I was supposed to miss the entire season. When I played with the Lakers that year, I came back in just four months. The doctor took out a huge piece of my back—it was the largest herniated disc they had ever removed from an athlete. This surgeon had operated on numerous athletes, but this was the biggest piece ever. -via YouTube / January 7, 2025

However, Shaq overheard what Howard had to say and responded, claiming he didn't care about the former Orlando Magic star. "Dwight Howard, the fact u think I care about u is funny, but I won't ever bring your name up again sensitive big man, a jokester that can't take a joke. Won't ever say your name again ever again. Have a great day, and now u have been deleted. Have a great day," Shaq wrote on X. -via BasketNews / January 7, 2025

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