Shaq Rips Mo Williams, Surprising No One

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In times of fail, men least able to defend themselves serve as punching bags. Mo Williams, point guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers, can't defend anyone in the NBA, so I assume he also has trouble defending himself, given that he is in the NBA. Ergo, when the Cavaliers petered out in what would become LeBron James' final season on the shore of Lake Erie, Williams took the brunt of blame not automatically assigned to deposed coach Mike Brown under the provisions of the Treaty of Lawrence Frank, which mandated that game managers who never played the game are questioned repeatedly by fans and media despite their record of success.



In parallel, Shaquille O'Neal has never left a place without tossing a Molotov cocktail over his shoulder on the way out. (This includes all Applebee's restaurants and Chevron restrooms.) Shaq famously continued to feud with Kobe Bryant after being traded to Miami, ripped the Heat when he was traded to Phoenix and made cracks about the lack of Suns defense upon being traded to Cleveland. I believe this falls under the jurisdiction of Big Man Ordinance Code 2413: "It's everyone else's fault."



These cosmic narratives have crashed into each other. Shaq, charitably golfing in Louisiana, told John Reid of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, that Williams shot too much last season. More precisely, Shaq said, "When I was with Cleveland, guys who couldn't even play were worried about shots. Why was Mo taking 15 shots, and I'm only taking four?" O'Neal thus implied that Williams is not just a selfish player, but also a bad player, and one whose shot-taking greed hurt the team.

 

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