In the past week, the Los Angeles Lakers, who have been under the spotlight for the past few months, made their move and acquired talented forward Rui Hachimura from the Washington Wizards. But the trade for Hachimura received a mixed reaction from fans and big names, including a notorious response from Shaquille O’Neal. However, the Hall of Famer’s response inadvertently prompted major criticism on social media from fans, and Kevin Durant also joined the party. Unfortunately for the Big Fella, the trolls had a field day.?

To clap back at his doubters, O’Neal recently took to his social media with his illustrious resume, only to get a similar response.?

Fans continue their onslaught

After learning about the Hachimura trade on his podcast, Shaquille O’Neal exclaimed, “Who the f**k is that!“. The polarizing response received major pushback from the NBA world. However, Shaq didn’t back down from his blatant oblivion of Hachimura’s existence. In fact, he also defended himself on air during Inside the NBA. But it didn’t help his cause, as fans continued to call him out on social media. Moreover, his beef with Kevin Durant added further fuel to the fire.?

To calm the storm, O’Neal recently took to his Instagram and posted his illustrious resume with the caption, “who?s needs to kno ball, when you kno how to ball? THEMOSTDOMINANTBALLER EVER”.?However, the four-time NBA champ’s attempt to quiet the trolls backfired as fans looked past his Hall of Fame career and called him out to be a ‘casual’.

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Here are some fan reactions:

“Nah that’s embarrassing. You get paid to talk hoops so do your job and stop being a casual”

“Also the most sensitive, can’t take a joke. Shaq a casual.”

“You are a good basketball player, but you are a casual”

“You need to know ball when it?s your job. But you?re not experts on the show – you?re figureheads.”

“bro took that tweet personal ??”

“bro ain’t letting that slip?”

“You bring sensitive big dog! KD innocent”

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Apart from the ‘casual’ accusations, the former Finals MVP got major pushback for taking the Durant’s tweet personally.

Shaquille O’Neal and Kevin Durant beef

LeBron James’ Lakers acquired Rui Hachimura from the Washington Wizards in the past week. But, the acquisition ensued in a social media storm, where Shaquille O’Neal and Kevin Durant got caught up in an online beef.?

Kevin Durant reacted to O’Neal’s ignorance on Twitter; he tweeted,?“Shaquille doesn’t know ball?”?The tweet, which has 14 million views, forced O’Neal to clap back. The Big Aristotle came out swinging with a nasty reply to Durant’s dig. On one of Durant’s posts, the 15x All-Star commented, “i don’t kno ball, but i kno how to brush my hair,or decide to cut it when i was going bald. love always THE BUS DRIVER.”

Following O’Neal’s blazing reply, Kevin Durant backed down with a humbling admission,?“Damn, I got cooked for asking a simple question.”?Surprisingly, Durant came out as the ‘good guy’ after all of this as the Big Diesel is still under fire by the NBA world.?

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