Shannon Sharpe slams Shaquille O’Neal for telling Nikola Jokic he didn’t deserve 3rd MVP | Nightcap

Shannon Sharpe, Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson, and Gilbert Arenas react to Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic winning his third NBA MVP Award. The Nightcap crew also reacts to Shaquille O'Neal telling Jokic that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander deserved the award this year.

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[jonpoon]

Even Ernie was visibly upset at Shaq for this. He’s allowed to disagree, but to tell Joker to his face crossed the line

[meech]

Dwight Howard been telling yall this for years lol. Yall called him soft . Shaq is a certified hater.

[TK-ev]

Big props to Shannon for reminding everyone to mention Kareem and Tim Duncan a lot more. Bigs should probably get their own category.

[michaelgo]

I like Shaq, but it was uncalled for to say to Jokic that his MVP is SGA while congratulating him

[greatestever]

Shaq- shai has better stats
*Jokic having arguably better stats, triple double king
Shaq- shai team is 1st
*jokic team had the exact same record
Shaq- I got stumped from mvp
*jokic arguably got robbed by embid crying
Shaq just being in his feelings

[plainsimple]

It's disrespectful to put someone down when they are getting the MVP award; there used to be a decorum involved when the MVP award was announced and Shaq feeling that way, wait until afterwards but this is that man's time to be respected and celebrated for winning the 2024 MVP of the NBA.

[CrimsonOmega-]

It’s crazy how much Shaq made Jokic winning MVP about himself, then had Jokic come on Inside the NBA

[thomasmagaha]

Jokic still dominates, he just doesn’t dominate with force like Shaq did. He dominates with finesse

[geromeriley]

Kareem is the only player with 6 mvp's. He also had 3 college championships and 6 nba championships.

[tylerterry]

Shannon is truly fair minded and treats everyone equally. Love the consistency. Truly a real one unc !

[tbeast_]

I want all you guys to realize that Jokic is the greatest late round pick off all time, 41st overall in the second round. He’s not supposed to be here, or be where he’s at. The dudes soul is made of nothing but humbleness. Please respect the man, that shit was pathetic coming from Shaq. So disrespectful. #3X

[CarlBrain]

Ocho making it seem Jokic just can shoot when hes got arguably the best post-up game in the league rn is hysterical.

[barrywuthrich]

Wilt Chamberlain was asked about Shaq. He said, "When you ram your shoulder full steam into the defender's chest and the man lying on his back is the one called for the foul, something's wrong." You didn't see that with Wilt, Kareem or Hakeem.

[GGGMARCUS]

Ocho just looked like a fan watching the show the whole time, smiling 😂😂😂

[julius.shambles]

Real ones remember Darryl Dawkins, shoutout to Shannon for giving the OGs, especially Kareem & Tim Duncan their props ! 🔥

[louiehernandez]

Shaq could've been in the G.O.A.T if he wasn't lazy. When Kareem was 38 years old he played in 79 games, averaged 23ppg, 6rpg. When Shaq was 38 he played 37 games averaged 9ppg, 5rpg. Shaqs last 5-6 were an embarrassment.

[almonjoseph]

Shaq said shai stuffs the stats but jokic doesn’t.
Jokic is top 10 in scoring top 4 in rebounds and top 3 in assist.
Shai 3rd in scoring 58th in rebounds 19th in assist
Now tell me who stuffs the stats Shaq 🤣🤦🏽‍♂️

[ld]

Shaq taking that moment to speak his mind is like your best man during your wedding saying you shouldn’t have married your wife. Do better my brother.

[bbott]

Unc 100% right, whether you wanna argue one of Nash's MVP should have been his or not, even with 2 MVP's he underachieved. He didn't take it serious, He had the gifts to win 7 MVPs.

[malikmoore]

The only thing about Shaq is- the attributes he used mainly for his dominance was natural gifts . He didn't develop one single skill to be a weapon.