Shaquille O’Neal Warns Jim Rome He Could Get ‘Greg Ostertag’d’

Shaquille O’Neal has feuded with a lot of people. Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, Brad Miller, Chris Dudley ... the list goes on. And now, for some reason, you can add Jim Rome to the list.

Well, technically there is a reason - Rome had the audacity to say that Shaq has no legacy. Shaq didn’t exactly take too well to such criticism, tweeting this the other day.

Shaq then went on to challenge Rome to a boxing match, which of course is a fair way to settle this score. He’s probably kidding, to be fair.

Or is he? Shaq went on the Mike Wise show on 106.7 The Fan in Washington D.C. today and refused to back off from his threats against Jim Rome (though it should be noted that Shaq’s first words to Wise and co-host Holden Kushner were “Shiver me timbers, this is the big leprechaun speaking,” as if he was some sort of good luck pirate. So maybe he’s kidding).

First, Shaq reiterated what he tweeted.

“One, I would never be upset at a person that doesn’t have a legacy. Second of all, people that havent’ done what I have done can’t say whether or not I have a legacy or not. A guy that’s scored 28k points and a guy that has done as much as I have done, if I haven’t stood up to my legacy, I guess I’m a failure, and that’s something I have to live with. But Jim Rome knows better than that. He’s just throwing my name around so he can get ratings for his terrible show.”

And the boxing thing?

Something tells me that if Rome got Greg Ostertag’d, he would respond by Vlade Divac-ing. For TV, of course.

Anyway, Shaq claims he’s not hurt by Rome’s allegations, but he did say that if Rome doesn’t give him some credit, “I’m going to take it from him.” Hopefully that’ll look something like this.