TEXT MESSAGE TALK SHOW
Players' Tribune
10.30.20
WITH DORELL WRIGHT
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Me and Kobe
Jordan and Pippen
Magic and Kareem
Bron and D wade
Me and Penny
Shaq
What’s Good BIG!!??
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Sheeesh!!
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You obviously got rings with both the Lakers and the Heat….. were you torn between them during the Finals??
Let’s get right into it big fella! Top 5 duos of all time?
What’s Good BIG!!??
I wasn’t torn. My position was whatever team won I was going to be happy.
Shaq
I’m just happy we had some great basketball. And jimmy butler. That’s how u play the game
What’s your favorite story/memory about us being teammates?
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I’m with you on that. We saw some other guys that really made a name for themselves as well
My favorite moment was you tryna fight me naked in the shower and udonis didn’t wanna break us up lol
Shaq
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Omfg I’m crrryyyyiinn
Wait, YOU tried to fight me 1st off hahahahaha and my towel was still on. I’m Cryin
But we hugged and made up
Shaq
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Yooo, what was your best prank of all time???
Mine’s 100% Riley kicking
me out that meeting lmaoooo. I still remember how after a bad loss, his favorite thing to do was rewind a clip 100 times and ask you why you did what you did I mustve pissed him off by laughing
so much cuz he tried to kick me out and you told me i wasnt goin anywhere
Lmaooo bro I was
hella scared
I know you have hundreds lmaooo
It was on Lou Amundson when I was with Phoenix
Shaq
We used to steal his bike and make treasure maps for him to find it
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The other pranks I can’t discuss because the statute of limitations ain’t up
Shaq
Omg lmao Lou is my guy. That’s hella funny lmaooo
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I feel like you were one of the first guys to make a basketball biz move with you leaving LA for Miami. Would you say that was one of the biggest moves in basketball at that time??
It was a great move. I got to play with one of the top five guards ever in the history of basketball in DWade. And I was in charge of my own destiny. So that’s really why I chose to come to miami
Shaq
Oh baby we def saw a star born. And shout out to you for giving him one of the best nicknames ever. Flash!!!!!
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That’s what I do brother
Shaq
How did it feel when two of your kids chose to ball at your alma mater LSU?
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It felt great. I kno they will b well taken care of
Shaq
They will. Listen Big fella. I remember when those little guys were babies. I’m getting old
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What type of basketball dad are you?
I stay out the way. They gotta figure it out
Shaq
Definitely respect that
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I always like to ask... who’s your Hometown Favorite? Who was that person that made you fall in love with the game growing up?
It was a guy named Chris Woodard aka Iceman. I mentioned his name during my hall of fame speech.
Shaq
When I was 14 years old, he was a 18 yr army cadet who played for my father’s team in West Germany. The army base was a place called Wildflecken.
Ice was 6 foot nine silky smooth and had a penny hardaway/lebron/kobe
like game
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Sheesh. Sound like he had some serious game!!
So, you were the first athlete with a platinum plaque. How was coming up as a rapper in your era different from this era??
It was no different
Shaq
It’s just before u get the people’s respect u gotta get the rappers respect
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And how did you start DJing?
It’s funny becuz i still remember how you used to have me come to the back of the plane on trips to hear whatever beat you made! Remember when I used to carry your DJ equipment and keyboard off the damn plane??
Man I been DJing since 1988. I make my own dubstep beats. I just like bangin them out.
All the times I had u carrying my equipment I was perfectly perfecting my craft lol
Shaq
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I hear that. You know ya boy do his thing from time to time now hahahha
What’s the song you play to get the crowd going. What’s your go to???
No go to. I have to read the crowd and go from there
Shaq
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Yea i see you big fella
Ima need my credits on any EP you put out that I said was fire lmaooo
Who is your favorite in this new school of athlete/rappers?
Probably dame dollar
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Dame Dolla is cold!!!
Top Five Rappers??
Biggie
PAC
Lil Wayne
Jay Z
Busta rhymes
Shaq
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You were the first dominant hooper to successfully balance multiple careers- rapper, actor and businessman- DURING your player years. When people said you weren’t focused, what kept you true to your vision?
I knew I had to win. Winnings negates failures. It’s just funny how the ones that never played control the narrative. I knew that if I won nothing could be said.
Shaq
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100% we need more guys that played the game in basketball!!!
So the parties…..
What’s the most Legendary Shaq party thrown??
So the parties…..
So the parties…..
61 pts birthday night vs the clippers
Shaq
Everybody was there
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Damn I know that was Lit!!!
My fav was your Bday party on Star Island. You had Lions, Tigers and Bears lmaooo
So I wanna ask with the statue going up at staples….. Which of Kobe’s signature moves should be on his statue?
Shaq
That pull up jumper at the buzzer versus Phoenix in the first round of the 2006 playoffs
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Yes I like that.
Everybody got that thing they tell themselves that keep them motivated. With everything you’ve accomplished in your career, what’s your mantra?
Yes I like that.
My mantra is just to make my family proud. My immediate family, extended family, and all the lil black kids who come from where we come from
Shaq
Well big fella, I wanna thank you for coming on the Text Message Talk Show!!
Wait wait. I almost forgot….
What ever happened to
those down payments for those Bentley’s you
promised us after winning
the chip?!!
Who what when
Shaq
That’s so fire bro. Can def look at your career and see how you’re doing that already.
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man I can’t wait to tell UD and Flash about this hahahahah
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Thanks Big Fella!!!
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