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Shaq Posts Brutal Meme of Rudy Gobert

Originally posted on Minnesota Sports Fan
By Eric Strack | Last updated Jul 27, 2024 9:42 PM ET

France played Brasil on Saturday in an early round Olympic matchup between two declining 2nd tier basketball powers. France took the 78-66 victory, but Minnesota Timberwolves French center Rudy Gobert, not Brasil, may have taken the biggest L on the day.

Rudy Gobert gets postered by Brazilian nobody

Gobert played only 18 minutes, scoring 7 points to go with 3 rebounds and 4 personal fouls. But in the 1st quarter, he landed on the wrong end of possibly the most brutal poster dunk in Olympic basketball history.

RUDY GOBERT POSTERIZED BY AN UBER DRIVER pic.twitter.com/1CVwStlwbY
— Hater Report (@HaterReport_) July 27, 2024

In case you didn’t know, Rudy has a fair share of haters who do not believe he deserves the money, HOF equity or 4 defensive player of the year awards. Those haters include current and former NBA players like Draymond Green, Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal.

Shaq takes shot at Gobert

A few hours after Rudy Gobert was put on a poster, Shaq took his hate to Instagram. The all-time great big man posted a brutal meme of Gobert’s head photoshopped onto a Walmart worker with the caption, “If Rudy Gobert wasn’t 7’1″”.

Shaq on IG

He really hates Rudy Gobert pic.twitter.com/dvPbPTJVWC
— Hoops Nation (@_HoopsNation) July 27, 2024

This isn’t the first time Shaq has made his feeling clear on the 32-year-old cinch NBA Hall of Famer. Gobert has four defensive player of the year awards. He also has 3 All-Star appearances, 4 All-NBA teams and 7 NBA All-Defensive teams.

Rudy may not be the most coordinated person to ever play in the NBA, and that feeds his haters’ fire. But there is a reason why every team he plays for is a top-5 defense. That’s why the Minnesota Timberwolves are likely to extend their star big man this offseason.

This article first appeared on Minnesota Sports Fan and was syndicated with permission.

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