Robert Griffin III has been out of pocket all summer, according to some sports fans. But now, he has Shaquille O’Neal out for him after he shared an insulting photo in reference to WNBA star Angel Reese. And O’Neal held no punches about it… for now.
In May, the Indiana Fever faced off against the Chicago Sky. Fever player Caitlin Clark received a flagrant foul on Reese in the third quarter. RG III looked at how Reese responded to being fouled and posted a video on X (with his white wife Grete Griffin sitting in the background egging him on) where he said Reese clearly “hated” Clark.
Ryan Clark didn’t like that. He said that RG III was catering to white people and the fact that RG is married to a white woman only illustrates that Griffin is disconnected from the experience of Black women.
Griffin clapped back. (It was Travis Scott “CHAMPAIN & VACAY” level clapback. Meaning hardly one at all.)
Things settled down after that. Ryan Clark apologized for mentioning the former NFL player’s wife (even though he did not attack Mrs. Griffin personally) and we all thought it was over. But it wasn’t.
RG III was back at it again when he posted an image of Reese as a monkey on the cover of NBA 2K26.
OK. Let me break down why him posting this is a PROBLEM.
RG III tweeted this image and said that he hated it. Yet, he undermines all that he said by posting the racist picture and drawing attention to it. Had he not done that, no one would have seen it. It would have disappeared like many of the other racist things people post in places like 4Chan or Truth Social. The fact that he tweeted it is what drew even more attention to the derogatory image.
And this is where O’Neal enters the chat. He pulled no punches when addressing the former Baylor quarterback who never amounted to much in the NFL.
There are two things from that video worth highlighting. One: He said that he personally told Angel Reese not to publicly respond to Griffin. The NBA Hall Of Fame inducted player knows a thing or two about handling criticism, so she should heed his advice. Two: he removed his sunglasses, looked directly in the camera, and said with all of his 7’1, 365 pound chest that he would punch RG III in the face if he does anything like this again.
Clark was diplomatic and measured in how he responded to his former coworker at ESPN. O’Neal…not so much.
RG III better log off before he catches a two piece from O’Neal. And I’m not talking about Popeyes.
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