Jusuf Nurkić fired back at Shaquille O'Neal on Friday in response to the Hall of Famer recently labeling the Phoenix Suns center as “soft.”
The harsh criticism stems from O'Neal commenting on a rumor that Nurkić was pondering pressing charges against Draymond Green following their December altercation.
“I don't know if it's true or not, but I want to address it. Jusuf Nurkić ... is talking about pressing charges against Draymond Green,” O'Neal said on a recent episode of The Big Podcast with Shaq. “Now I have a problem with that. Because one, it just shows how soft you are as a big man. You're going to ruin what I created in the big man alliance.