Nick Van Exel: Neither Nikola Jokic nor Draymond Green could guard Shaquille O’Neal

Nick Van Exel: Would you want to guard a [expletive] who can score every time in a post or would you want to guard a [expletive] who is going to sometime make a three-point shot on the perimeter? Who you going to want to guard? Zach Randolph: I’m want to guard the three-point shooter. Van Exel: Who you going to want to guard? Tony Allen: I’m going want to guard the three-point shooter. Van Exel: There it is. It’s literally that simple. Cuz think about this. You ain’t got a double the Joker. Shaq a they don’t have to leave off of nobody if Shaq is guarding the Joker. All he got to do is lay contest. Sometimes he’s gonna go in, sometimes it’s not. But on that other end, Joker can’t f*ck with Shaq and Joker is cold. Joker is cold. Don’t y’all get it twisted, Joker is cold. But Joker cannot guard Shaq in the post. Like it’s that simple. Allen: You saying two fouls early fourth quarter. That’s how it’s going. Van Exel: It’s that simple. You gonna have to double team and Shaq can do this to Joker. Is Joker going to make 100 percent of the threes? Allen: Well, but if he get hot, Van Exel: OK but in a seven-game series when I’m bam, bam, bam. Allen: Yeah. wear and tear. Van Exel: What’s going to happen? Allen: Wear and tear. Yeah, you about that. Van Exel: Z-Bo, you done elbowed a bunch of [expletive] with your right elbow over the shoulder. What’s going to happen? Randolph: They gonna give in. Van Exel: That’s what I’m saying. So, how many of them threes he gonna be making? Okay. Just say if y’all win two games, game six, how what that jumper going to be looking like? Allen: Going to be a little flat. Going to be a little flat. Going to be a little flat, man. Going to be a little flat. Van Exel: Stop playing! But Joker is cold, but I just got to take Shaq cuz you got to double team the big dog. (…) When people say like I love Draymond Green. Draymond is somebody who people love to hate. You know what I’m saying? If he’s on your team, you love him, right? If you against him, you hate him. Great defender. Draymond, you can’t guard Shaq. Draymond couldn’t guard Shaq. Come on.

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