Well, Shaq made headlines earlier this week by bashing Kobe in his now infamous “Kobe rap.” However, it now seems the repercussions of such an act will result in Shaq losing his badge. Putting Lakers-biased aside, do you feel this is fair? Sound off:
ESPN: Shaquille O’Neal will lose his special deputy’s badge in Maricopa County because of language he used in a rap video that mocks former teammate Kobe Bryant.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said the Phoenix Suns center’s use of a racially derogatory word and other foul language left him no choice. Arpaio made Shaq a special deputy in January and promoted him to colonel of his largely ceremonial posse earlier this month.
“I want his two badges back,” Arpaio told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “Because if any one of my deputies did something like this, they’re fired. I don’t condone this type of racial conduct.
Shaq was seen in a video posted on the celebrity news and gossip Web site TMZ.com rapping that “Kobe couldn’t do without me.” O’Neal skewers the Lakers’ star, with whom he won three straight NBA titles from 2000-2002 while with Los Angeles, for not being able to win a championship without him.
“I was freestyling. That’s all. It was all done in fun. Nothing serious whatsoever,” O’Neal told ESPN.com Monday. A call to the Suns on Tuesday seeking comment from O’Neal was referred to his public relations firm, which didn’t immediately respond.
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LOL!
Crocked cop …
Well I mean it was inappropriate for sure… crazy how what goes around comes around. But considering the venue, was it worth taking a badge away from?
Karma is a beach.
PAYBACK IS A {Profanity isn't allowed on theLakersNation.com -- Please go back and edit your comment. Thank you.} SHAQ! WHAT NOWWW!!???
this is stupid i realy think Shaq can care less about that badge! after all hes got tons of money to play with and invest in whatever he wants! none the less {Profanity isn't allowed on theLakersNation.com -- Please go back and edit your comment. Thank you.} him for disrespecting Kareem and Kobe!!!
hehehehehe
Good for the Sheriff.
Shaq doesn’t have moral authority to hold any police or law enforcement job.
F U C K YOU Shaq. Payback is a bit-ch!
Well glad his badge is taken away after you can’t have kids saying I wanna be like Shaq a rapping COP. LOL I thought MC’s hate cops so they are only doing there job taking away his badge so he can be an MC. Beside “that’s what MC’s do” LOL
Karma is ……..
GOTTA WATCH WHAT YOU SAY DUDE!!!!!
payback is a b!tch my friend. watch ur mouth next time. kobe is probably laughing right now
a B I T C H!!!!!! F U Shaq lol The sheriff has a public image to protect, he totally did the right thing.
I don’t think Snaq really cares if they take his badge away. Just as long as he has a free Krispy-Kreme Donuts card, I think he’ll be happy… unless they took that away too.
pay back is a **** huh shaq i dont care if it was fun never disrespect the MVP like that .
just cause your on a old raggy ass team now dont mean you have to bash him and blame him for everything thats what you get.
pay back is a **** huh shaq i dont care if it was fun never disrespect the MVP like that .
just cause your on a old raggy ass team now dont mean you have to bash him and blame him for everything thats what you get.
karma is a !
Karma chameleon
hahahahaha LOL
this is so sad
this is like taking a toy away from a kid because he was a bad boy. shame on u shaq! now go to the corner and think about what u did. dont think hard, u’ll hurt yourrself…
i dont think Shaq will really care, but its funny though..
who cares
Shaqs New Freestyle
“Sheriff, you cant catch criminals without me, TELL ME HOW MY ASS TASTE”
WOW KOBE GETS THE LAST LAUGH WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING HAHAHA
the lil black bully in 3 ninjas said it best: “hey little horsie….how bout some hay?” hahahahahahahah (laugh)
awesome! hahahah!
lol why you talking like youre actually speaking to shaq..
Wow. This is too good. xD
Justice!
first the cops…now onto VITAMIN WATER! haha
lol I found them taking his badges away more funny than his attempts at rapping.
Regardless if it’s fair or not, Shaq’s insults thrown at Kobe, Kareem, and Ewing were unnecessary, considering the fact that he is a good player, going to the HOF, yet he finds it necessary to diss a GREAT player like Kareem? The best of the best don’t diss the best, you see people like Kobe praising the greatest, never dissing, yet Shaq can’t find a single bone of humility in his overweight body to say good things about Kareem?
The Fat-Cactus needs to let go. His antics were childish and unnecessary. He has four rings, why drag Ewing into this? Why not thank Kobe and Wade for his four rings as well. Because we all know championships aren’t won by one person alone, they’re won by a team. Shaq needs to just retire and stop trying to be relevant.
Hilarious.
LOL! shaq lost his beautiful wife, his fat kids, most of his fan base, his basketball talent [even though thats been obvious for a while], and now his BADGE! karmas a BEEEYY OOOOOTCH!! =]
The problem about Shaq is the lack of taking responsibility for his actions. Is much easier to blame somebody else than take the blame on oneself.
Shaq is old, fat and not motivate to win anymore. That’s absolutely fine. He does not need to prove that he was one of the best centers on the history of the NBA. The problem is, he refuses to accept that, accept the blame for not being motivate and fat. So he goes and talks sh!t about his ex-teammates, ex-coaches ex-teams and tried to bring the spotlight into him again. The fact is, Shaq is old news. The spotlight is shinning on Kobe now and probably will for the next 5 years at least and that is killing him.
Sad but true. Shaq every time says sh¡t tarnishes his legacy.
Keep doing old fat cactus. You are only digging your own hole.
Ha.. Listen Shaq.. Tell me How that Sheriff’s Ass taste?
In the words of Earl: Karma!
HILARIOUS SHAQ DOESN’T CARE ABOUT A DUMB OL’ BADGE
I BET ITS JUST A PIECE OF PLASTIC TO BOOST SHAQ’S SELF ESTEEM
I have to admit, Shaq was awesome back in the day but now he’s just a big cactus who can’t even win with Nash, Stoudemire, and Hill..I mean you would think they would’ve at least gone to the conference finals..DEFENSE WINS GAMES!
It’s all coming back to haunt him. The aging, no more championships, the badges being taken away. His whole future is being taken away from him all because of his childish and immature acts.
What 30-some year-old man freestlyes at a club and disses three future hall-of-famers? No Shaq, you’re not better than Karemm, and yes Shaq, Kobe can do without you.
This guy needs to get a life or just focus on basketball again.
Way to go Maricopa county Sheriff for a swift reaction. Shaq is a joke now that the NBA fans will get really turnoff by his childish behaviors. He had lost all the respect from old timers NBAers to new NBAers. Fat A$$ just go away already! I cant wait til Fat A$$ come town, we will show him respect!
(gugy i just wanted to mention that your grammar is impeccable and that your eloquent usage of “motivate” as numerous parts of speech was inspiring)
shaq’s over the hill and there are very few people who would deny it, who cares if shaq is falling and kobe’s still on the rise?
kobe and shaq were an unbeatable team, just like kobe, andrew, and pau will be when their respective fingers, knees, and testicles return to full strength.
but in all fairness, it’s pretty great for kobe fans that shaq will be the butt of myriad jokes after getting his badge revoked and being dishonorably discharged from voluntary, ceremonious police duty.
p.s. fuk the green
Although I agree with:
“Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said the Phoenix Suns center’s use of a racially derogatory word and other foul language left him no choice.”
I have to concur with..
““I was freestyling. That’s all. It was all done in fun. Nothing serious whatsoever,” O’Neal told ESPN.com Monday.”
It was very wrong for him to do it.. but he did it for fun and not in a serious manner.. so I really wouldn’t know what to do.
Thanks Zen,
I appreciate your sarcasm.
Haha… respective fingers, knees, and testicles. Good one.
Hey Shaq I gotta some advice for you man… Why don’t you just tell your ex-wife Shawnee or however you spell that golder’s name that you was just “FREESTYLIN” when you was cheatin on her!!! You didn’t mean anythin by it, the other biatches didn’t mean a thing! YOU WAS JUST “FREESTYLIN”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LMAO
haha youtube refrence
It’s been 4 yrs. Shaq,ask yourself how Kobe’s &uts taste.
I doubt shaq gives a crap about some stupid celebrity badge that means nothing. He cant arrest anyone or give tickets. Besides, kobe could care less what is going on with shaq, he is focused on olympic basketball right now. I doubt he will even respond and if he does it will be a short response along the lines of “oh, okay well im focused on basketball right now so that is the last thing on my mind”
how about shaq back to LAkers lol
I was a sheriff,
then I acted like a stupid a$$.
I was a sheriff,
now it’s revoked because I have no class.
I wish I was MVP,
but I can’t make free throws,
every time I have a good thing
my big mouth shoots it down.
So I rap and act just like a clown.
I was a sheriff,
but I didn’t use humility.
I was a sheriff,
but now I’m on a messed up team.
Haa haa haaa! I am so glad that he got the “bad cop, no donut” treatment. What a loser!
Can you dig it. Hee Hee!
Yeah Shaq,came off on Kobe so assume he’s rude
But don’t hate ’cause your ex-wife is bangin’some cuban dude
Ouch!
what a dumb@ss!
Shaq loses another badge. HA!
Shaquille O’Neal’s association with the Bedford County Sheriff’s Department was nixed today.
Sheriff Mike Brown said this afternoon that the NBA superstar’s likeness will no longer be used in conjunction with Operation Blue Ridge Thunder, a unit of the department that investigates Internet sexual predators.
Brown’s decision came after O’Neal was asked Tuesday to return an honorary deputy’s badge to a sheriff’s department in Arizona as the result of a recent O’Neal rap video. In the video, O’Neal, now with the Phoenix Suns, mocked his former Los Angeles Laker teammate Kobe Bryant. The video, posted at TMZ.com, includes offensive and racially derogatory language.
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>Shaq Shaq damn! weren’t you n Kazzam.
>Nigga u don’t want the heat.u might trip over those big ass feet
>cuz u weight 360 cryin ova yo big toe > {Profanity isn't allowed on theLakersNation.com -- Please go back and edit your comment. Thank you.} u sound like a big 7ft hoe lol
>{Profanity isn't allowed on theLakersNation.com -- Please go back and edit your comment. Thank you.} u said i need u > i rock nikes n u rock payless shoes lol > I seen ur kids ur raising brick chunks > let’em kno Daddy’s gone raise some straight punks
>U call yourself superman “I think there is only 1 superman >and thats christopher reeve” {Profanity isn't allowed on theLakersNation.com -- Please go back and edit your comment. Thank you.}!
>U really need 2 stop “Mr.Robo Cop” U really think this iz ur sport but your actually a flop “Sorry” lol
>U should wear a diaper on your head cuz to me your really shiit faced it.
>OKAY!! EVERYBODY SAY__ SHAQ TELL ME HOW MY ASS TASTE..
>OKAY!! EVERYBODY SAY__ SHAQ TELL ME HOW MY ASS TASTE..
>OKAY!! EVERYBODY SAY__ SHAQ TELL ME HOW MY ASS TASTE..
GET LIKE ME {Profanity isn't allowed on theLakersNation.com -- Please go back and edit your comment. Thank you.} LOL…. KOBE BRYANT
BACC AT U TRICC