‘Kick Rocks, You Old Bastard’: Warriors Center JaVale McGee and Shaq Had a Nasty Twitter Skirmish

Retired NBA legend and current TNT analyst Shaquille O’Neal regularly features Golden State Warriors center JaVale McGee on Inside the NBA’s Shaqtin’ a Fool segment — which spotlights players who Shaq deems are acting like fools on the court.

Shaq went a step further on Thursday night, debuting a Doctor Strange parody video which had quite a bit of fun at McGee’s expense.

“I wanna thank you for getting me off the Golden State hit list,” said Shaq’s TNT colleague Charles Barkley. “They’re gonna hate you more than me!”

Barkley’s prediction promptly came true. Early Friday morning, McGee took to Twitter to rip Shaq for his continued putdowns, kicking off what quickly turned into an extremely heated exchange:

@SHAQ get my ?’s out of your mouth! And EAD! #thatisall

— Javale McGee (@JaValeMcGee34) February 24, 2017

Last thing: think about this…. h3 woke up and I was the 1st thing on his mind when he made that video…THAT AINT WIERD TO YALL?

— Javale McGee (@JaValeMcGee34) February 24, 2017

Maybe he’s in love with me…. maybe I should be flattered? IDK GUYS!! pic.twitter.com/Buqyqc2PBb

— Javale McGee (@JaValeMcGee34) February 24, 2017

@JaValeMcGee34 don’t be acting like u a g I’ll smack the s**t out yo bum ass u da one that be looking stupid with your dumb ass #bumass

— SHAQ (@SHAQ) February 24, 2017

Oh we threatening people now? Kick rocks you old bastard… you ain’t gone do sh** !!! And that’s on my mama… stick to cooning! https://t.co/ZFuGREc1WJ

— Javale McGee (@JaValeMcGee34) February 24, 2017

@JaValeMcGee34 now since you on a good team u wanna act like you a player now stop it u will only be remembered for shaqtin a fool #bumass

— SHAQ (@SHAQ) February 24, 2017

Forget being on a good team… Ima grown man… you’ve had these ?’s in yo mouth for 5-6 years now… u thought I was just gone stay silent? https://t.co/3gTpTgVgmU

— Javale McGee (@JaValeMcGee34) February 24, 2017

@JaValeMcGee34 we gonna see how tough you are when I see yo ass #bumassmcgee #bumsactinliketheyplayers #clownassballers #youneedmorepeople

— SHAQ (@SHAQ) February 24, 2017

Watch above for the clip that started this battle, via TNT.

[images via screengrab]

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