NBA LEGEND SHAQUILLE O'NEAL HAD BLUNT ADVICE FOR ANGEL REESE

Charles Barkley upset a lot of people when he called WNBA players "petty" for their treatment of Caitlin Clark back in May. And it didn't really sit right with his NBA on TNT colleague Shaquille O'Neal either.

On a recent episode of his "Big" podcast, the Hall of Famer revealed that Angel Reese reached out to him shortly after Barkley's comments and he attempted to give the No. 7 pick some advice.

Angel actually called me. She was upset [and asked me], 'Why you didn't say nothing?' I have to call [Reese] to tell her 'stop reading comments.' You don't owe an explanation to anybody... Cause she jumped on me. 'Why you say nothing to Charles?' Cause first of all, you know Charles takes up the segment and I didn't have time to say anything, but I talked to him afterwards. And the ones that are real sensitive are the ones that are more dominant.

O'Neal and Reese have had a great relationship through their LSU connection so hopefully nothing is taken personal on either side.

Angel recently made history by setting the WNBA's all-time mark for most consecutive double-doubles with 10 as she makes a case of her own for the league's Rookie of the Year award.

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