LSU alum Lolo Jones calls out Shaq over his Angel Reese ‘GOAT’ comment, claims LSU is a track school

Olympic hurdler and bobsledder Lolo Jones issued a strong-worded rebuttal to legendary basketball participant Shaquille O’Neal’s declaration that ladies’s basketball star Angel Reese was the “in all probability the best athlete ever to return out of LSU sports activities.”

“Shaq knew what he was doing,” Jones advised TMZ. “Shaq’s simply bored.”

O’Neal lauded Reese throughout a current episode of his “Massive Podcast.” Jones even recommended that O’Neal was “excessive” from the painkillers she claimed he was taking on account of his current surgical procedure.

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Lolo Jones seems to be on throughout the New Stability Indoor Grand Prix at Reggie Lewis Heart in Boston on Jan. 25, 2020. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Photographs)

“He is coming off hip surgery. He is chilling at residence. I feel Shaq, actually, is excessive on some ache medicines. The record is so huge with LSU,” she mentioned.

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O’Neal and Jones have been each standout athletes throughout their respective tenures at LSU. 

O’Neal was a consensus first-team choice twice and was a two-time Southeastern Convention Participant of the 12 months. He additionally led the NCAA in blocks in 1991. 

Jones gained three NCAA titles throughout her collegiate profession.

Jones added that she believed O’Neal made his feedback about Reese as a result of it creates good “water cooler discuss.”

“So, for Shaq to have the audacity to say ‘she’s the most effective ever,'” she continued, “I am like, ‘Bro, chill on the ache meds,’ as a result of that record is arduous. So lengthy.”

Former NBA participant Shaquille O’Neal attends the disclosing of the Shaq Courts on the Doolittle Complicated donated by Icy Sizzling and the Shaquille O’Neal Basis in partnership with the town of Las Vegas on Oct. 23, 2021. (Ethan Miller/Getty Photographs for Icy Sizzling)

Jones insisted that she was not trying to reduce Reese’s achievements.

“We’re not hating on Angel. We like to see it. She’s cooking. Let her maintain cooking. However I’m telling you, LSU monitor and subject is the powerhouse for that college,” she mentioned.

Lolo Jones seems to be on after competing within the Girls’s 60m Hurdles throughout the New Stability Indoor Grand Prix in Boston on Feb. 4, 2023. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Photographs)

Jones did admit that she doesn’t personally deserve the LSU ‘GOAT’ title.

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As a substitute, she named a number of Olympians who attended the college in an effort to counter O’Neal’s declare. She additionally talked about baseball athletes who performed for the Tigers.