Shaq tells Kirk Cousins he was so pissed at Lenny Wilkins after the ’96 Olympic final, he drove straight to Orlando from Atlanta in his uniform, and threw his gold medal out the window on I-75
Shaq tells Kirk Cousins he was so pissed at Lenny Wilkins after the ’96 Olympic final, he drove straight to Orlando from Atlanta in his uniform, and threw his gold medal out the window on I-75
You know some influencer is gonna have a field day making a series of videos hunting for this medal, if this story is even true
AntSmith777
This might be the most random sentence I’ve ever read in my life lol. Shaq telling stories about Lenny Wilkins to Kirk Cousins.
NeonPlamTree
Imagine you’re just walking by and you find a Olympic gold medal on the ground
OnlyMamaKnows
Some roadkill cleanup worker found himself a gold medal. Imagine his/her confusion.
Individual_Access356
I mean this is petty and I expect no less from Shaq but a team low 5 minutes is pretty disrespectful even if it was Robinson last game he was already left off in 92 players got big egos. But throwing the medal away is wild if true.
EndTimesPreacher24
He probably sent his crew back to get it lmao.
Ok_Company_4606
can’t shaq find a better co-host than adam lefkoe?
dkdoki
Shaq the master of basketball fables aka bs
thayungsavage
Saw someone say whoever found the medal on the highway finally has his proof cause they must’ve been getting clowned by their friends
Aggravating-Lake-717
I have his jersey, from the 1996 olympics
I’m still trying to find the ‘94 jerseys but can’t find them
Onlyplay2k
Calling a hard cap to Shaq. Someone would’ve found that and sold it
SQLZane
Today I learned what we’d all expected. That Shaq and Kirk Cousins are indeed very different people.
redditatwork415
david robinson and hakeem were also on that team ahead of shaq.
david robinson was on the original dream team and by 1996, had won MVP.
hakeem had just come off winning 2 titles in 94 and 95, the seasons in between Jordan’s bulls run.
shaq’s magic got swept by the rockets in 95 in the finals.
justlobos22
Yea i dont believe him
oOoleveloOo
Sorry Shaq but Laettner was better than you in 1992
xenoz2020
wonder what Shaq did to earn a measly five minutes. even if it was the Admiral’s last Olympics, five minutes is a bit too little playing time. Lenny coulda given the big fella six minutes, I think Shaq would’ve been happy with that.
tdl2024
*Press X to Doubt
YetAnotherFaceless
The Big Liar
mpm2230
Can someone give me the context for this?
yetagainitry
Shaq can be the most generous person and also the pettiest.
sgtpepperslaststand
I feel like he’s just making up his own Muhammad Ali story where he threw his in the river
imfromczechbaby
Personally I dont think the story is true, but seeing all the comments I was wondering if there are any examples of stories he clearly made up?
iso-joe
Shaq being petty, who would’ve thought
Tyronetyroned
shaq, before you go, there’s something I want you to have Oh, it’s beautiful, but wait a minute, isn’t this? Yeah, yes it is But I thought I threw it out the window going down 75?! Well baby, I went down and got it for you Aww, you shouldn’t have
ILLStatedMind
Best college player in 92=Shaq
Most deserving of a spot on the 92’ Dream Team=Laettner
Bird earned the right based on career achievement to be on the “pro” US Olympic Squad
Isiah Thomas was vetoed as we saw
Shaq in 96’ not getting tick post his Magic Finals appearance with Penny is a joke.
Robinson got a chip with Timmy post lockout so I don’t really buy that he should get more time because this would be his last Olympic run. He already got one as an amateur in the 80s while in the Navy in 84’ or 88’ presumably or what not, they years are all a blur
creamcitybrix
It must be out there with Andre Rison’s Super Bowl ring and The Replacements Grammy
RobbobertoBuii
Chuck wasn’t lying when he said some ‘certain’ players were upset during the 1996 Olympics lol
Changnesia102
Big baby Shaq
Bookofdrewsus
Is Adam on his podcast too? He and Shaq have such a weird vibe on TNT.
captaincook14
Lol take stories like this from shaq with a gigantic mountain of salt.
kal283
This is one of the craziest things i have ever heard
kal283
I kinda wonder how KD and Shaq’s careers would have been if they never had to hold out their respective TEAM USA Snubs. Obvious substitute for 92, for 08, I would have swapped out Michael Redd and not Tayshaun Prince.
PizzaMyHole
Who’s the chucklehead ( right side ) who keeps interrupting with his shit-opinion while Shaq is telling the story? That’s drove me fucking INSANE. Shaq has much more patience than I would ever. God SHUT THE FUCK UP!
Ralphredimix_Da_G
These guys ask the dumbest questions- do you still have the uniform? Who fuckin cares?! This was a perfect opportunity to get Shaq to talk shit about Lenny or the Admiral or even follow up with some real probing questions “even Karl Malone got ten minutes man! You only got five! What did penny say?” But instead we get these idiots. Cool story tho
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Let’s find this medal 🥇
Shaq is such a petty man. Good lord.
[BoxScore from that game](https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/6/rid/1426/sid/2944/_/1996_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/statistic.html)
[Accumulated Statistics](https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/2944/tid/379/_/1996_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/accumulated-statistics.html) – For what it’s worth Shaq got 10 more minutes than The Admiral over the course of the Olympics, exactly the same number of FGA, but scored 22 fewer points.
You know some influencer is gonna have a field day making a series of videos hunting for this medal, if this story is even true
This might be the most random sentence I’ve ever read in my life lol. Shaq telling stories about Lenny Wilkins to Kirk Cousins.
Imagine you’re just walking by and you find a Olympic gold medal on the ground
Some roadkill cleanup worker found himself a gold medal. Imagine his/her confusion.
I mean this is petty and I expect no less from Shaq but a team low 5 minutes is pretty disrespectful even if it was Robinson last game he was already left off in 92 players got big egos. But throwing the medal away is wild if true.
He probably sent his crew back to get it lmao.
can’t shaq find a better co-host than adam lefkoe?
Shaq the master of basketball fables aka bs
Saw someone say whoever found the medal on the highway finally has his proof cause they must’ve been getting clowned by their friends
I have his jersey, from the 1996 olympics
I’m still trying to find the ‘94 jerseys but can’t find them
Calling a hard cap to Shaq. Someone would’ve found that and sold it
Today I learned what we’d all expected. That Shaq and Kirk Cousins are indeed very different people.
david robinson and hakeem were also on that team ahead of shaq.
david robinson was on the original dream team and by 1996, had won MVP.
hakeem had just come off winning 2 titles in 94 and 95, the seasons in between Jordan’s bulls run.
shaq’s magic got swept by the rockets in 95 in the finals.
Yea i dont believe him
Sorry Shaq but Laettner was better than you in 1992
wonder what Shaq did to earn a measly five minutes. even if it was the Admiral’s last Olympics, five minutes is a bit too little playing time. Lenny coulda given the big fella six minutes, I think Shaq would’ve been happy with that.
*Press X to Doubt
The Big Liar
Can someone give me the context for this?
Shaq can be the most generous person and also the pettiest.
I feel like he’s just making up his own Muhammad Ali story where he threw his in the river
Personally I dont think the story is true, but seeing all the comments I was wondering if there are any examples of stories he clearly made up?
Shaq being petty, who would’ve thought
shaq, before you go, there’s something I want you to have
Oh, it’s beautiful, but wait a minute, isn’t this?
Yeah, yes it is
But I thought I threw it out the window going down 75?!
Well baby, I went down and got it for you
Aww, you shouldn’t have
Best college player in 92=Shaq
Most deserving of a spot on the
92’ Dream Team=Laettner
Bird earned the right based on career achievement to be on the “pro” US Olympic Squad
Isiah Thomas was vetoed as we saw
Shaq in 96’ not getting tick post his Magic Finals appearance with Penny is a joke.
Robinson got a chip with Timmy post lockout so I don’t really buy that he should get more time because this would be his last Olympic run. He already got one as an amateur in the 80s while in the Navy in 84’ or 88’ presumably or what not, they years are all a blur
It must be out there with Andre Rison’s Super Bowl ring and The Replacements Grammy
Chuck wasn’t lying when he said some ‘certain’ players were upset during the 1996 Olympics lol
Big baby Shaq
Is Adam on his podcast too? He and Shaq have such a weird vibe on TNT.
Lol take stories like this from shaq with a gigantic mountain of salt.
This is one of the craziest things i have ever heard
I kinda wonder how KD and Shaq’s careers would have been if they never had to hold out their respective TEAM USA Snubs. Obvious substitute for 92, for 08, I would have swapped out Michael Redd and not Tayshaun Prince.
Who’s the chucklehead ( right side ) who keeps interrupting with his shit-opinion while Shaq is telling the story? That’s drove me fucking INSANE. Shaq has much more patience than I would ever. God SHUT THE FUCK UP!
These guys ask the dumbest questions- do you still have the uniform? Who fuckin cares?! This was a perfect opportunity to get Shaq to talk shit about Lenny or the Admiral or even follow up with some real probing questions “even Karl Malone got ten minutes man! You only got five! What did penny say?” But instead we get these idiots. Cool story tho