NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal took challenge in the most current episode of his podcast about the spate of large contracts players of the present day have gained around the past several a long time.

O’Neal created the remarks in reaction to Kevin Durant expressing his difficulty with previous basketball stars. 

Durant, in a tweet, identified as Charles Barkley a "hatin aged head" and stated former players are not able to "take that we creating additional bread than them" following Barkley ongoing his criticism of Durant playing for the Golden Condition Warriors.

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Brooklyn Nets ahead Kevin Durant (7) gestures in the direction of Philadelphia 76ers centre Joel Embiid just after an NBA basketball game Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021, in New York. 76ers received 110-102. (WHD Picture/Adam Starvation)

The former Los Angeles Lakers star explained on "The Significant Podcast" that Durant was fundamentally suitable.

"Enable me convey to you some thing, do you think I’m happy about Rudy Gobert building $250 million? So, KD, you are completely right," O’Neal reported. "We’re mad simply because the way we did not get that. You got these shooters taking pictures 22% creating 30 million.

"(Dennis Scott) shot damn near 45 to 50% his entire vocation and the most he manufactured was likely $7 million, so you damn proper we get mad. We get petty, and guess what? We have an belief, and our viewpoint counts."

Shaquille O'Neal attends Video game Three of the Jap Convention First Round between the Miami Warmth and the Atlanta Hawks at Point out Farm Arena on April 22, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Paras Griffin/Getty Photographs)

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At the time O’Neal’s comments went about social media previously in the week, Durant responded.

"Shaquille is hilarious. You are a billionaire bro lol," he wrote.

O’Neal responded: "i know i'm hilarious (sic), and i am not a billionaire i am basically broke. but will generally communicate details. thank you indicating i am amusing implies a good deal."

Previous NBA player Shaquille O'Neal attends the unveiling of the Shaq Courts at the Doolittle Sophisticated donated by Icy Scorching and the Shaquille O'Neal Foundation in partnership with the metropolis of Las Vegas on Oct 23, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Icy Warm)

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According to Spotrac, O’Neal has created much more than $286 million in the course of his taking part in job. Gobert signed a deal extension with the Utah Jazz worthy of $205 million just before the start out of the 2021-22 season.