He didn't know that Shaquille O'Neal, equally infuriated by the news, had smashed his phone: "LeBron, after all the good things I said about you! And now, at a time like this, you want to throw me under the bus!"
"The Shark" believed that Bill Simmons wrote the article with a clear intention to make him the scapegoat. And the ultimate benefactor, Shaquille could guess even with his surgically repaired toe:
Naturally, it was LeBron James!
The next morning, the two irate men met in the locker room.
As soon as Shaquille O'Neal saw him sit down in front of his own locker, he immediately asked, "LeBron, the team is on a four-game losing streak, shouldn't you say something?"
LeBron frowned, "What?"
