I’ve been in basketball a long, long time and I have to say Cousins is the most talented big guy I have ever seen. Shaq wasn’t talented, he was just strong. I was talented, but I wasn’t strong.
Well, that’s quite the statement to make regarding an MVP award winning All-Star, who also was a 3-time Finals MVP award winner and won 4 NBA titles, not to mention the Rookie of the Year award when he came into the NBA. The quote came from veteran NBA star Vlade Divac (#13 FCIR), who himself was known as the “pinnacle of touch and cunning in big men.” To be fair, Divac was comparing Cousins to O’Neal when he made the statement, but to say Shaq “wasn’t talented” is just plain silly.