Shaq called out Griffin after the former quarterback reposted a racist edit of Reese's "NBA 2K26" cover while denouncing it.

Reese has become one of the most polarizing athletes in sports, and her rivalry with Caitlin Clark has turned into a toxic national conversation. Griffin has regularly posted about the dynamic between Reese and Clark, second-year WNBA players whose rivalry stretches back to college, with language that often seems intent on stoking the divide.

Former basketball superstar Shaquille O’Neal took aim at former NFL star quarterback Robert Griffin III after Griffin made a social media post about Chicago Sky star Angel Reese. In a social media post, Griffin attempted to defend Reese, but amplified a racist edit of the star on the ‘NBA 2K26 cover’ to his 2.2 million followers, drawing backlash.