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Shaq calls out Robin Lopez

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07:06 AM ET 04.01 | Suns center Shaquille O'Neal did not have much to say about Sacramento center Spencer Hawes posting a career-high 20 points on Sunday night, other than to call out the Suns guards for making the team's post defense vulnerable by allowing penetration. But he did have words about another center, rookie teammate Robin Lopez. O'Neal and Lopez had an animated talk during a break late in Thursday's loss in Portland. "Put somebody on their (expletive) back," O'Neal said he told Lopez. "Don't let anybody oopsy-doopsy layup on you and be laughing at you. Have you ever seen me get dunked on? No, because I put (expletive) on their backs. Period. "If you're going to be a big man, be a big man. Don't be out there (expletive) around. Lay somebody on their (expletive) back. Period. Wilt (Chamberlain) told me that. Bill Russell told me that. Hakeem (Olajuwon) told me that. All the great big men told me that. . . . That's what I'm trying to teach him, instead of just being out there like a loose tree blowing in the wind. Do something." O'Neal called Lopez "the future." "He's got to toughen up," he said. "Step up. He's got some big shoes to fill because after I'm done, it's his turn."

Arizona Republic

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