Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar doesn't understand why Shaquille O'Neal says some of the things he does.

O'Neal has spent a considerable amount of time this season belittling Dwight Howard and other young centers in the game.

"Sometimes I wonder about his maturity," Abdul-Jabbar told Yahoo! Sports. "He doesn't need to do that. He's achieved so much.

"I don't know why he stoops to that."

Howard idolized O'Neal as a kid, but the elder center hasn't exactly been cordial. Shaq has called Howard an "impostor" and insisted that, "Everything he's done, I've invented."

Howard doesn't understand why O'Neal continues to knock him.

"I can't tell you why he's said a lot of discouraging things," Howard said Friday. "I wish he wouldn't say it because he's one of the few guys that we all look up to."

Via Yahoo! Sports

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