Seven-time NASCAR Cup Collection champion Jimmie Johnson is taking his social media change with Shaquille O’Neal to a different degree.
In what has basically changed into a “who has extra left within the tank” dialogue, Johnson desires to place the hypotheticals into observe. Johnson challenged the four-time NBA champion to a free throw competitors — he simply desires to know when and the place.
“Haha, I really like you’re coming at me @SHAQ! Let’s roll with a free throw comp,” Johnson wrote Sunday on X. “Must be straightforward for you once you’re that near the rim. Identify when and the place.”
Now, how did two legends of their respective sports activities attain this level, you ask? For the reply, let’s circle again a pair Thursdays in the past. Johnson introduced he’ll try to make his twenty second Daytona 500 subsequent month. O’Neal got here out on social media per week later and requested one easy query to Johnson: “22 years not sufficient for you?”
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Johnson was tagged within the submit and responded one legend to a different two hours later. Johnson fired a jab again at O’Neal, who retired from basketball in 2011.
“You understand it, @SHAQ? I’ve nonetheless bought the drive,” Johnson wrote. What about you, how’s that leap shot as of late?”
O’Neal, after all, wasn’t identified a lot for that leap shot or his effectivity on the charity stripe. O’Neal retired as a profession 52% free throw shooter however was as dominant a middle as anybody has ever seen within the NBA. With out realizing a lot of his prowess on the hardwood, Johnson has to love his probabilities in opposition to O’Neal — in a free throw competitors, that’s.
Johnson, in the meantime, continues to be racing a restricted schedule at 49 years previous. As a part of his announcement, Johnson additionally launched his 2025 schedule. It solely features a second race within the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. If he qualifies in each races, Charlotte will likely be his 700th Cup Collection begin. Carvana will function the sponsor for Johnson, and he will likely be again within the No. 84 for his group, Legacy Motor Membership.
Johnson, who co-owns Legacy alongside Maury Gallagher, has competed in 12 races during the last two seasons, making 9 begins in 2024. His greatest end was a P26 end result within the final season’s finale at Phoenix. Johnson has a median end of 31.8.
