He came into the league a few years after me and set the world on?fire. That sparked the conversation of who was better: Vince or AI. I?played with Shaq, so at that point I wasn’t even in the conversation.?I was an afterthought. Due to those loud whispers, I always had?extra oomph when I played against him.

My mentality was that I was going to play him on both ends of the?floor, and he was going to have help guarding me. By being able to?score on offense and personally shut him down on defense, I wanted?to let people know my place in that conversation wasn’t even up for?debate.