Shaq Tells Ben Simmons to 'Man Up' Over the years, the Inside the NBA crew has built a reputation for calling out current players. More notably, Shaq has issued "challenges" to the new generation of players. Joel Embiid has become a fixture of these talks, as Shaq and Charles Barkley have demanded more from the All-Star center. Recently Shaq has fixed his sights on a different Sixers ' star. It's no secret that Ben Simmons has had his struggles in the latter half of the series against the Hawks. His play caused Shaq to make a stern statement to his fellow LSU Tiger. "Ben, you went to LSU, man up. Stop messing around. Come on now, you know better than that," Shaq said Saturday following the Bucks versus Nets Game 7 thriller. These comments stem from Simmons' troubles at the foul line, going 4-14 in the Sixers' Game 5 loss. Ironically enough, free throws were also the weakest p...