Monday’s Mashup: Shaquille O’Neal says he didn’t know who Terry Rozier was, either

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MONDAY’S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:MLB: Colorado at Chicago Cubs, 7:05 p.m. (ESPN)MLB: Kansas City at Boston, 7:10 p.m. (NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7)MLB: LA Dodgers at Arizona, 10 p.m. (MLB Network)NHL: Boston at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. (NBCSN)NHL: Vegas at San Jose, 10 p.m. (NBCSN)

AROUND THE WEB:

-- Turns out Eric Bledsoe wasn’t the only one unaware of who Terry Rozier was before the Celtics’ series against the Bucks.

Shaquille O’Neal said after Game 7 on TNT he also didn’t know who the Celtics point guard was.

“You know what I like about Boston is their ball movement,” O’Neal said. “In this era that we live in now, the teams that have the best ball movement are the teams that are the very most successful. And because they don’t have that one guy, everybody stepped up, everybody was ready, everybody was comfortable. And the kid Rozier, I’m very impressed, cause I didn’t know who he was until, you know, this playoffs. Coming off the bench, taking advantage of the opportunity, taking it to (Bledsoe). I bet you people know his name now.”

The rivalry between Rozier and Bledsoe was a major storyline during the series and began when Rozier referred to Bledsoe as “Drew” after Game 1, which he said was an accident. And then after Game 2, Bledsoe replied, "Who?" when asked about Rozier.

The OG, @DrewBledsoe #CUsRise pic.twitter.com/d8hbpY8jVj

— Boston Celtics (@celtics) April 29, 2018

The two squashed their beef after the Celtics won Game 7 on Saturday.

-- Dennis Rodman is taking credit for easing tensions between his friends Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un.

The former NBA star believes he is responsible for the North Korean leader’s “change of heart” about Trump. Rodman went to North Korea last summer and gave his longtime friend Kim Jong-un books about Trump and the United States.

“I did a lot of things for Donald Trump,” Rodman said. “I think he (Kim Jong-un) didn't realize who Donald Trump was at that time until I guess he started reading the books and started to get an understanding.”

“I don't want to sit here and say I did this and I did that,” Rodman added. “That's not my intention. I'm just so happy that things are going well.”

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I was in the suite and we weren’t getting any runs and we were losing so I moved and went out to the bleachers. We got a couple of runs. I moved to another location and that didn’t work, so I moved to the Sam Adams Party Deck and we ended up getting the runs. Then I watched the rest, when Craig (Kimbrel) came in, from the State Street Pavilion. I had to change locations. I was getting superstitious." -- Joe Kelly, who is serving his suspension, on moving around in the crowd at Fenway during the Red Sox 4-3 win over the Rays Sunday