Poor Scottie Pippen. For one of the greatest players ever to dribble a basketball, the man takes a whole lot of flak. The culprit behind today's dose of disrespect? None other than The Big Aristotle.

On Sunday, Shaquille O'Neal took to Instagram to make a random (and bold) claim that the best players ever to don a Lakers uniform would embarrass a potent Bulls squad by 50 points:

The next day, the Bulls legend answered Shaq's taunt with a slight jab:

That's all it took to provoke the former Lakers big man to fire shots at Mr. Pippen (complete with some crafty Photoshop):

OH NO HE DIDN'T. Not a day goes by that the man isn't reminded he's not Michael Jordan. All courtesy of a classic Batman-and-Robin, Puffy-and-Mase analogy brought to social media by Shaquille O'Neal ... cold-blooded.

But don't cry for Pippen just yet. Right when it appeared it was over, Scottie fired back.

Scottie didn't stop there.

Two points for Pippen!

As anticipated, Shaq Daddy retaliated. Not once, not twice, but three times ... first with the unpleasant visual of what he dubbed Pippen's "sidekick edition" shoes:

Then he introduced the world to "Scottina Pippen":

The final dagger? This simulation of a Jordan-less Pippen (as a Trail Blazer) getting schooled on defense, because tape doesn't lie:

After that, it appeared Scottie Pippen had had enough as he flashed his bling, posting: "Game over, @shaq. All that's ever mattered to me is winning and we did plenty of that in Chicago..."

Not. So. Fast. Shaq was unimpressed with his foe's attempt to squash the beef, as he responded with this:

Two takeaways: 1. Don't get into social media warfare with Shaquille O'Neal, unless you want your head to be Photoshopped on an eclectic mix of images. 2. Shaq has way too much time on his hands.