Jackson irritated O'Neal on Sunday by musing that his work ethic was substandard when he was with the Lakers, saying, "We had a hard time getting him to work."
O'Neal was bothered enough to give a one-sentence interview after the Miami Heat beat the Lakers, 101-85, on Christmas Day.
"How can Benedict Arnold be reliable in what he says?" O'Neal said as he walked out of the locker room, declining to elaborate.
O'Neal was presumably upset that Jackson went back to coach the Lakers before last season, and Kobe Bryant in particular.
Bryant sat this one out, content to watch the spat between his current coach and former teammate from the sidelines.
"I ain't got nothing to do with that," said Bryant, after being told Arnold was an American war hero who became a traitor. "Ask Phil. I ain't got nothing to do with that."
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