But, somewhere you can bet there is somebody trashing his name, downgrading his game, and joining a chorus that this season alone has included a nearly an entire halftime show on TNT when Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley volleyed insults at his effort and motivation. “I think people have a misconception of me,” Whiteside said. “I don’t know what it is, where it is coming from, I really don’t know. But my friends, we talk about it all the time … yesterday, today, tomorrow … it’s always there.”