Over the past few years, Shaquille O’Neal’s “Shaqtin’ A Fool” segment on “Inside The NBA” based around NBA bloopers has become a staple on Turner Sports. The lighthearted approach on daily NBA bloopers takes aim at any and all players, coaches, and even referees.
However, there has been one player, in particular, that has found his way on “Shaqtin’ A Fool” more times than not and the player in question is none other than center JaVale McGee. For those familiar with the show, McGee has been subject to Shaq’s weekly blooper reel from his time with the Wizards, Nuggets, 76er’s, Mavericks, and now the Warriors.
After centering a whole piece around McGee’s bloopers called “Doctor Strange” Thursday night, JaVale McGee took to Twitter to display his displeasure with Shaquille O’Neal’s constant attack on him. Once McGee aired his grievances an impromptu feud began between the two.
Subsequently, the minor feud between the two has been brought to the attention of the Golden State Warriors and Turner Sports.
Following from Chris Haynes and Marc Stein of ESPN.
The Golden State Warriors have reached out to Turner Sports to discuss Shaquille O’Neal’s ongoing coverage of center JaVale McGee, league sources told ESPN.
Sources told ESPN that the Warriors contacted Turner officials to express concern about TNT’s yearslong McGee coverage on the “Shaqtin’ a Fool” segment on the popular “Inside The NBA” show, with the team contending that the ongoing negative portrayal of the veteran center is doing unnecessary damage to McGee’s reputation.
As many of you know, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr was a former Turner Sports employee, so he had some interesting comments regarding this matter.
“I can tell you I had a preconceived notion of JaVale before he got here that turned out to be totally false. And a lot of that was because of what goes on with Shaq’s ‘Shaqtin’ A Fool.'”
As this story continues to unfold, one can only hope this situation solves itself fast and the feud between O’Neal and McGee gets squashed before things get out of hand.
