To Teach Kids a Lesson About Himself, 7 Ft Giant Shaquille O’Neal Only Chooses This Top NBA Star Along With Himself in NBA 2K23

A video game lets gamers experience the privilege of playing as an avatar. They can either shape their own or role play as their favorite player. And NBA 2K has an abundant choice of avatars and real-life professional players. And Shaquille O’Neal has revealed the one player that he likes to play in the video game.

Shaquille Rashaun O’Neal is a former basketball player in the NBA. Moreover, one can see him behind the desk during the halftime show. The four-time NBA Champion likes to play NBA 2K franchise. And he has unveiled the player he locks in while playing the video game.

Shaquille O’Neal enjoys making beautiful three-pointers even in the video game

Recently, Shaquille O’Neal was interviewed in a question-and-answer session with For The Win. The former basketball player appears in the video game in the simulated version of the halftime show. Alongside him will be Inside The NBA hosts Ernie Johnson and Kenny Smith in the version.

As a way to promote the game NBA 2K23, he has collaborated with Papa John’s and Mountain Dew to unleash the “MTN DEW NBA 2K23 Player’s Pack Bundle” inside the game. And during the session, he was asked which player he chooses to play in the game.

He replied, “Most of the time I play as Stephen Curry because he’s automatic.” Furthermore, he said, “But then every now and then, I want to dunk. If I’m at a tournament and there are a bunch of kids there, I’ll let the kids pick whoever they want and I’ll pick myself because I want to show them what I used to do in real life. They’ll say “you couldn’t dunk like that!” and I’ll say “yeah, I could!””

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While the Hall of Fame basketball player loves to play the three-pointer specialist, he still amazes the audience with his dunks in the video game. And the kids playing the “tournament” of the game would vouch for this.

NBA 2K23 deems to unleash a new era with the latest release

Excitedly, 2K Games has released the newest addition to the NBA 2K series. The game is developed by Visual Concepts. Moreover, the highlight of the release stands as the NBA 2K23 Michael Jordan Edition. Also, 2K23 is the 24th installment of the NBA video game simulation series.

Above all, the game also brings forward enhancements to the gaming experience. The developers have added new gesture combos to the Pro Stick. Further, the interface to improve authentic shooting, adrenaline boosts, skill move combos, and dunking gestures has been tweaked to give an even more realistic angle. Overall, 2K23 offers a new generation of simulation basketball by being playable on Xbox X|S and PlayStation 5 as well.

Have you copped your edition of the NBA 2K23? Tell us which one, or the one you will be adding to your cart.

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