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“Strike That from the Tape”: Bald Shaquille O’Neal Blurts Out a $1000 Commitment and Backtracks After Unveiling Bizarre Hairstyle Inspiration

Published 01/14/2023, 12:30 PM EST

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Shaquille O’Neal, at this point, doesn’t need to do anything to be on the news. But the NBA legend can’t help himself from acting out his antics and entertaining fans with hilarious bursts of laughter regularly. The Los Angeles Lakers legend’s remarks always entail a laughter track when on camera. Even recently, the seven-foot giant revealed one of his absolutely hilarious acts to troll his friend. The crew at the Big Shaq podcast couldn’t hold in their laughter as the Lakers legend almost challenged people for $1000 to replicate his attempts.

The Big Aristotle revealed his hilarious haircut when he trolled his friend and sports analyst Stephen A. Smith. Shaq mentioned how the biggest inspiration for his absurd hairline was none other than the popular NBA analyst.

Shaquille O’Neal showed off his absurd haircut while posing a $1000 challenge

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The seven-foot legend’s antics on the recent episode of The Big Podcast with Shaq was hilarious all around. Shaq has been showing off his haircut on his social media while naming it the “Stephen A. Smith haircut“. The Lakers legend’s usually bald head was shining with a hairline that is quite far back than what one would hope. While chatting with Jamal Crawford on the podcast, the legend uttered some bold words and quickly backtracked on it.

You know what I’m gonna do?..” said Shaq. He further corrected himself “no but there’s no way to control it. I was going to say give me 10 people that get a haircut like this and I’ll give you a thousand dollars but then there will be a thousand people messing around. So yeah strike that from the tape.”

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Shaq rather understandably decided not to pose such a challenge as people would be lining up with that haircut for $1000. Meanwhile, Co-host Nischelle Turner enquired, with some concern, till when the Lakers legend was planning to keep it. Shaq replied, “The rest of the year”.

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Well, if one knows Shaq, he might as well keep the haircut for the rest of the year. While Stephen A. Smith would have to live with the burden of being trolled for a year, he won’t be the first to go through this.

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Shaq trolling people throughout the years

The four-time NBA Champion has always had his friend and colleague Charles Barkley in his crosshairs. His banter with the 76ers legend is hilarious. The Lakers legend once hilariously said “Barkley’s going to hell, I’m going to heaven” in his appearance on The Late Night Show with Stephen Colbert.

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The Lakers’ legend’s ‘beef’ with NBA superstar Rudy Gobert has turned into more of a trolling frenzy over the years as the Big Aristotle continues to troll him on his social media posts.

 

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Shankha Shuvra Das is an NBA writer at EssentiallySports. He holds a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Economics and has extensive experience in freelance content creation, especially in the field of technology. Shankha's passion for covering the sport of basketball stems from his love for the NBA, which he has been following closely for several years now.
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