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Stephen A. Smith is a radio show host and a year back he received a prank call from a caller named Tex Johnson. It was Shaquille O’Neal, the man who never loses his humor. It was hilarious how he tricked Smith into believing that the cowboy hat he was wearing was terrible.

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It’s not the first time Shaq is involved in something so funny. He is the prankster type of person who can be up to such things. After winning 4 championships and being one of the legends for Lakers, has Shaq gotten into the prank call business?

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It’s extremely hilarious to see Smith repeatedly saying, “Who is this,” to which O’Neal didn’t give heed to. Shaq started the call with, “First of all, you’ve got to take that damn cowboy hat off and stop talking about the damn Cowboys. You understand me son?” 

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Shaquille O’Neal couldn’t stop laughing over the call

Stephen didn’t expect somebody talking about his cowboy hat on the show. And Shaq wasn’t going to stop there. He played along for a couple of minutes. You better stop son, I’m telling you right now.”

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Well, Smith had nothing much in response to the Lakers star. And on the other hand, the big man wouldn’t take a pause at him.

Smith responded to apparently Tex Johnson saying, “This is my show. I do what the hell I want on my show.” It was only after it stretched for a while that he realized it was O’Neal. “This is Shaq.” Yes, finally he did find that out.

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Once Smith got surprised by who it was, he went on and on. “I can’t believe you.” Stephen was funnily shocked. But Shaq just couldn’t control laughing his lungs out. While the host kept screaming how he couldn’t believe that Shaq pranked him, the NBA star couldn’t find a pause to mocking him.

Stephen just kept shouting and finally, Shaq hung up on him. At least Smith was clear by the end that it was O’Neal talking some random cowboy stuff with him.

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Pavni Ahuja is an NBA writer at EssentiallySports. Housing a keen interest in sports journalism, she is pursuing an undergraduate Journalism degree from Christ University. Pavni is an ardent fan of the NBA, with prior district-level playing experience in basketball. A dash of proficiency in the art of the written word and sports fever is what pulls her into contributing to the field of sports journalism day after day.

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