#AmexNBA Phil talking about the time Shaq showed up naked at practice. pic.twitter.com/DWOwnHyl2H
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It’s a good week for Shaq Stories.
The Big Aristotle is well-known for a sense of humor as formidable as his height and size and no one knows that better than former coach Phil Jackson. During a recent Q & A session with Hanna Storm at the American Express “Teamed Up” event in New York, Jackson shares a time when O’Neal showed up to practice in his birthday suit and sneakers.
“Well, you know, [a] number of times, he could crack a team up with humorous effects on the floor,” Jackson said. “There were times when he shocked us all in a practice situation, especially when showed up nude with just his shoes on.”
O’Neal apparently doesn’t recall. Riiiiggght.
Maybe the good folks at Discovery Channel could use the big Shaq-Fu on a celebrity edition of Naked and Afraid.