VIDEO: Shaq gets roasted by eSports broadcaster
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Pick and choose your battles, Shaq.
Before the ELEAGUE broadcasters got a bit of shine on the NBA on TNT broadcast on Thursday night, analyst Kenny Smith said he wasn't sure whether eSports was a real sport.
That gave Duncan "Thorin" Shields all the ammunition he needed to take some shots at Smith's coworker, Shaquille O'Neal.
While Shields explained a faceoff between the Polish and North American teams, he said, "The problem is that Shazam, he showed up, and I'm not talking about 'Kazaam' - that terrible movie Shaq made in the '90s."
But it gets worse.
After Shaq challenged Shields to "any game" in a few weeks, Shields went for a low blow: "What about weight loss? Shall we do that? Is that a sport?"
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