u200bu200bATLANTA — Hall of Fame center Shaquille O’Neal sees a simple answer to the NBA’s burgeoning battle against bloopers: The league’s players and owners need to take a joke and quit whining.
The TNT commentator pushed back Thursday against the likes of Warriors star Kevin Durant and Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, who have both publicly questioned the use of embarrassing highlights in recent weeks.
O’Neal’s repeated use of Warriors center JaVale McGee in his popular “Shaqtin’ a Fool” segment on Inside the NBA, coupled with an exchange of insults between O’Neal and McGee on Twitter, caught Durant’s ire.