Shaquille O’Neal must hate being eighth.
The Basketball Hall of Famer reacted furiously Thursday when he found out LeBron James had passed him for seventh place on the all-time NBA scoring list. TNT cameras were rolling when Dennis Scott broke the news to Shaq, who responded by smashing everything in sight.
O’Neal scored 28,596 points over 19 years. James’ next target is Dirk Nowitzki, who has scored 30,181 points in his career as of Friday.
Of course, Shaq’s explosion was a joke, and he praised James’ accomplishment later in the broadcast.
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