{"id":1766736,"date":"2022-12-07T16:18:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T21:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1766736"},"modified":"2022-12-07T16:18:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T21:18:14","slug":"hilarious-viral-video-shows-nba-legend-being-launched-into-a-christmas-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hilarious-viral-video-shows-nba-legend-being-launched-into-a-christmas-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilarious Viral Video Shows NBA Legend Being Launched Into A Christmas Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhilarious-viral-video-shows-nba-legend-being-launched-into-a-christmas-tree%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1766736&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A hilarious video showing NBA legend Shaquille O\u2019Neal being launched into a giant Christmas tree by one of the analysts on the set of \u201cNBA on TNT\u201d Tuesday night has gone viral.<\/p>\n<p>During the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAonTNT\/status\/1600306961785843712?s=20&#038;t=Yvecn9UM4UGG9t326NhFRw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">popular show<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/extremely-generous-shaq-reportedly-foots-25000-tab-for-entire-restaurant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">50-year-old<\/a> former professional basketball star was sitting at the desk with other analysts Charles Barkley, Ernie Johnson, and Kenny Smith when two of the men decided to race to the show\u2019s big board \u2014 and that\u2019s when things went awry,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/12\/06\/kenny-smith-threw-shaquille-oneal-into-tree-on-nba-on-tnt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Page Six<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>As O\u2019Neal and Smith were running for it, the analyst took a big shove against the former NBA star who was close to a giant decorated tree and launched his entire body into it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was bad right there!\u201d Barkley said as he watched the chaos unfold. \u201cThat was bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/get.dailywire.com\/readers-pass\/read-only-v2?utm_campaign=dwplus&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_source=dwsite&#038;cid=dwplus&#038;mid=z&#038;xid=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/get.dailywire.com\/readers-pass\/read-only-v2?utm_campaign=dwplus&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_source=dwsite&#038;cid=dwplus&#038;mid=z&#038;xid=0\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-54730\">TIRED OF THE LEGACY MEDIA\u2019S BIAS CONTROLLING THE NARRATIVE AND OBSCURING THE TRUTH? JOIN US.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The Big Christmas Tree&#8221; \ud83c\udf84\ud83e\udd23 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SHAQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SHAQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oy9zXNPojj\">pic.twitter.com\/oy9zXNPojj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAonTNT\/status\/1600306961785843712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Laughter from the set ensued before the NBA legend managed to climb out from under the tree. He then promised that he\u2019d get back at Smith.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlright Kenny,\u201d Shaq said after Barkley and Johnson pulled the 7-foot-1 Hall of Famer out. \u201cKenny, this means war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a later clip, O\u2019Neal spends some time brushing off all the tree needles before he threatens to dive into the tree again and break some more branches. Johnson then said he wouldn\u2019t do it \u2014 but Shaq proved him wrong and dove right in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shaq: \u201cSay I won\u2019t dive into that tree right now\u201d<br \/>Ernie: \u201cYou won\u2019t dive into that tree right now\u201d<br \/>Shaq: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rf9fQftk6Y\">pic.twitter.com\/Rf9fQftk6Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAonTNT\/status\/1600326350979547136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The official Twitter account for the popular basketball show later tweeted, \u201cChristmas trees are never safe around [Shaq],\u201d as they included a clip from the TNT show on Tuesday up against another show from 2014 showing a similar scene with the former NBA player landing on the ground under a different decorated Christmas tree.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Christmas trees are never safe around <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SHAQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SHAQ<\/a> \ud83d\ude2d\ud83c\udf84 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uCq59OArpv\">pic.twitter.com\/uCq59OArpv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAonTNT\/status\/1600541933314576386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNBA on TNT\u201d then posted a hilarious tweet comparing the NBA Hall of Fame player lying under the tree with just his feet sticking out to that of the Wicked Witch of the West under the house in the classic \u201cWizard of Oz.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tweet read simply, \u201cSame Energy,\u201d and it included a laughing, crying face emoji.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Same energy \ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SsgJ7fukY1\">pic.twitter.com\/SsgJ7fukY1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAonTNT\/status\/1600554904250068992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/extremely-generous-shaq-reportedly-foots-25000-tab-for-entire-restaurant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Extremely Generous\u2019: Shaq Reportedly Foots $25,000 Tab For Entire\u00a0Restaurant<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hilarious video showing NBA legend Shaquille O\u2019Neal being launched into a giant Christmas tree by one of the analysts on the set of \u201cNBA on TNT\u201d Tuesday night has gone viral. During the popular show, the\u00a050-year-old former professional basketball star was sitting at the desk with other analysts Charles Barkley, Ernie Johnson, and Kenny &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1766739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1766736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1766736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1766739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1766736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1766736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1766736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}