Watch: Shaquille O'Neal fakes psychic All-Star prediction
During TNT's reveal of the NBA All-Star reserves, Shaquille O'Neal was positive his envelope contained Steph Curry's name. Probably because he peeked.
After Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith opened up envelopes revealing two Western Conference guards and two forwards, the fifth envelope went to Shaq, who held it to his forehead.
"I don't even need to read it because I'm psychic," Shaq declared. "This one probably says Stephen Curry. Check my work, Ernie (Johnson)."
When Johnson opened the envelope, it did read Curry, though Johnson was clearly nervous about O'Neal's guesswork, pleading, "Can't you just do this the usual way?"
O'Neal wasn't worried. Because he secretly looked inside the envelope earlier in the segment.
Even if he hadn't peeked, Curry was a fairly safe bet to make his tenth All-Star team. Even with his Golden State Warriors slumping to 12th place, Curry still leads the league in three-pointers and free-throw percentage, while shooting 40.9 percent from distance.
But Shaq clearly can't be trusted to keep things honest on the "Inside The NBA" set. Like when he supposedly knew that Aaron Brooks had signed with the Guangdong Tigers during a game of "Who He Play For?"
Looks like the FTX lawsuit isn't the only time Shaq may have engaged in fraud.
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