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Shaquille O'Neal Threatened With Lawsuit After Heated Exchange

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Chris Phelps | Last updated Apr 12, 2025 11:26 PM ET

The 2024-25 NBA regular season is winding down, and the playoffs, starting with the play-in tournament, are right around the corner.

On Thursday, NBA on TNT celebrated its final regular season episode of "Inside The NBA," which will bid farewell to the network following this season. Still, Ernie Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith will have a few more shows with TNT in the postseason.

Ahead of his final NBA playoffs run with TNT, O'Neal made his way down to Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, for UFC 314 between Alexander Volkanovski vs. Diego Lopes.

During one point at the fight, popular streamer Adin Ross posted a video of O'Neal seemingly exchanging intense words with him. The former Los Angeles Lakers star was also seen staring and jawing at Ross in a separate video.

"@shaq please do it I can't wait to sue," Ross wrote on his Instagram Story.

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NBA fans have taken notice of the Shaq and Ross "beef," taking to Instagram to leave their thoughts.

"They beefing again," one fan said.

"Shaq’s not playing around with Adin," added another.

"'I can’t wait to sue' spoken like a true (expletive), wrote a third.

"Naw if you pissing off Shaq you (expletive) up…." added a fourth.

"If you piss off shaq you really gotta be a piece of (expletive)," commented a fifth.

"Lol this beef is so good," posted a sixth.

The "beef" between Shaq and Ross may have started in March when the streamer slapped Shaq's food out of his hand. O'Neal was much more laid back at the time, only staring Ross down.

Ross has made a living as a video game streamer on Twitch and YouTube, focusing on the NBA-based game, "NBA2K." He has even had numerous celebrity guests on his streams, including Los Angeles Lakers rookie Bronny James, the son of LeBron James.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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