Lack-a-Shaq? O'Neal claims he still hasn't been served in FTX lawsuit

Now it's come out that the service described by attorney Adam Moskowitz and his firm was simply throwing the legal papers at Shaq's car. O'Neal's lawyers claim their client did nothing overt to avoid service, and that he simply "drove past the strangers lurking outside his home."

According to the Wall Street Journal, proper legal service "requires an authorized person to deliver a paper copy of the summons and the complaint to the individual personally." That doesn't seem to have happened in O'Neal's case, which means that the legal proceedings can't go forward. The plaintiffs have two choices: Properly serve O'Neal with the complaint, or drop him as a defendant.

The plaintiff's lawyers asked permission to serve O'Neal via social media, but that effort was shut down like the Sacramento Kings trying to win a seven-game series.

O'Neal's motion was denied by a judge after his adversaries filed an amended complaint. But his attorneys contend that "Mr. O’Neal has not evaded service by failing to be at the residences where Plaintiffs belatedly attempted service." It seems unbelievable that a 7-foot-1 highly public figure, who is on television most nights during the playoffs is simply impossible to find.

That being said, O'Neal has shown quite a bit of speed and agility over the years.

Because of that, it's hard for plaintiffs to claim O'Neal has been in hiding. He even posted photos of himself in the hospital after hip replacement surgery, and the process servers still haven't managed to serve him. But Moskowitz said his firm is "not going away," which is also what the Lakers said when O'Neal asked them to trade Kobe Bryant.

We've written before that the funniest possible outcome to the saga would be for Ernie, Chuck and Kenny to prank O'Neal by serving him with papers on the set of "Inside The NBA," but with their season possibly ending Tuesday night, it's likely that the Shaq service saga will linger into the summer.

And process servers will continue their quixotic pursuit of one of the largest, most famous men in the world.