“Shaquille O’Neal if you don’t come with facts, you’re not gonna win!”: Candace Parker on how she and Dwyane Wade deal with The Diesel on NBAonTNT

Akash Murty | 05/05/2022
"Shaquille O'Neal if you don't come with facts, you're not gonna win!": Candace Parker describes how she and Dwyane Wade deal with The Diesel on NBAonTNT

WNBA legend Candace Parker talks to Taylor Rooks about what working with Shaquille O’Neal feels like.

Shaquille O’Neal has developed some new friendships on the sets of Inside the NBA over the past year. With Turner Sports bringing back TNT Tuesdays, a new panel featuring the next generation of analysts along with Shaq has been entraining us with some fresh energy.

The old and hit cast of Ernie Johnson and Kenny “The Jet” Smith are well-adjusted to Charles Barkley’s and O’Neal’s wild takes. But the new cast starring Candace Parker and Dwyane Wade alongside host Adam Lefkoe needed time in doing so.

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Diesel’s long-time friend and former teammate D-Wade must be used to his big talks as he was the same or even worse during his playing years as well. But Candace found herself dumbstruck when she first met the person she knew only by his larger than life personality and big “accomplishments and stats”.

She talked about how she handles the Big Aristotle and his astronomical takes with Taylor Rooks on the Bleacher Report and Turner Sports broadcaster’s podcast Women Hooping on YouTube.

 

Candace Parker alongside Dwyane Wade is undefeated in arguments with Shaquille O’Neal

Parker started telling the story of when Shaq met with her 6-year-old daughter Lailaa and played Uno with her and didn’t let her win a single game while celebrating his victories like a kid himself saying “Take that.”

And then she answered Rooks’ question on what does it take to beat Shaq in an argument? She describes how every time Shaq has a hot take, she and Wade will look at each other to who’ll go ahead to fact-check the veteran analyst in his backyard.

It’s now bread and butter for both the newbies to call Shaq out on his absurd takes, which even most fans will know are a lie. They sometimes bully Shaq who was a well-known bully during his playing career and still is to both Kenny and Chuck most of the time.

It is so soothing to see a bully getting bullied.

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Akash Murty

An Electrical and Electronics Engineer by degree, Akash Murty is an NBA Editor at The SportsRush. Previously a Software Engineer, Murty couldn’t keep himself away from sports, and his knack for writing and putting his opinion forward brought him to the TSR. A big Soccer enthusiast, his interest in basketball developed late, as he got access to a hoop for the first time at 17. Following this, he started watching basketball at the 2012 Olympics, which transitioned to NBA, and he became a fan of the game as he watched LeBron James dominate the league. Him being an avid learner of the game and ritually following the league for around a decade, he now writes articles ranging from throwbacks, and live game reports, to gossip. LA Lakers are his favourite basketball team, while Chelsea has his heart in football. He also likes travelling, reading fiction, and sometimes cooking.

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