“Slavic Lasagna!”: Shaquille O’Neal Ignorantly Forgets Nikola Jokic’s Nationality While Claiming He Would ‘Torture’ 2x MVP

The Denver Nuggets hosted the top-seeded Memphis Grizzlies tonight and kept them at bay all night. Nikola Jokic, just like always, played brilliantly. Playing without Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr, the Nuggets have managed to put a leash on the Grizzlies. Shaquille O’Neal and Inside the NBA crew are covering the game being broadcasted on TNT.

In the last game that Jokic played, he dropped 40 points, 27 rebounds, and ten assists on the Hornets.

Nikola Jokic put up historic numbers in the Nuggets win tonight.

40 PTS
27 REB
10 AST
2 STL

He’s the first player to record 40+ PTS, 25+ REB, and 10+ AST in a game since Wilt Chamberlain in 1968. pic.twitter.com/JfKjl9Ngi6

— NBA (@NBA) December 19, 2022

They started things off by talking about the Joker’s outfit to the game.

“LOOK AT THAT MAN RIGHT THERE”

Chuck’s reaction to Joker’s pregame fit pic.twitter.com/wU6SwOqsra

— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) December 21, 2022

During the half-time show, Shaq talked about Jokic, and well, he made yet another comment.

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Shaquille O’Neal gets Nikola Jokic’s nationality wrong

Shaquille O’Neal is one of the funniest personalities on TV. The 7ft 1″ big man dominated the NBA, and now he’s dominating basketball TV. Shaq keeps it real always, and the fans love that about him. However, there are times when he messes up too.

Tonight, he was talking about how Nikola Jokic can’t score easily on him, whereas he would’ve had ‘Slavic Lasagna’ on offense.

Shaq on how he would guard Nikola Jokic:#SlavicLasagnaAlert pic.twitter.com/6Vrp7FaySp

— ’ (@_Talkin_NBA) December 21, 2022

Ernie corrected him and reminded him Jokic is Serbian, not Slavic. That didn’t seem to concern Shaq, who knocked it off and said, “Same thing. Serbian, Slavic.”

This isn’t the first time he’s messed up Jokic’s nationality. He once spoke to Jokic in Russian, thinking the 2x MVP was from Russia. At this point, I’m not even sure whether Shaq genuinely doesn’t know or if he’s doing it just to be funny.

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NBA Twitter reacts to Shaq’s shenanigans

NBA Twitter is no stranger to Shaq and his various comments. They saw what he said on Inside the NBA, and couldn’t hold themselves back from reacting.

Slavic lasagna shaq top 5

— marcus (@mv2rcus) December 21, 2022

Ain’t no way Shaq just called Jokic “Slavic Lasagna” when asked about how he would play Jokic

— Zachary (@ZachTweetsBall) December 21, 2022

Shaq just said Jokic is Slavic, then Ernie corrected him and said he’s Serbian, and Shaq said its the same thing he’s too funny don’t cancel him

— Eric Afton (@EricAfton3) December 21, 2022

Shaq said that if Nikola Jokic tried to guard him he’d turn him into SLAVIC LASAGNA LOLOL

— Swipa (@SwipaCam) December 21, 2022

Shaq funny asf he just said if Jokic had to guard him it’d be “Slavic Lasagna Alert” pic.twitter.com/mRkISbiTax

— HOF (@notxavierrrr) December 21, 2022

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