Shaquille O’Neal has already built up a generational fortune worth $400 million at the age of 51. A massive part of that is the array of endorsement deals he has under his belt, one of which is his deal with the ‘Meat District’. Recently, Shaq posted a commercial for his signature meat with the company, where he kept things beyond realistic. Interestingly enough, that included missing a key free-throw, despite calling himself ‘the black Stephen Curry’.
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Over the course of his illustrious basketball career, O’Neal got to the free-throw line an awful lot. After all, the only way other players could stop him was to foul him. Unfortunately, the big man was never able to take full advantage of this phenomenon, missing 5,317 free throws over the course of his career.
A tally that he likely wouldn’t have liked to add to, especially after his blunder in Scary Movie 4. Unfortunately for him, the director of his latest advertisement had other ideas.
Shaquille O’Neal adds to his tally of missed free throws after crying in the latest advertisement
Shaquille O’Neal has been highly involved in the food industry for some time now. He owns several franchises of Krispy Kreme and Big Chicken. Additionally, he also has many deals with packaged food companies, with ‘Meat District’ being one of the more popular among them.
Recently, the company released Shaq’s signature burger called the ‘Fat Magnum Burger’. And to announce its release, he teamed up with the content creator, ‘albert_cancook’, and published the advertisement on Instagram. Take a look at their work, along with the Lakers legend’s missed free throw, in the post by Albert below.
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User @golden.gully even commented the following on the commercial.
“Why you gotta make shaq cry”
It’s likely that the big man was beyond disappointed when he failed to get the greens through the hoop. However, it’s hard to believe he stayed upset for too long, considering he got a delicious Fat Magnum Burger prepared just for him.
O’Neal calls himself the ‘black Stephen Curry’
Shaquille O’Neal has never been a great shooter of the basketball. However, as he has admitted over the past few years, Stephen Curry has become his favorite player to watch. And due to that, he has felt the urge to emulate him as much as he can.
Using the Warriors star as his inspiration, he has been able to better his shot, even if by a little bit. Because of this, he has started calling himself the ‘black Steph Curry’, something that has even gotten him into trouble with the superstar’s mother.
