Sources told ESPN that the Warriors contacted Turner officials to express concern about TNT’s yearslong McGee coverage on the “Shaqtin’ a Fool” segment on the popular “Inside The NBA” show, with the team contending that the ongoing negative portrayal of the veteran center is doing unnecessary damage to McGee’s reputation.
A Turner source confirmed the discussions with the Warriors and told ESPN that “the matter has been discussed internally” after a Twitter feud erupted Thursday night between O’Neal and McGee.
McGee’s penchant for oncourt gaffes in stints with the Wizards, Nuggets, 76ers, Mavericks and Warriors have been a mainstay of O’Neal’s weekly “Shaqtin’ a Fool” blooper reel. But the network took it a step further Thursday night when it aired a “Doctor Strange” piece devoted exclusively to McGee bloopers.
That prompted a nasty exchange of tweets Thursday night between McGee and O’Neal in which McGee told the Hall of Famer to stop talking about him in explicit fashion, followed by O’Neal threatening to “smack the s**t out yo bum ass.”
Last thing: think about this…. h3 woke up and I was the 1st thing on his mind when he made that video…THAT AINT WIERD TO YALL?
@JaValeMcGee34 now since you on a good team u wanna act like you a player now stop it u will only be remembered for shaqtin a fool #bumass
