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Shaquille O’Neal thinks the Earth is flat.
The iconic basketballer, who has flown around the world multiple times, made the incredible and incorrect claim on an episode of ‘The Big Podcast with Shaq.’
The Hall of Famer was discussing the theory last month after Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving made a similar claim during an interview prior to the NBA’s All-Star Weekend.
Shaq charged to the defense of Irving, saying: ‘It’s true. The Earth is flat. The Earth is flat.’
‘I drive from Florida to California all the time, and it’s flat to me.
‘I do not go up and down at a 360-degree angle, and all that stuff about gravity, have you looked outside Atlanta lately and seen all these buildings?
‘You mean to tell me that China is under us? China is under us? It’s not. The world is flat.’
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I’m sure Shaq is simply confusing the curvature of space noticeable in the vicinity of a gravitational field such as Earth’s with curvature of the Earth itself. It’s an easy mistake to make, much easier than saying aloud “Shaq’s an idiot” with your tongue in your cheek.
Did he “graduate” from school with only a grade 3 education?
What are his thoughts on Guam, maybe, tipping over? He could run for office you know.
Well?
The earth IS flat!
I meen, jus walk outside ….. you don’t roll down to China, do yu?
That’d be pretty dumb.
“Did he “graduate” from school with only a grade 3 education?”
Was curious about that myself since most NBA players hold college degrees. According to Wikipedia, he left LSU early to pursue his career in bakkabaw, but continued his education. Must have opted out of science and geography.
Somebody should axe Shaq what the view from the edge is like. Can you see that stack of turtles the whole thing is sitting on?
Those are some heavy Atlantean buildings, too.
Where does the sun go at night? Why do we have seasons? Is the moon flat too? Please, Shaq, enlighten all of us!
Rick Maddow is flat Shaq, not the Earth.
Don’t kid yourself; I doubt if Oprah is any smarter.
Do they get concussions in basketball?
Maybe Shaq reads Tom “we’re at near full employment with only 94 million unemployed” Friedman?
He’s been wearing those electric pain patches on his forehead again.
This explains why his head R flat too….
I think Shaq did graduate from LSU w. education degree. Couldn’t have been geography, you should learn about Earth-sun relations and seasonality and all that in the first week–but some college athletes have been known to miss class sometimes.
If his eyebrows were on the other side of his head?…would they be in China?…
It’s from stuffing himself in a Buick LeCrosse too long.
Hey, he may be right. Cory Booker, D-NJ, once drove from New Jersey to Hawaii.
@Lowell and Anonymous.
I’m LMFAO over here.
Too funny !!
He just got appointed Science Adviser for Rep. Maxine Waters.
Shaq is a likeable guy.
He also is a mouthbreathing moron who couldn’t make a freethrow despite his ability to touch the rim from the free throw line.
Give him a cookie and tell him to ignore big ideas.
Y’all have to excuse Shaq. He went to LSU, as I did. That should explain all you need to know.
@ Diogenes I had knee surgery at LSU,NewOrleans……I thought about eating a beignet…..I think we might have some common balance….LOL….
Another musloid…
No wonder he’s a shitty basketball player. He’s trying to use his head. Shaq, leave the thinking to the thinkers.
Shaq….basketball hero, science expert…and proud muslim.
^I just googled that and holy sh-t, you’re right. He’s a muslim. o-o
I thought that the whole ‘the earth is flat’ thing was tongue and cheek humor, but he seems sincere in his stupidity.
He’s undoubtedly seen those oddly convincing youtube videos with their “analysis” that “proves” the Earth is flat.
like this one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFjG4jpUhQI
I think hollow earth is more plausible.
There are UFO bases under the antarctic too.
It’s about mocking fake news.
Of course fake news of the right-wing kind.
Who knew Shaq was a member of the Flat Earth Society
More crap fake news. Find a dumbass, get him
to make a dumb ass statement, and WALAT! It’s
now front page on Yahoo.
Stop it. The man is a genius. Also one of the greatest free-throw shooters the NBA has ever seen….
@ Nate, The only free throw shooter I have ever seen on TV who was worse than Shaq, was in the White House.
White boys practice much more cause they know the black boys are gonna foul them.