Shaquille O’Neal is very much a man of the people. During his NBA career, his massive personality, on-court dominance, and appeal to people who weren’t necessarily basketball fans made him a superstar on and off the court. Plus he’s a television analyst, a cop, and someone who seems like a legitimately good person, meaning it’s very hard to dislike Shaq.
Now, Shaq is trying to add another note to his already impressive resume: magician. The Big Diesel posted a video to his Instagram account of a trick illusion that he did with a family of three boys and their dad.
Now the routine itself isn’t especially mind-blowing — we’ll get to that in a second — but the presentation was pretty good. This isn’t a surprise, because it would be kind of shocking Shaq couldn’t nail the “make something entertaining” part of a magic performance.
Of course, the way the trick is done is obvious. Some heroes in the comment section made it a point to mention that — GASP! — those involved in this who aren’t Shaq were hiding behind the corner and just hopping behind the blanket as he was holding it up. I mean, this wouldn’t have exactly pulled the wool over anyone’s eyes on Penn & Teller: Fool Us, but it was still a good time.
