Shaq was pushed into the Christmas tree by Kenny Smith yet again on Inside the NBA

Fool him once, shame on Kenny Smith. But fool him twice, shame on Shaq.

During a segment on Thursday night’s edition of Inside the NBA on TNT, we saw them dive deep into their bag of tricks to pull out off a class prank. This included Smith tricking O’Neal into walking toward the Christmas tree on the set to grab one of his gifts.

Smith, exactly like he has in the past, then pushed the four-time NBA champion directly into the tree. O’Neal absolutely should have seen this coming considering he has fallen victim to this so many times before.

It was either a well-timed maneuver from Smith or O’Neal was in on the bit.

If the longtime NBA big man was indeed part of the joke, he probably could have had a decent career in stunt comedy or professional wresting because he took that fall fairly well.

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