Plenty of players end up going on TV after they retire from active competition, and the nature of the job requires them to comment upon contemporary stars. Shaq, who has never refrained from speaking his mind, also gets criticized for being too harsh on modern-day players. However, Dwyane Wade and Gilbert Arenas have a different opinion on the matter.
It was Shaq, who, apart from playing, was also on commercials and different media platforms. When Wade was about to retire, he revealed that he never wanted to do TV. Bucks-Warriors highlights. Sixers-Celtics highlights. And that is it. The conversational nature of the show has its advantages and disadvantages. After former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was recently convicted of murdering George Floyd last summer, the show dedicated its pregame segment to discussing the matter, what it meant for a deeply divided nation, and how much progress still needs to be made, particularly in the way we approach policing in this country.
It was a thoughtful and important conversation, and it continued after the Clippers won and Paul George joined the show. With less weighty matters, the Tuesday show can be more inclined to go off topic and indulge their whims. The reaction from Parker and Wade was swift and mirrored my own at home. On the Warriors? Next year? Not so with Shaq and TNT. Basketball is a lot. Besides, his Rosetta Stone lessons probably eat up a lot of time. The math won out long ago even if Shaq, Kenny, and Charles often pretend otherwise.
I give it to Wade. Dwyane Wade was tired. It was late, and it had been a long day. That evening in April, Wade was wearing a gray pinstripe suit over a black T-shirt. A bouquet of white and gray flowers were stitched onto the jacket, just above the left breast pocket—leaving one viewer to tweet that it looked like someone had spilled a milkshake on him.
Wade initially tried to shrug it off, which is not exactly how the show operates. Certainly not on Thursdays, and not on Tuesdays if Shaq was going to have anything to say about it. An episode that had momentarily sputtered to an awkward halt was suddenly moving again, powered by Shaq smirking and laughing at his own joke while the other three playfully shook their heads. And just like that, everyone seemed energized again. In a format where everyone knows their roles, Shaq has been comfortable in his for a long time.
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