"Kobe Would Never" - NBA Fans Cringe as Shaquille O'Neal Jokingly Coins ‘David Blackham’ Moniker for Himself at FIFA World Cup

NBA fans cringed at one of Shaquille O'Neal's jokes he made at the FIBA World Cup draw. Shaq was one of the draft assistants for the event. At one moment, Shaq shared the stage with Tom Brady and former English soccer player Rio Ferdinand.

The former English player asked Shaq if Brady would have won more Super Bowls with him as his teammate. Shaq chose the moment to crack his joke.

"You know what they call me in the soccer world?" he asked.

"David Blackham," Shaq said before anyone would say anything

Fans clearly didn't love the joke from the NBA legend. One fan thought Shaquille O'Neal was the opposite of the English soccer legend.

"Opposite of David Beckham is Shaq."

London Cowboys

@Jayhryy

@centregoals Opposite of David Beckham is Shaq

One fan slammed Shaq for making an outdated joke.

"This is the most 2005 joke ever."

r1_OP

@r1OP3

@centregoals This is the most 2005 joke ever

"As a FOOTBALL-loving American, I apologize for the cringeness of our country. Absolute retards representing us at the world stage."

The Football Spectator

@Ball_spectator

@centregoals As a FOOTBALL-loving American, I apologize for the cringeness of our country. Absolute retards representing us at the world stage

"Kobe would never 😭."

KOBE MANU 🇮🇳

@KingKobeManU

@centregoals Kobe would never 😭

One fan compared Shaq to Uruguayan soccer player Darwin Núñez.

"More like Shaquille O'Nunez the way you can't score free-throws."

felix

@hecticbellerin4

@centregoals More like Shaquille O'Nunez the way you can't score free-throws

A fan denied such claims from Shaq.

"Not a single soul does."

Anchor

@FPL_Anchor

@centregoals Not a single soul does

"sometimes shaq's jokes are so cringe that even crickets are like fu** that even i ain't chirping no more."

bbburner

@nbaburner348897

@centregoals sometimes shaq's jokes are so cringe that even crickets are like fuck that even i ain't chirping no more

Shaquille O'Neal is getting degree to make a big career move

What hasn't Shaquille O'Neal done in his life? He was the most dominant player in the NBA. He is a DJ, a rapper, a businessman and has participated in WrestleMania 32 in WWE. Just when the world thought the NBA legend was done expanding his professional world, he dropped another big news.

On Thursday, Shaq revealed that he was getting a master's degree to become a sports psychologist. The LA Lakers great said that he decided to help players.

"The reason I'm in school now, getting a Master's of liberal arts, is because when I went to a sports psychologist … he tells me to breathe," Shaq said on "The Big Podcast." "How could you be a sports psychologist and you don't know about sports? I want to be the guy that all these athletes can come to."

Shaquille O'Neal has always held education in a very high regard. In 2019, in a conversation with Forbes, Shaq said that of everything he had achieved, he was most proud of his college degrees. He also said that his mom taught him that education was the most "beneficial tool" one could have.