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The Real Shaq is on Twitter and He’s a Must-Follow

Source: Mashable!

18 hours ago

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The always quotable basketball star Shaquille O’Neal (see: Kobe, How’s My #$! Taste?) is on Twitter, and it is without a doubt, the real Shaq. Twitter welcomed the Phoenix Suns star to the service in a blog post, and The New York Times has a profile of how the giant found his way onto the microblogging tool. Apparently, a Shaq impersonator had been sending out messages, so like Britney, Shaq took matters into his own huge hands and setup an account.

However, unlike Britney, @THE_REAL_SHAQ is all Shaq. He’s posting most of his updates via txt message, with highlights including “This is straight from the shaqs mouth I love phil jackson Kobe bryant is the best palyer [sic] in the game” and “Why does shane battier always were that golf masters jacket on the bench, lol.”

Some of the references might not make much sense if you don’t closely follow pro basketball and have a familiarity some of Shaq’s hilariously candid sound bites through the years. But if you do, do yourself a favor and follow @THE_REAL_SHAQ - it’s must-see Tweeting. Even if you don’t, it’s an

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Comments (2)

Josh Miller,

15 hours ago

Oh man, his Tweets are hilarious.

Still, He's likely someone I'll follow for a month and then drop. I get tired of filling my time line with pointless Celebritweeting.