The Golden State Warriors’ JaVale McGee is known for hilarious, boneheaded plays. He is the ‘Shaqtin’ a Fool’ king.
So, what happened on Saturday night during the Warriors-Suns game at Oracle Arena was certainly not surprising, but that doesn’t make it any less funny.
After Golden State made a free throw in the third quarter, McGee went under the basket to throw the inbound the ball for Phoenix. His Warriors teammates were cracking up, and even Golden State announcers Bob Fitzgerald and Jim Barnett said how this is going on the next Inside the NBA edition of “Shaqtin’ a Fool”:
Classic JaVale.
Soon after the game ended, the Warriors players were already watching the replay of the blooper, and at least McGee got a good laugh about it as well:
Damn guys can y'all wait until y'all take y'all jerseys off before y'all watch me take the ball out for the opposite team?