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ATLANTA, GEORGIA – DECEMBER 28: Shaquille O’Neal attends 2019 World Lightweight & World Light Heavy Weight Championships at State Farm Arena on December 28, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

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The world knows Shaq as a legendary basketball player, but to his teammates, he is a jokester. Shaq loves to do pranks with his co-hosts and teammates. But sometimes his pranks took a whole new level. Furthermore, during his time with the Phoenix Suns, he became a nightmare for his teammate Lou Amundson. With whom he did a disgusting prank that will make you feel bad about Amundson.
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In 2008, Shaq became a part of the Phoenix Suns. And there he met the long blond-haired power forward, Lou Amundson. And from there started a series of pranks by both individuals. In 2021, Shaq made an appearance on the “All Smoke Podcast” and there the hosts made a revelation about Shaq involving his underwear to prank his teammate Amundson.
Shaq and Amundson’s back-and-forth prank war took a disgusting turn when Shaq put Amundson’s mouthpiece in his tights during the shootarounds. And then quietly puts it into Amundson’s locker. Furthermore, Amundson was unaware of the prank, but Shaq informed everyone. After the coach finished speaking, everyone gathered in the huddle and burst out laughing. This prank might still haunt Amundson.
This incident triggered a prank war between Shaquille O’Neal and Lou Amundson.
Shaquille O’Neal, the prankster
The story does not stop here. Amundson afterward filled Shaq’s truck with millions of tiny pink styrofoam pieces. Shaq, being Shaq, made a vow to take revenge. And one thing Amundson was particularly proud of was his beautiful blond hair. You have to go for Amundson’s hair if you want to strike him where it hurts, right? That’s exactly what Shaq did. Shaq and his teammates clipped a patch of hair from Amundson’s hair. And he also got his brows trimmed.

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LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 18: Shaquille O’Neal #32 of the Phoenix Suns is congratualted by his teammate Steve Nash #13 and Grant Hill #33 during the basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers during the second quarter at the Staples Center on February 18, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
What’s more, Shaq once peed in Amundson’s sneakers. And after the series of prank wars between the duo. It created fear in Amundson, about what Shaq is going to do next. One in an interview, Amundson said, “I don’t know. I think he’s going to do something, though.”
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However, Lou Amundson is not only the victim of Shaq’s pranks. Once, Shaq filled the car of his close friends Charles Barkley with peanuts. Talking things further, The Los Angeles Lakers legend once claimed to see a big foot and showed his teammates a video of him walking naked in a desert. Shocking, isn’t it? Do tell us your reaction in the comment section below.
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