{"id":31694,"date":"2022-05-26T11:57:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T11:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/shaq-says-pro-esports-players-real-athletes"},"modified":"2024-07-19T08:58:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T08:58:48","slug":"shaq-says-pro-esports-players-real-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/esports\/shaq-says-pro-esports-players-real-athletes","title":{"rendered":"Shaq praises pro esports players, believes they’re real athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shaquille O’Neal shared his opinion about esports<\/a> athletes in a recent interview with reporter Jake Lucky. While on the Full Squad tour bus, Jake got a positive and surprising response from the former basketball star.<\/p>\n

Jake Lucky is currently touring around America in The Full Squad tour bus for two weeks, with the intent of meeting important people in gaming and esports and talking about its culture.<\/p>\n

While most people do not associate Shaquille O’Neal with gaming and esports; however, on the contrary, Big Shamrock revealed that he is an avid gamer and an esports fan. His investment in NRG’s Rocket League team is a small example of his association with gaming, notwithstanding his latest stance on the status of esports pros.<\/p>\n

Big Shaq believes esports pros are real athletes<\/h2>\n
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Shaquille O’Neal playing on a PlayStation 4 at The White House. (Picture: Paperlyte \/ YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On 26th May 2022, Jake Lucky shared a brief excerpt of his interview with Shaq on Twitter. In the video clip, Jake asked the former American professional basketball player about his stance on whether professional esports players should be regarded as “athletes.” Shaq was direct with his answer and said, “I do.”<\/p>\n

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I asked Shaq if esports players are athletes<\/p>\n

His answer was frikin beautiful pic.twitter.com\/R5O0176nII<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) May 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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