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Watch Shaquille O'Neal fall down, over and over again

Hey. Hey, you. Want to see Shaquille O'Neal fall down?

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During halftime of TNT's NBA broadcasts, the 7-foot behemoth likes to try to pop out of his chair and beat fellow analyst Kenny Smith to the big proscenium-arch-framed video board where he breaks down plays. During halftime of Game 2 between the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Clippers, Shaq failed to ensure that he wasn't completely tangled in wires before he popped up. Never forget to check your feetwork, Shaq.

Here is Shaquille O'Neal, who has fallen down on this job before, falling down in slow motion, via @its_whitney:

And here is Shaquille O'Neal falling down set to "Timber," via @nick_pants:

Classic slapstick/Shaqstick/slapShaq comedy. Get that man some sponsored back-relief patches and another couple of brand integrations, stat!

After the fall touched off a social-media firestorm, Shaq reached out to his nearly 10 million Twitter followers and decided to turn his crash into a contest:

Shaq's evident early favorites:

A hopeful nation awaits word of which photo/video editor will win Shaquille O'Neal's money.

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