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In the video below, retired NBA player-turned-TNT analyst Shaquille O’Neal and television sportscaster Rich Eisen revisit Kenny Smith’s hip check that resulted in him getting tossed into a Christmas tree on the set of ‘insider the NBA’ last night.

O’Neal also reveals how he has reacted to the HBO documentary series ‘Shaq,’ explains why the perceived beef between him and Kobe Bryant during their playing days was more fiction than fact and weighs in on LeBron James closing in on the NBA’s all-time scoring record: