Stal Shaq hugmyndinni að "Shaq VS" af Steve Nash?

Shortly after O'Neal was traded to the Suns in February 2008, Nash mentioned to his new teammate a reality show he was pursuing. It would feature the Suns point guard taking on professional athletes in their own sport.

The topic didn't come up again until early in the 2008-09 season, when O'Neal boarded the Suns bus and told the team he would be starring in a new reality show in which he would be taking on, you got it, professional athletes in their own sport.

"You mean the idea you stole from me?" one Suns representative said he heard Nash say.

Nash fór í það að vitja réttar síns í þessu máli og er nú orðinn "executive producer" af þættinum.  Maður að nafni Todd Gallagher hefur hins vegar höfðað mál gegn Shaq út af þessu máli og segir að hugmyndin að baki þættinum sé ískyggilega lík bók hans, "Andy Roddick Beat Me With a Frying Pan", þar sem Gallagher skorar á íþróttamenn í þeirra greinum.

HookUp:  The Arizona Republic og Ball Don't Lie