NBA fans have sent well wishes to basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal after the 51-year-old posted a worrying picture from hospital.
The four-time NBA champion underwent hip replacement surgery, which has ruled him out of appearing on TNT during March Madness alongside co-hosts, Ernie Johnson and Candace Parker, who he dedicated his hospital tweet to. “I’m always watching @TurnerSportsEJ and @Candace_Parker miss y’all,” O'Neal wrote on Twitter.
Shaq’s hospital snap has NBA fans taking to social media to wish him a speedy recovery. “You good big man?” said one fan under O’Neal’s tweet. Others threw their support behind the 7ft1in giant, hoping to spur him on to a quick return to working as an NBA and TNT analyst.