The web is abuzz about news that NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal has retired from the NBA this season, with Twitter lighting up with topics such as “Shaq Retires“.

While Shaq himself has shared before that he indeed has plans to retire presumably after this season, the news of Shaq actually retiring right now is untrue. Some web reports state that the reason behind the sudden surge in interest behind Shaq retiring was actually started and influenced by CollegeHumor.com.

Shaquille O’Neal currently averages 10.9 points and 6.8 rebounds per game with the Cavaliers this season, so there really isn’t much sense for him to retire at this point in his career.

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