O’Neal invaded ESPN’s “NBA Countdown” set on Thursday minutes before Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Pacers and Thunder. Midway through the show, O’Neal made his way onto the set and was met with tons of laughter from hosts Stephen A. Smith, Malika Andrews, Bob Myers and Kendrick Perkins.

Shaquille O’Neal crashes ESPN’s NBA Countdown set ahead of Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Pacers and Thunder.

Shaquille O'Neal decided to move on over to ESPN a bit early. O'Neal and his partners at Inside the NBA are moving to the four-letter network next season, but he got a jump on things by showing up on set before Game 1 of the NBA Finals.