Shaquille O'Neal Has Hilarious Encounter with College Basketball Player — Who Is Taller Than Him: Watch

Turns out Shaquille O’Neal isn’t always the tallest person in the room.

The former NBA star, 52, was recently “beyond giant” when he had a hilarious encounter with the Florida Gators player, who holds the Guinness World Record for the world’s tallest teenager.

The 7-foot-1 O’Neal squared off against 18-year-old Olivier Rioux, the varsity basketball team’s 7-foot-9 tall center, in a video posted by Hot Freestyle on Friday, Jan. 10.

In the video, O’Neal can be seen scolding Logan Bohbot, director of art management at Medium Rare. But when he turns, he finds his face level with Rioux’s chest.

O’Neal then slowly tilts his head to look the freshman in the eyes, before turning to look at the camera with a shocked expression on his face. The two athletes then burst out laughing.

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“SHAQ has become gigantic. 😂,” Hot Freestyle captioned the post, which was also shared by O’Neal’s official Instagram account.

The retired athlete, who has since taken up DJing as a new profession, also shared the raw version of the video under his DJ Diesel account. He captioned the post: “Choose someone your size 😂.”

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Rioux earned the title of tallest teenager in the world when he reached a height of 7 feet 5 inches at the age of 15.

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In the comments of the Instagram post, fans reacted to the hilarious encounter.

“😂 Funniest video I’ve seen on the internet today thx,” one person wrote, while another added, “Lmao bro IT IS a damn hoop.”

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“You know it’s wild when Shaq has to look up,” said another Instagram user, while another wrote: “Shaq only looks at the Statue of Liberty…so far…😂😂😂.”

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