"Pretty much the second Shaquille O'Neal announced his retirement, speculation started as to what his next career venture would be. Of course there's the policeman route, the move star route, the reality TV star route, the music route or the natural fit, the broadcasting route.

According to Darren Rovell of CNBC, Shaq's going with the latter, for now. Rovell tweeted, "Sources have confirmed that Shaq has agreed in principle to join Turner."

It really was just a question of where Shaq would go. With his big personality, popularity and knack for being great on camera, it really was going to come down to ESPN or Turner. And with Shaq choosing Turner, that just means the best is only getting better. With Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley and Chris Webber -- who was terrific in his first year as an analyst -- Turner has the market cornered on excellent NBA studio commentary."