The title and idea for this episode came from a series of interstitial aired on Kids's WB during a sweeps month in Season 1. These interstitial had Static team up with NBA super star Shaquille O'Neal and were called "The Adventures of Static Shaq".
It is explained that NBA super star Shaquille O'Neal is an old friend of Robert Hawkins and the two met when Shaq was around Virgil's age and attended a basketball camp where Robert was working as one of the camp's counselors.