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Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle sees a young Shaq in New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson. Through his first 16 NBA games, Zion has been a monster on both ends of the floor for New Orleans. He’s averaging 24.2 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.2 assists while shooting 58.8 percent from the field, 41.7 percent […]

Future NBA Hall of Fame shooting guard Dwyane Wade has enjoyed retirement thus far, with the Miami Heat lifting his No. 3 jersey into the rafters of American Airlines Arena last month and now his new TNT broadcast colleague (and former teammate) Shaq losing an on-air bet to him. Shaquille O’Neal bet Wade that the […]

For former NBA player-turned-analyst Kendrick Perkins claims Houston Rockets guard Russell Westbrook is looking like Shaquille O’Neal in the way he dominates the paint. According to Perkins, he changed Westbrook’s name to Russell Westbrook O’Neal because of the way he’s punishing opponents in the paint. He acknowledged Giannis Antetokounmpo’s supreme abilities, but he was more […]

Shaquille O’Neal is a minority owner of the Sacramento Kings, but The Diesel doesn’t know that Harrison Barnes is on the team. https://twitter.com/TheHoopCentral/status/1233198179690004480 Barnes won’t cut his hair or shave his beard until the Kings get to .500 or the season ends. He may regret that. The Kings have a lot of talent, but they haven’t gotten […]

Shaquille O’Neal doesn’t hold back — especially when it comes to his exchanges with Charles Barkley. According to the part-owner of the Sacramento Kings, the Kings are not only better than the Phoenix Suns — but Phoenix also “sucks.” The verbal back-and-forth took place on “Inside the NBA.” Barkley, who happened to play for the […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Shaquille O’Neal told a great, funny story during the emotional Kobe Bryant eulogy on Monday at Staples Center. Shaq says once, in response to teammates complaining that Kobe wouldn’t pass, he approached Kobe and told him there was no “I” in team. Kobe’s response: “Yeah but there is a “me” in […]

Shaquille O’Neal admits having trouble sleeping after the tragic death of fellow Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, per Marc Stein of The New York Times. I chatted with O’Neal on Feb. 13 — a Thursday that tipped off a 96-hour filled with assignments in Chicago — and asked if working so much and trying […]

Shaquille O’Neal was a dominant force in the game even before he broke into the NBA in 1992. The 7-foot-1 behemoth was dominant at LSU and in high school, and he was breaking rims and backboards way before he made those viral memories in the league. Speaking with Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles on the […]

Brooklyn Nets All-Star Kevin Durant recently joined Bleacher Report for a wide-ranging interview. As part of the discussion, the two-time champion was asked which five players he would pick if he could only watch their highlights forever. “If you could only watch basketball highlights of five players forever, who are the players?” Bleacher Report asked […]

The Utah Jazz have quietly become one of the more exciting NBA teams in the league. Adding to their pick-and-roll arsenal, the team embraced the 3-point line which led to a fourth-best 36-18 record in the Western Conference. Utah’s  success has also allowed for their stars Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert to become NBA All-Stars. […]

NBA fans who kept tabs on Shareef O’Neal were probably wondering where he will be playing next after dropping out of UCLA. The question has been answered by the man himself this All-Star Weekend: he’s following his father’s footsteps and is continuing his collegiate hoops at LSU. Sports Illustrated caught up with the 6’9″ forward […]

Thursday will mark just the 10th game for New Orleans Pelicans’ Zion Williamson, but the rookie sensation is already in historic—and very specific—company. As ESPN’s Andrew Lopez tweeted out, Williamson is leading the league in second chance points per game (5.2) and ranks third in points in the paint per game (15.1). Over the past […]

Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal once again went after Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid. Embiid had an awful first half against the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday and O’Neal didn’t hold back in his assessment of the Sixers All-Star center during TNT’s halftime show. https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status/1225608060372123648?s=20 Last time this happened, O’Neal and Charles Barkley said they […]

Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard will be playing in his fifth All-Star Game in Chicago later this month, but he will also partake in the festivities on Saturday night. Lillard–or should we say, “Dame D.O.L.L.A.”–will perform musically, giving the fans a precursor to performances from Chicago natives Chance the Rapper and Common on […]

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Lakers went head-to-head against Gregg Popovich’s struggling San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night at the Staples Center and resembled the dominant force they have been for the majority of the season thus far. Along with handing the Spurs their 28th loss of the 2019-20 campaign, Dwight Howard had another […]

As the world continues to mourn the loss of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, the impact he had on people remains profound as some have taken what they learned from him and apply it to their life on a daily basis. Shaquille O’Neal’s son, Shareef O’Neal, is one of the last people in contact […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Shaquille O’Neal bought a fan, Patrick Martin, a laptop after Martin offered his sympathies to Shaq for the recent deaths of Kobe Bryant and O’Neal’s sister, Ayesha Harrison-Jex, who died in October after a battle with cancer. O’Neal and Bryant won three titles together with the Lakers. They are one of […]

Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal had a unique relationship on the Los Angeles Lakers, which is why Shaq is deeply affected by The Black Mamba’s death. As a part of his coping mechanism, Shaq decided to talk about Kobe’s antics when he was alive. One of the things he brought up was how a young […]

There is no doubt that Shaquille O’Neal has been one of the most affected by the untimely loss of former Los Angeles Lakers teammate Kobe Bryant. O’Neal recently took part in the NBA’s tribute show for Bryant, in which the big man spoke about his grief and how difficult it has been for him to […]

Los Angeles Lakers icon Shaquille O’Neal has announced that he will donate the proceeds from his Super Bowl Party this weekend to the families who were involved in Sunday morning’s helicopter crash that killed his friend and former teammate, Kobe Bryant. Shaq and Kobe shared a close bond, even despite all their differences when they […]

The world is still obviously shaking from the shock of Kobe Bryant’s tragic passing on Sunday morning. Among those extremely affected from the devastation is Bryant’s former partner-in-crime with the Los Angeles Lakers, Shaquille O’Neal. The four-time NBA champion gave an emotional, tearful tribute to the late Lakers legend on a special edition of Inside […]

Even as a rookie for the Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant had big plans for his legacy. Bryant’s future teammate and NBA on TNT broadcaster Shaquille O’Neal reminisced on the time where a 17-year-old Bryant told him that he was going to be the best player in the world and off the court, bigger than […]

Los Angeles Lakers legends Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant took the NBA by storm in the early 2000’s by not only winning one championship but rather winning three straight. While the Hall of Fame big man and the scoring machine certainly had their differences over the years, there is no doubt that Shaq and Kobe […]

Hall of Fame and former Los Angeles Lakers center Shaquille O’Neal spent eight seasons as Kobe Bryant’s teammate, and through the championships and feuds, he was still friends with the recently departed star shooting guard. O’Neal, 47, is grieving the loss of Bryant and the lifelong Laker’s 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, along with seven others who […]

Shaquille O’Neal, who won three straight titles with Kobe Bryant donning the Los Angeles Lakers jersey, is saddened by the fact that they will no longer be able to talk about their historic partnership when they are old and gray. In his the Big Podcast with Shaq, O’Neal spoke about the legacy of his former […]

By now, you know all of the details surrounding the horrific, untimely, gut-wrenching, heartbreaking, tear-jerking deaths of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, along with seven others in a helicopter crash on Sunday. Obviously, the first people that came to mind when hearing the news were his wife, Vanessa, and his […]

The whole world remains in shock with the news of Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna tragically losing their lives in a helicopter crash in Calabasas on Sunday afternoon. Even Shaquille O’Neal, who formed one of the best duos in the NBA with Kobe on the Los Angeles Lakers, is at a loss for words with […]

Stephen Curry took a crack at naming his all-time starting five during a recent appearance on All The Smoke, a podcast headlined by former teammate Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson. The Golden State Warriors star was quick to dart his first three players, but had to think long and hard about his frontcourt additions. “Magic […]

By the end of his 19-year NBA career, Shaquille O’Neal was widely known as one of the most dominant big men in NBA history. As good as Shaq was, if the 7-foot-1 center had one weakness, it was his free throw shooting. For his career, the Los Angeles Lakers legend shot just 52.7 percent from […]

Hall-of-Fame big man Shaquille O’Neal is very vocal about how he is the most dominant force the NBA has ever seen. And he’s right. Nobody manhandled his defenders down low like prime Shaquille O’Neal did. However, on this segment of Inside the NBA, Shaq admitted that facing Michael Jordan for the first time legitimately terrified […]

Shaquille O’Neal doubled down on his belief that his duo with Kobe Bryant would beat the Los Angeles Lakers’ current one-two punch of LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Appearing in the most recent episode of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the 19-year NBA veteran and TNT analyst had to hairs on his tongue when […]

In his first year donning the Purple and Gold, Anthony Davis has already forged himself beside Los Angeles Lakers greats, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Shaquille O’Neal. In their 106-99 win over the Detroit Pistons, Davis became just the third Laker since 1982 to record 24-11, along with eight blocks. Lakers player with 24+ PTS, 11+ REB, […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar Anthony Davis is truly the next great big in La-La Land, getting it done on both ends of the floor in their thrilling 106-99 win over the Detroit Pistons at the Staples Center on Sunday. Apart from leading the Lakers on offense with another impressive double-double of 24 points and 11 […]

It’s been almost nine years since Shaquille O’Neal announced his retirement after 19 NBA seasons, yet The Big Aristotle is still chomping at the bit to take a crack at today’s NBA. While the 47-year-old big man isn’t planning a comeback, he claims he is playing in the NBA vicariously through Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis […]

As it turns out, retired four-time NBA champion Shaquille O’Neal is not a big fan of analytics. This is especially the case when this is taken in the context of big men in the league today. According to O’Neal, analytics present a false notion: “You ever heard of the term cooking the books? That’s what […]

With the end of 2019 drawing near, the producers at NBA on TNT compiled a top-10 list of the most memorable moments shared this decade between the show’s hosts, Ernie Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith. The NBA on TNT crew is a famous lot, known for their comedic outtakes. The pairing of […]

Chicago Bulls icon Michael Jordan enjoyed several prestigious victories over the course of his career in the NBA. The North Carolina native won six championships with Chicago and left a lasting legacy along the way. However, let’s take a look back at his last playoff defeat — a loss to Shaquille O’Neal and the upstart […]

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo is one of the most unique players in NBA history. Antetokounmpo’s unprecedented combination of size, length and athleticism paired with his ball-handling and playmaking have made him a nightmare for opposing teams on both ends of the floor. The man known as the “Greek Freak” became a league MVP at […]

Retired NBA icon Shaquille O’Neal told an interesting story about Stevie Wonder during Thursday night’s episode of Inside the NBA on TNT. At first, Shaq was reluctant to tell the story in its entirety. His co-host, Kenny “The Jet” Smith, pressed the issue, so The Big Diesel obliged. “I know the story,” Smith shouted. “He’s […]