Shaquille O'Neal bio
Born as Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal in Newark, New Jersey on March 6
, 1972, Shaq, as he was nicknamed, became a larger than life figure as an athlete, musician and actor.
Standing at 7 ft 1 inch (2.16 m) and listed as weighing 325 pounds (147 kg), Shaq was one of the most dominating players of his era.
Currently the oldest player in the NBA, Shaq has spent 18 years in the league and is now playing for his 6th different team.
The son of Lucille O'Neal and Joe Toney, Shaq and his family were abandoned by his biological father when he was born. Lucille, a municipal-worker, married a co-worker, Philip Harrison, who joined the army in 1974.
By the time he was 12, the family lived on military bases in New Jersey, Georgia and West Germany. It was in West Germany at the age of 13 that (a now 6' 7") Shaq discovered the game of basketball.
His stepfather was transferred to Fort Houston (San Antonio, Texas) 2 years later. There, Shaq led the team to a undefeated regular season as a junior.
The following season, Shaq led his team to a state championship.
Shaq went on to attended Louisiana State University (LSU) to continue his basketball career and study business. He had met the basketball coach at the time, Dale Brown, years before in Wildflecken, West Germany.
While playing for Brown at LSU, Shaq was a two-time All-American, two-time SEC player of the year, and received the Adolph Rupp Trophy as NCAA men's basketball player of the year in 1991.
Shaq left LSU early after his 3rd year to enter the NBA, but returned to school in 2000 and received a Bachelor of Arts in General Studies.
Shaq was drafted and signed by the Orlando Magic in 1992, receiving him a three year, $41 million contract.
He won the 'Rookie of the year' award for that season and helped lead the Magic to the 1995 NBA Finals.
He also joined Team USA to form 'Dream Team II", which won the World Championships in 1994.
After 4 seasons with the Magic, Shaq signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers.
There, he won 3 consecutive championships in 2000, 2001, and 2002 as the team's "Batman" with Kobe Bryant playing the role of "Robin".
The duos relationship was rocky and filled with feuds, leading to the older Shaq's trade to the Miami Heat in 2004 for Lamar Odom, Caron Butler and Brian Grant.
Paired with a new "Robin" in Dwyane Wade, he won his fourth NBA championship in 2006.
A month before turning 36, Shaq was traded halfway into the season to the Phoenix Suns for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks.
Unable to help them get past the 1st round of the NBA playoffs, Shaq was again traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Sasha Pavl
ovic, Ben Wallace, $500,000 and a 2010 second round draft pick. He has since joined the Boston Celtics as a FA in 2010.
Shaq's individual accolades include the 199900 MVP award, the 199293 NBA Rookie of the Year award, 15 All-Star game selections, 3 All-Star Game MVP awards, 3 Finals MVP awards, 2 scoring titles, 14 All-NBA team selections, a World Championship and 3 NBA All-Defensive Team selections.
Other than basketball, Shaq has successfully released 4 rap albums including 1 platinum album.
He has also appeared in numerous films like Kazaam! and has starred in his own reality shows. He currently has 8 children with 2 different mothers and has been divorced since 2007 after 5 years of marriage.
Shaquille O'Neal bio
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