Shaquille O'Neal facts
- Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (born March 6, 1972), nicknamed "Shaq", is an American professional basketball player. Standing 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) tall and weighing 325 pounds (147 kg), he is one of the heaviest players ever to play in the NBA.
- Shaquille O'Neal played in fourteen straight NBA All-Star Games. He was in the 1993 to 2007 NBA All-Star Games.
- Shaquille O'Neal had 17,952 field goal attempts, and has made 10,422 field goals throughout his entire pro basketball career.
- Shaquille was listed at #25 in Forbes magazine's Celebrity 100 of 2007.
- Shaq has been a All-Star MVP twice. They were during the 1999-2000 NBA All-Star Game, and the 2003-2004 NBA All-Star Game.
- Shaquille O'Neal has his own ESPN original show. It's called Shaquille. The show focuses on Shaq and his family.
- Shaq is on the cover of the video game, NBA 2K7.
- Shaquille O'Neal graduated from the University of Phoenix with an MBA in 2005.
- Shaquille O'Neal was chosen in 1996 as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.
- Shaq became a reserve police officer in Miami.
- Shaquille O'Neal won an Olympic Gold Medal in men's basketball in 1996.
- Shaq's name means "Little Warrior" in Arabic.
- Shaquille O'Neal was the first player selected in the 1992 NBA Draft.
- Shaquille O'Neal is 7'1' tall and weighs 325 pounds.
- Shaq's shoe size is 22 (US).
- Shaquille O'Neal signed the then-richest contract in sports history, a seven-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers worth $120 million on July 18, 1996.
