Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille O'Neal | ||
Player information | ||
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Full name | Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal | |
Nickname | Shaq, Diesel, The Big Aristotle, Superman, Shaq Fu, Shaq Daddy |
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birthday | 6th March 1972 (age 48) | |
place of birth | Newark , New Jersey , United States | |
size | 216 cm | |
Weight | 147 kg | |
position | center | |
college | Louisiana State | |
NBA draft | 1992 , 1st pick , Orlando Magic | |
Jersey number | 32, 34, 33, 36 | |
Clubs as active | ||
1992-1996 | Orlando Magic | |
1996-2004 | Los Angeles Lakers | |
2004-2008 | Miami Heat | |
2008-2009 | Phoenix Suns | |
2009-2010 | Cleveland Cavaliers | |
2010-2011 | Boston Celtics | |
National team | ||
1994-1996 | United States | 16 games |
Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal [ ʃəˈkɪl rəˈʃɔːn əʊˈniːl ] (born March 6, 1972 in Newark , New Jersey ), nickname Shaq , is a retired American basketball player , actor and rapper . He was active in the North American professional league NBA from 1992 to 2011 and is now considered one of the most dominant players in league history.
In his 19-year professional career he was, among other things, 4 × NBA champion, 15 × all-star , once Most Valuable Player (MVP) and led the league twice in points. In 2016, O'Neal was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame .
career
Start time
O'Neal's stepfather was stationed as a sergeant in the US Army for several years in Wildflecken ( military training area in Bavaria), so O'Neal grew up partly in Germany and went to school in Fulda . He himself describes this time in Germany as formative. In 1987 the family moved to San Antonio , where O'Neal became the star of Cole High School. His team lost just one game in 69 games.
Two years later he began studying at Louisiana State University . Within a short time, O'Neal became the standout college league player. Although he set several records, despite his dominant style of play, he could not prevent his team from being eliminated early in the fight for the NCAA Division I Basketball Championship .
In his third year of college as a junior , he decided to drop out early. Following a promise made to his mother, he made up his degree in economics at LSU in 2000. He also earned a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix in 2005 and a PhD in Education from Barry University in 2012 .
NBA
Orlando Magic (1992-1996)
In the 1992 NBA Draft , O'Neal was selected first. He began his professional career with the Orlando Magic . In his second season he was able to set two personal records in one game, which are still in place today. He picked up 28 rebounds on November 20, 1993 and recorded 15 blocks in a game against the New Jersey Nets . Right from the start he was one of the best players in the NBA and was consequently selected for the 1993 All-Star Game . An honor that has been given to him every year since then, with the exception of 1999 , in which no All-Star game was played, until the 2005/06 NBA season .
Already in 1995 he was in the finals of the NBA with the young Magic team, but lost to the experienced Houston Rockets . On the way to the final, the Magic beat the Chicago Bulls to Michael Jordan , which was interpreted by many as a change of power in the NBA. But Jordan struck back the following year, and instead of the Magic, the Bulls moved into the NBA finals.
Los Angeles Lakers (1996-2004)
Surprisingly, O'Neal moved to the Los Angeles Lakers in 1996 , presumably because of internal quarrels with teammate Penny Hardaway . Although the Lakers reached the playoffs every year, but these ended repeatedly disappointing for the club. In 2000, the Lakers brought in the Bulls' successful coach, Phil Jackson , and with him came the titles.
Between 2000 and 2002, the Lakers won three championship titles, and O'Neal was awarded the title of Finals MVP (Most Valuable Player of the Final Series). After Michael Jordan, he is only the second player to achieve this. In the 1999/2000 season he was almost unanimously voted MVP (Most Valuable Player), in 2000 (together with Tim Duncan ), 2004 and 2009 (together with Kobe Bryant ) as the best player in the NBA All-Star Games . He was also called up eight times to the All-NBA-First-Team , twice to the All-NBA-Second-Team, four times to the All-NBA-Third-Team and three times to the All-NBA-Defensive-Second-Team . In 1996 he was voted one of the 50 best NBA players of all time .
Miami Heat (2004-2008)
With Kobe Bryant, O'Neal formed a successful duo that was considered invincible for a long time, but after the 2004 final defeat by the Detroit Pistons , he asked the general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers for permission to leave the club. Shortly thereafter, he was transferred to the Miami Heat in exchange for three players ( Caron Butler , Lamar Odom , Brian Grant ) and a first-round draft pick in 2005 .
There he formed together with Dwyane Wade again a congenial duo, with whom he won his fourth NBA championship in the 2005/06 season . The first half of the 2007/08 season was extremely disappointing for the Heat, they were last in the Eastern Conference with no prospects of reaching the playoffs.
Later professional years (2008-2011)
In order to get the Heat back on the road to success, an exchange deal was agreed with the Phoenix Suns on February 6, 2008 ; So Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks were signed, in return the Suns got O'Neal, who should strengthen the team in Phoenix, especially on the defensive.
On June 25, 2009, O'Neal was transferred to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Ben Wallace , Sasha Pavlović and a second-round pick in the 2010 NBA draft .
O'Neal played for the Boston Celtics in the 2010-11 season . On June 1, 2011, he announced his retirement with a video on Twitter after missing a large part of the games due to injuries.
After retirement
In the summer of 2011, several gang members were alleged that Shaq had commissioned three murders, injuring an NBA player, and kidnapping. The court dropped the allegations in August due to strong doubts about the credibility of lead witness Robert Ross, a former acquaintance of O'Neal.
Since July 2011, O'Neal has been working as a TV expert for the US television channel TNT and the NBA. He also comments on current events in and around the NBA in a blog.
In April 2013, the Los Angeles Lakers also honored him by withdrawing his jersey number and therefore no longer being awarded. A large jersey with his name and number was also placed in the hall next to the other withdrawn jerseys.
On September 10, 2016, O'Neal was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame along with Yao Ming and Allen Iverson . A little later on December 22, 2016, the Miami Heat also withdrew their shirt number 32 during the half-time break in their home game against the LA Lakers after the club had already announced on February 26, 2016 that it would no longer use shirt number 32 in the future. This makes him one of only 32 American athletes whose jersey number has been withdrawn by several clubs.
Style of play
With his height of 2.16 meters, a shoe size of 22/23 US size (corresponds approximately to a continental European size 60) and a weight of about 150 kg, he is characterized by extraordinary strength, but also mobility in the low post . For years he was considered the best player in the center position. By the 2007/08 season he had an average of 25.2 points per game and averaged 11.5 rebounds .
The great weakness of O'Neal were throws from a greater distance. He has only tried 22 three-point throws in 1,423 season and playoff games , of which he only scored one, and was also able to convert just over 50% of his free throws . In order to take advantage of this weakness in free throwing and to stop O'Neal under the basket, Don Nelson developed the Hack-a-Shaq tactic, in which O'Neal was deliberately and deliberately fouled. On December 25, 2008, in the game against San Antonio, he reached a mark with his free throw weakness that only Wilt Chamberlain had achieved before him : 5,000 discarded free throws. Throughout his career, he had 5,317 missed throws from the free-throw line in the regular season , while old master Wilt Chamberlain had 5,805 missed throws.
Activity off the field
O'Neal also worked as a rapper and went into the studio with Westside Connection , RZA and Method Man as well as the Fu-Schnickens . The track “How You Like That (Ja, Ja, Ja)” was created in collaboration with DJ Tomekk , but his greatest success was his first album “Shaq Diesel”. The record sold over a million copies in the United States alone. Altogether he came on four albums, on which artists like Rakim , Jay-Z , The Notorious BIG (with him he produced his second album and also released his most successful single, "You Can't Stop the Reign") have immortalized themselves. In addition, O'Neal tried himself as an actor. In 1996 he played the role of a rapping genie in the not very successful film Kazaam , who made wishes come true for a little boy. In addition, O'Neal made a guest appearance on July 27, 2009 at World Wrestling Entertainment .
O'Neil does not attribute himself to any religion. Since 2011 he has been a member of the Freemasons Association , his lodge , Widow's Son Lodge No. 28 , is based in Boston .
For the soundtrack of his film Steel Man he recorded the single Men of Steel in 1997 , in which the hip-hop legends KRS-One , Ice Cube and B-Real from Cypress Hill participated.
Since 2011 Shaqtin a Fool integral part of TNT telecast Inside the NBA . In this segment prepared by O'Neal, particularly embarrassing situations from everyday life in the NBA are presented on a weekly basis. Other regular participants on the show are Charles Barkley , Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson .
On April 3, 2016, he took part in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at Wrestlemania 32 . There he was allowed to eliminate the wrestler Damien Sandow , but was later eliminated himself by the other wrestlers in the ring.
Discography
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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US | |||
1993 | Shaq Diesel |
US25 (30 weeks) US |
First published: October 26, 1993
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1994 | Shaq Fu: There return |
US67 (10 weeks) US |
First published: November 8, 1994
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1996 | You can't stop the reign |
US82 (6 weeks) US |
First published: November 19, 1996
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1998 | Respect |
US58 (5 weeks) US |
First published: September 15, 1998
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Compilations
year | title | Remarks |
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1996 | The best of | First published: November 12, 1996 |
2006 | Shoot Pass Slam! | First published: September 12, 2006 |
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
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DE | UK | US | |||
1993 | What's Up Doc? (Can We Rock) Shaq Diesel / Nervous Breakdown |
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US39 (17 weeks) US |
First published: June 8th, 1993
with Fu-Schnickens |
(I Know I Got) Skillz Shaq Diesel |
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US35 (20 weeks) US |
First published: September 7, 1993
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I'm Outstanding Shaq Diesel |
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UK70 (2 weeks) UK |
US47 (11 weeks) US |
First published: November 10, 1993
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1994 | Biological Didn't Bother Shaq Fu: Da Return |
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US78 (11 weeks) US |
First published: October 17, 1994
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1996 | You Can't Stop the Reign You Can't Stop the Reign |
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UK40 (2 weeks) UK |
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First published: October 20, 1996
feat. The Notorious BIG |
1997 | Men of Steel Steel Man (OST) |
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US82 (7 weeks) US |
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1998 | The Way It's Goin 'Down Respect |
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UK62 (2 weeks) UK |
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First release: July 3rd, 1998
feat. Peter Gunz |
2001 | That's How I Beat Shaq Aaron’s Party (Come Get It) |
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US96 (2 weeks) US |
First published: February 6, 2001
with Aaron Carter |
How You Like That Beat of Life Vol.1 |
DE68 (5 weeks) DE |
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First published: November 5th, 2001
with DJ Tomekk |
More singles
- 1994: Shoot Pass Slam
- 1995: No Hook ( feat.Method Man & RZA )
- 1997: Strait Playin (feat.Peter Gunz)
- 2001: Connected ( feat.Nate Dogg & WC )
- 2001: In the Sun ( feat.Common , Black Thought & Joi)
- 2001: Do It Faster
- 2002: How you like that (Ja, ja, ja) ( feat.DJ Tomekk )
Filmography (selection)
- 1994: blue chips
- 1996: Kazaam - The Spirit from the Bottle (Kazaam)
- 1996: T2 3-D: Battle Across Time (short film)
- 1997: Steel Man (STEEL)
- 2001: Stop it, Larry! ( Curb Your Enthusiasm , TV series, 1 episode)
- 2001: The Wash
- 2001: What's Up, Dad? ( My Wife and Kids , TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2004: After the Sunset
- 2006: Scary Movie 4
- 2008: House Bunny (The House Bunny)
- 2010: When in Rome - Five men are four too many (When in Rome)
- 2011: Jack and Jill (Jack and Jill)
- 2013: child heads 2 (Grown Ups 2)
- 2014: Ready for vacation (blended)
- 2015: Comedy Central Roast ( Justin Bieber )
- 2015: Fresh Off the Boat ( Fresh Off the Boat , TV series, S2E3: "Wedding day in the car dealership" ( Shaquille O'Neal Motors ), S2E20: "The name lottery" ( Hi, My Name Is ... ))
- 2018: Uncle Drew
- 2019: What Men Want (What Men Want)
Awards and records
A Full Look at Shaquille O'Neal's NBA Career Stats:
Awards and Achievements
- NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP): 2000
- NBA Championship (4): 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006
- NBA Finals MVP (3): 2000, 2001, 2002
- NBA All-Star (15): 1993-2007, 2009 (exception 1999; no All-Star Game took place due to the league- wide lockout )
- NBA All-Star Game MVP (3): 2000, 2004, 2009
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All-NBA First Team (8): 1998, 2000-2006
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All-NBA Second Team (2): 1995, 1999
- All-NBA Third Team (4): 1994, 1996, 1997, 2009
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All-NBA Second Team (2): 1995, 1999
- NBA All-Defensive Second Team (3): 2000, 2001, 2003
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NBA Rookie of the Year : 1993
- NBA All-Rookie First Team : 1993
- NBA Scoring Champion (2): 1995 (29.3) , 2000 (29.7)
- In the list of 50 Greatest Players in NBA History
- 2016: Induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- 2017: Admission to the FIBA Hall of Fame
- Jersey number 34 is no longer awarded by the Los Angeles Lakers
- Jersey number 32 is no longer awarded by the Miami Heat
Personal NBA records
- Most points in one game: 61 against the Los Angeles Clippers on March 6, 2000
- Most rebounds in one game: 28 against the New Jersey Nets on November 20, 1993
- Most blocks in one game: 15 against the New Jersey Nets on November 20, 1993
- Most assists in one game: 10 against the Toronto Raptors on April 11, 2006
- With 28,596 points, O'Neal ranks 8th on the list of the best NBA points collectors
literature
- Sven Simon: The Dominator and the apprentices. In: Five 12, 2004.
- Shaquille O'Neal: Shaq Talks Back. St. Martin's Paperback, April 2001 (Chapter 13 - February 2002) ISBN 0-312-98259-3 .
See also
Web links
- Shaquille O'Neal in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Shaquille O'Neal on: NBA website; New York, NY, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2018 (in English).
- Shaquille O'Neal at: Basketball Reference Web site; Philadelphia, PA, 2000-2018. Retrieved May 13, 2018 (in English).
- Shaquille O'Neal in the FIBA Hall of Fame . On: FIBA website; Mies, Switzerland, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2018 (in English).
- Shaquille O'Neal at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame On: Hoophall website; Springfield, MA, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2017 (in English).
- Shaquille O'Neal in the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. On: The College Basketball Experience — website; Kansas City, MO, 2006-2018. Accessed December 1, 2018 (in English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ usabasketball.com - All-Time USA Basketball Men's Roster // O ( Memento from January 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ All-Time #NBArank: Shaq comes in at No. February 9, 2016, accessed April 21, 2020 .
- ↑ CBS Sports' 50 greatest NBA players of all time: Where do LeBron, Curry rank? Retrieved April 21, 2020 (English).
- ^ The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame :: Shaquille O'Neal. Retrieved April 21, 2020 (English).
- ↑ DIE ZEIT, 34/2001, As a child I lived in Wiesbaden, in Wildflecken and Fulda ... , online version accessed January 5, 2009
- ↑ Crossover-Online, August 26, 2007, Back in Time: The Best Franchise Players of All Time (5) ( Memento of December 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 5, 2009
- ^ Mary Foster: Shaquille O'Neal Graduates From College. On: American Broadcasting Corporation website; Burbank, CA, December 15 (2000). Accessed December 1, 2018 (in English).
- ^ NN: The Big Graduate: O'Neal Receives His MBA. On: Washington Post website; Washington, DC, June 26, 2005. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
- ↑ Lateef Mungin: Shaquille O'Neal to receive doctorate degree. On: Cable News Network website; Atlanta, GA, May 5, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2018 (in English).
- ↑ NBA : Shaquille O'Neal career statistics ( July 19, 2010 memento in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Full-Throttle, Aristotle! Cleveland Cavaliers, June 25, 2009; archived from the original on December 15, 2009 ; accessed on June 25, 2009 .
- ↑ @SHAQ: in the retiring video . Twitter. June 1, 2011. Retrieved April 24, 2016. Shaq ooout. (Video)
- ↑ NBA - Incredible allegations against "Shaq-Attack" . Yahoo! Eurosport. July 17, 2011. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. Retrieved on April 24, 2016.
- ↑ Shaq Sex Tape: Kidnapping, Assault & Robbery Charges Dropped . huffingtonpost.com. August 9, 2011. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved on April 24, 2016.
- ^ STANDARD Verlagsgesellschaft mbH: O'Neal, Iverson and Yao in the Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 13, 2016 .
- ↑ Heat honor Shaq in a grand ceremony. In: sport1.de. Sport1 Medien , December 23, 2016, accessed on December 23, 2016 .
- ^ Shaq and 31 more athletes with numbers retired by multiple teams. In: foxsports.com. 21st Century Fox , February 22, 2016, accessed December 23, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c Statistics from Shaquille O'Neal on nba.com ( Memento from July 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ NESN : Shaquille O'Neal once made a three-pointer
- ↑ "God's way of saying: Nobody is perfect" | US Sports | NBA . Sport1.de. December 26, 2008. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
- ↑ Shaquille O'Neal Muslim article from January 11, 2003 on the homepage of the Los Angeles Times (accessed November 16, 2012)
- ↑ Shaqtin a Fool on NBA.com.
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE UK US
- ↑ NBA : Shaquille O'Neal Career Stats ( July 19, 2010 memento in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Basketball Reference : NBA MVP Voting 1999/2000
- ↑ hoophall.com: Hall of Fame: Shaquille O'Neal (English)
- ↑ fiba.basketball: Dream Team, Shaq and Kukoc headline 2017 Class of FIBA Hall of Fame Inductees (English)
- ↑ nesn.com: Shaquille O'Neal: Miami Heat Retiring My No. 32 'Really Unexpected' article from December 22, 2016
personal data | |
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SURNAME | O'Neal, Shaquille |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | O'Neal, Shaquille Rashaun |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American basketball player |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1972 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Newark , New Jersey, USA |