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Men's basketball\n
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Representing the $\"\"$ United States\n
Olympic Games\n
$\"Gold$	1996 Atlanta	Team competition\n
FIBA World Championship\n
$\"Gold$	1994 Toronto	Team competition\n

Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (/\u0283\u0259\u02c8ki\u02d0l/ sh\u0259-KEEL; born March 6, 1972), known commonly as Shaq (/\u0283\u00e6k/ SHAK), is an American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA. He is a 7-foot-1-inch (2.16 m) and 325-pound (147 kg) center who played for six teams over his 19-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and is a four-time NBA champion. O'Neal is regarded as one of the greatest basketball players and centers of all time.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]\n

After playing college basketball for the LSU Tigers, O'Neal was drafted by the Orlando Magic with the first overall pick in the 1992 NBA draft. He quickly became one of the best centers in the league, winning Rookie of the Year in 1992\u201393 and leading his team to the 1995 NBA Finals. After four years with the Magic, O'Neal signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers. They won three consecutive championships in 2000, 2001, and 2002. Amid a feud between O'Neal and his teammate Kobe Bryant, O'Neal was traded to the Miami Heat in 2004, and his fourth NBA championship followed in 2006. Midway through the 2007\u20132008 season he was traded to the Phoenix Suns. After a season-and-a-half with the Suns, O'Neal was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2009\u201310 season.^[7] O'Neal played for the Boston Celtics in the 2010\u201311 season before retiring.^[8]\n

O'Neal's individual accolades include the 1999\u20132000 Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award; the 1992\u201393 NBA Rookie of the Year award; 15 All-Star Game selections, three All-Star Game MVP awards; three Finals MVP awards; two scoring titles; 14 All-NBA team selections, and three NBA All-Defensive Team selections. He is one of only three players to win NBA MVP, All-Star Game MVP and Finals MVP awards in the same year (2000); the other players are Willis Reed in 1970 and Michael Jordan in 1996 and 1998. He ranks 9th all-time in points scored, 6th in field goals, 15th in rebounds, and 8th in blocks. O'Neal was honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 50th Anniversary Team in 1996.^[9] Due to his ability to dunk the basketball and score from close range, O'Neal also ranks third all-time in field goal percentage (58.2%) and led the league in field goal percentage ten times.^[10] O'Neal was elected into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.^[11] He was elected to the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2017.^[12] In October 2021, O'Neal was again honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.^[13]\n

In addition to his basketball career, O'Neal has released four rap albums, with his first, Shaq Diesel, going platinum. O'Neal is also an electronic music producer, and touring DJ, known as Diesel.^[14] He has appeared in numerous films and has starred in his own reality shows, Shaq's Big Challenge and Shaq Vs. He hosts The Big Podcast with Shaq.^[15] He was a minority owner of the Sacramento Kings from 2013 to 2022 and is the general manager of Kings Guard Gaming of the NBA 2K League.^[16]\n

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Shaquille O'Neal
$\"O'Neal$ O'Neal DJing at the All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., in July 2018
Background information
Also known as	DJ Diesel
Genres	Hip hop, electronic dance music
Occupation(s)	Rapper, DJ
Years active	1993\u20132001; 2017\u2013present
Labels	Jive, Interscope, A&M, Trauma, Monstercat

GP\n	Games played\n	GS \n	Games started\n	MPG \n	Minutes per game\n
FG% \n	Field goal percentage\n	3P% \n	3-point field goal percentage\n	FT% \n	Free throw percentage\n
RPG \n	Rebounds per game\n	APG \n	Assists per game\n	SPG \n	Steals per game\n
BPG \n	Blocks per game\n	PPG \n	Points per game\n	Bold \n	Career high\n
\u2020 \n	Won an NBA championship	\" \n	Led the league	\n

Year\n	Team\n	GP\n	GS\n	MPG\n	FG%\n	3P%\n	FT%\n	RPG\n	APG\n	SPG\n	BPG\n	PPG\n
1992\u201393\n	Orlando\n	81	81	37.9	.562	.000	.592	13.9	1.9	.7	3.5	23.4\n
1993\u201394\n	Orlando\n	81	81	39.8	.599\"	.000	.554	13.2	2.4	.9	2.9	29.3\n
1994\u201395\n	Orlando\n	79	79	37.0	.583	.000	.533	11.4	2.7	.9	2.4	29.3\"\n
1995\u201396\n	Orlando\n	54	52	36.0	.573	.500	.487	11.0	2.9	.6	2.1	26.6\n
1996\u201397\n	L.A. Lakers\n	51	51	38.1	.557	.000	.484	12.5	3.1	.9	2.9	26.2\n
1997\u201398\n	L.A. Lakers\n	60	57	36.3	.584\"	.000	.527	11.4	2.4	.7	2.4	28.3\n
1998\u201399\n	L.A. Lakers\n	49	49	34.8	.576\"	.000	.540	10.7	2.3	.7	1.7	26.3\n
1999\u201300\u2020\n	L.A. Lakers\n	79	79	40.0	.574\"	.000	.524	13.6	3.8	.5	3.0	29.7\"\n
2000\u201301\u2020\n	L.A. Lakers\n	74	74	39.5	.572\"	.000	.513	12.7	3.7	.6	2.8	28.7\n
2001\u201302\u2020\n	L.A. Lakers\n	67	66	36.1	.579\"	.000	.555	10.7	3.0	.6	2.0	27.2\n
2002\u201303\n	L.A. Lakers\n	67	66	37.8	.574	.000	.622	11.1	3.1	.6	2.4	27.5\n
2003\u201304\n	L.A. Lakers\n	67	67	36.8	.584\"	.000	.490	11.5	2.9	.5	2.5	21.5\n
2004\u201305\n	Miami\n	73	73	34.1	.601\"	.000	.461	10.4	2.7	.5	2.3	22.9\n
2005\u201306\u2020\n	Miami\n	59	58	30.6	.600\"	.000	.469	9.2	1.9	.4	1.8	20.0\n
2006\u201307\n	Miami\n	40	39	28.4	.591	.000	.422	7.4	2.0	.2	1.4	17.3\n
2007\u201308\n	Miami\n	33	33	28.6	.581	.000	.494	7.8	1.4	.6	1.6	14.2\n
2007\u201308\n	Phoenix\n	28	28	28.7	.611	.000	.513	10.6	1.7	.5	1.2	12.9\n
2008\u201309\n	Phoenix\n	75	75	30.0	.609\"	.000	.595	8.4	1.7	.6	1.4	17.8\n
2009\u201310\n	Cleveland\n	53	53	23.4	.566	.000	.496	6.7	1.5	.3	1.2	12.0\n
2010\u201311\n	Boston\n	37	36	20.3	.667	.000	.557	4.8	.7	.4	1.1	9.2\n
Career\n	1,207	1,197	34.7	.582	.045	.527	10.9	2.5	.6	2.3	23.7\n
All-Star\n	12	9	22.8	.551	.000	.452	8.1	1.4	1.1	1.6	16.8\n

Year\n	Team\n	GP\n	GS\n	MPG\n	FG%\n	3P%\n	FT%\n	RPG\n	APG\n	SPG\n	BPG\n	PPG\n
1994\n	Orlando\n	3	3	42.0	.511	.000	.471	13.3	2.3	.7	3.0	20.7\n
1995\n	Orlando\n	21	21	38.3	.577	.000	.571	11.9	3.3	.9	1.9	25.7\n
1996\n	Orlando\n	12	12	38.3	.606	.000	.393	10.0	4.6	.8	1.3	25.8\n
1997\n	L.A. Lakers\n	9	9	36.2	.514	.000	.610	10.6	3.2	.6	1.9	26.9\n
1998\n	L.A. Lakers\n	13	13	38.5	.612	.000	.503	10.2	2.9	.5	2.6	30.5\n
1999\n	L.A. Lakers\n	8	8	39.4	.510	.000	.466	11.6	2.3	.9	2.9	26.6\n
2000\u2020\n	L.A. Lakers\n	23	23	43.5	.566	.000	.456	15.4	3.1	.6	2.4	30.7\n
2001\u2020\n	L.A. Lakers\n	16	16	42.3	.555	.000	.525	15.4	3.2	.4	2.4	30.4\n
2002\u2020\n	L.A. Lakers\n	19	19	40.8	.529	.000	.649	12.6	2.8	.5	2.5	28.5\n
2003\n	L.A. Lakers\n	12	12	40.1	.535	.000	.621	14.8	3.7	.6	2.8	27.0\n
2004\n	L.A. Lakers\n	22	22	41.7	.593	.000	.429	13.2	2.5	.3	2.8	21.5\n
2005\n	Miami\n	13	13	33.2	.558	.000	.472	7.8	1.9	.4	1.5	19.4\n
2006\u2020\n	Miami\n	23	23	33.0	.612	.000	.374	9.8	1.7	.5	1.5	18.4\n
2007\n	Miami\n	4	4	30.3	.559	.000	.333	8.5	1.3	.3	1.5	18.8\n
2008\n	Phoenix\n	5	5	30.0	.440	.000	.500	9.2	1.0	1.0	2.6	15.2\n
2010\n	Cleveland\n	11	11	22.1	.516	.000	.660	5.5	1.4	.2	1.2	11.5\n
2011\n	Boston\n	2	0	6.0	.500	.000	.000	.0	.5	.5	.0	1.0\n
Career\n	216	214	37.5	.563	.000	.504	11.6	2.7	.5	2.1	24.3\n

Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Notes\n
1994\n	Blue Chips\n	Neon Boudeaux\n	\n
1996\n	Kazaam\n	Kazaam\n	\n
1997\n	Good Burger\n	Himself\n	\n
1997\n	Steel\n	John Henry Irons / Steel\n	\n
1998\n	He Got Game\n	Himself\n	\n
2001\n	The Wash\n	Norman\n	\n
2001\n	Freddy Got Fingered\n	Himself\n	\n
2004\n	After the Sunset\n	\n
2006\n	Scary Movie 4\n	\n
2008\n	The House Bunny\n	\n
2011\n	Jack and Jill\n	\n
2013\n	Grown Ups 2\n	Officer Fluzoo\n	\n
2013\n	The Smurfs 2\n	Smooth Smurf\n	Voice role\n
2014\n	The Lego Movie\n	Himself\n	Voice role\n
2014\n	Blended\n	Doug\n	\n
2018\n	Show Dogs\n	Karma\n	Voice role\n
2018\n	Uncle Drew\n	Big Fella\n	\n
2019\n	What Men Want\n	Himself\n	\n
2020\n	Hubie Halloween\n	DJ Aurora\n	\n

Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Notes\n
1992\n	The Arsenio Hall Show\n	Himself\n	\n
1996\n	Arliss\n	Episode: \"A Man of Our Times\"\n
2001\n	For Your Love\n	Episode:\" The Model Client\"\n
2001\n	My Wife and Kids\n	2 Episodes\n
2001\n	Jackass\n	Episode: \"The Bed Wetter\"\n
2001\n	Curb Your Enthusiasm\n	Episode: \"Shaq\"\n
2002\n	Static Shock\n	Episode: \"Static Shaq\"\n
2002\u201304\n	The Parkers\n	2 Episodes\n
2003\n	The Bernie Mac Show\n	Episode: \"Eye of the Tiger\"\n
2004\n	The Tracy Morgan Show\n	Episode: \"Career Day\"\n
2004\n	Johnny Bravo\n	Episode: \"Back on Shaq\"\n
2005\n	Shaquille\n	\n
2005\n	Punk'd\n	\n
2007\n	American Idol\n	Episode: \"Idol Gives Back\"\n
2009\n	Shaq Vs.\n	\n
2009\n	WWE Raw\n	Episode: \"Raw 844 \u2013 July 27, 2009\"^[385]\n
2010\n	Sonny with a Chance\n	Episode: \"A So Random! Halloween Special\"\n
2011\n	The Cleveland Show\n	Episode: \"A Short Story and a Tall Tale\"\n
2011\n	Fear Factor\n	1 episode\n
2013\n	Real Husbands of Hollywood\n	Episode: \"Retreat for Couples\"\n
2013, 2017\n	Jimmy Kimmel Live!\n	2 Episodes as guest, Guest Host October 30, 2017^[386]\n
2013\n	Southland\n	Detective Earl Dayton\n	Episode: \"The Felix Paradox\"\n
2013\n	Upload with Shaquille O'Neal\n	Himself\n	\n
2014\n	Uncle Grandpa\n	Episode: \"The Perfect Kid\"\n
2015\n	Highston\n	Episode: \"Pilot\"\n
2015\u201316\n	Fresh Off the Boat\n	2 Episodes\n
2015\n	Off to School\n	Episodes 59\u201362\n
2016\n	Lip Sync Battle\n	Episode: \"Shaquille O'Neal vs. Aisha Tyler\"\n
2016\n	Pickle and Peanut\n	90s Adventure Bear\n	2 Episodes\n
2017\n	The Simpsons\n	Himself\n	Episode: \"Gone Boy\"\n
2018\n	Drop the Mic\n	Episode \"Shaquille O'Neal vs. Ken Jeong / Jerry Springer vs. Ricki Lake\"\n
2018\n	Shaq Does Shark Week\n	Television documentary film\n
2020\n	Rock & Roll Road Trip with Sammy Hagar\n	Episode: \"Viva Def Vegas\"\n
2020\n	Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020\n	Television special\n
2020\n	Home Movie: The Princess Bride\n	Fezzik\n	Episode: \"Ultimate Suffering\"\n
2020\u2013present\n	Shaq Life\n	Himself\n	Main role\n
2022\n	Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers\n	Documentary series\n
2024\n	Lucky 13\n	Co-host\n	Game show; also executive producer\n

Year\n	Nominated work\n	Category\n	Result\n
CableACE Awards\n
1996\n	Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal\n	Children's Special \u2013 7 and Older\n	Won\n
Golden Raspberry Awards\n
1995\n	Blue Chips\n	Worst New Star\n	Nominated\n
1998\n	Steel\n	Worst Actor\n	Nominated\n
2015\n	Blended\n	Worst Supporting Actor\n	Nominated\n

Year\n	Title\n	Voice role\n	Notes\n	Ref.\n
1994\n	Shaq Fu\n	Shaq Fei Hung\n	\n	^[387]\n
2018\n	Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn\n	\n	^[387]\n

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Orlando Magic (1992\u20131996)

Rookie of the Year (1992\u20131993)

First playoff appearance (1993\u20131994)

First scoring title and NBA Finals (1994\u20131996)

Los Angeles Lakers (1996\u20132004)

O'Neal\u2013Bryant tandem buildup (1996\u20131999)

MVP and championship seasons (1999\u20132002)

Toe surgery to departure (2002\u20132004)

Miami Heat (2004\u20132008)

MVP runner-up (2004\u20132005)

Fourth championship (2005\u20132006)

Surgery and Wade's injury (2006\u20132007)

Career lows and disagreements (2007\u20132008)

Phoenix Suns (2008\u20132009)

Cleveland Cavaliers (2009\u20132010)

Boston Celtics (2010\u20132011)

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