By : Eric Muttik

SShaquille O’Neal was born on March 6 th, 1972 in Newark, NJ. HHe didn’t see his dad until he was a teenager. HHe went to military school in NJ. HHe started to play basketball at age 12. HHe was 6 ft. 8 in. at that time. TThen he moved to San Antonio, Texas at age 13 HHe attended Robert G. Cole for Middle and High school HHe was 7 ft. 1 inch when he was 16. HHis high school basketball team won the state championship when he was a sophmore.

 His dad beat him up everyday because he wanted Shaq to become a bigger and tougher kind of man.  Shaq said it happened so much he felt like he wasn’t loved by anyone and felt he should run away.

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 Shaq got a different nickname whenever he switched teams  First it was “The Diesel” when he was on the Orlando Magic  Then it was “Shaq Fu” when he was on the Los Angeles Lakers  He turned into “Superman” and the “Big Agave” when in Miami  Then “The Big Daddy” in Pheonix.  Than in Boston he turned into “The Big Aristotle” and “The Big Shamrock”.

 Shaquille was drafted by the Orlando Magic 1 st overall in 1991  Was the rookie of the year in the season of  He was the 2 nd tallest player in the league [ Yao Ming 7 ft. 6 in.]  He left Orlando after 4 seasons and went to the Los Angeles Lakers  He won 3 championships with the Los Angeles, then was traded to the Miami Heat  He won his last championship with the Miami Heat with Dwayne Wade than was traded again to the Pheonix Suns  He had a unsuccessful season dealing with injuries  Than he was signed by the Cleveland Cavaliers  He also had a bad case of injuries in Cleveland  Than he finally came to the Boston Celtics to finish his very successful career.

 His dad always traveled wherever the team went  His dad called the team about concerns about his son and the team about 7 times a day  Shaquille’s shoe size was 22EEE

Comparison Dwight Howard and Shaq  Both were drafted by the Orlando Magic 1 st overall in the draft.  Both have a nickname of “Superman”  Both are all-star players in the NBA  Both are above 7 ft tall [Dwight Howard 7 ft]  Both are centers [biggest man on the team]

SHAQUILLE TALL, ATHLETIC, JOKER LOVER OF BASKETBALL WHO EXCELS AT BREAKING BACKBOARDS WHO FEELS UNSTOPPABLE WHO NEEDS TO BE IN MORE MOVIES WHO GIVES FEAR TO THE OTHER OPPONENT WHO FEARS GETTING HURT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIS FATHER MORE NICE O’NEAL