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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – OCTOBER 23: Former NBA player Shaquille O’Neal laughs as he attends the unveiling of the Shaq Courts at the Doolittle Complex donated by Icy Hot and the Shaquille O’Neal Foundation in partnership with the city of Las Vegas on October 23, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Icy Hot)
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – OCTOBER 23: Former NBA player Shaquille O’Neal laughs as he attends the unveiling of the Shaq Courts at the Doolittle Complex donated by Icy Hot and the Shaquille O’Neal Foundation in partnership with the city of Las Vegas on October 23, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Icy Hot)
NBA Legend Shaquille O’Neal is one of the tallest athletes any sport has ever seen. Over the years, Shaq has come close to athletes of different sports and it shows the glaring difference in height. This time we take a look at the sixth tallest female tennis player Venus Williams, who did an interview with Shaq several years ago.
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Venus Williams, the elder sister of Serena Williams, is considered one of the greatest ever. She, along with her sister, dominated the sport for a really long time. Along with that, she was one of the most marketable athletes ever. And she had many collaborations with various companies.
When she was promoting one of them, she met with Shaquille O’Neal who was also doing the same thing.
One of the tallest tennis players looks like a dwarf next to Shaquille O’Neal
Venus is one of the tallest women tennis players in the history of the sport. In fact, she is considered the sixth tallest tennis player ever. Venus stood at six-foot-one, but when she stood next to Shaq, she looked very small.
Venus and Shaq were promoting Oreos in New York, and they did an interview together. Shaq said, ” We are just here having a good time, sitting here with the legend. And we were just here hanging out with the media, hanging out with you guys”
Venus Williams also said that she enjoyed doing the activities with Shaq and she even tried her hand at basketball and tennis with Shaq. Williams said that she enjoyed playing basketball as she was never been good at the sport before.
The video shows Venus and Shaq promoting the product and having fun. It also showed how tall Shaq is compared to Venus. William’s sister is one of the tallest players in the world and she looks like a tiny person standing next to the Big Diesel.
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Shaq has been one of the biggest players the sport has ever seen and one of the biggest of any sport. Due to his massive size, Shaq has been very successful in basketball and he is considered one of the greatest ever to grace the court.