Shaquille O’Neal’s Relatively Unheard Support for Close Friend Tiger Woods

Shaquille O’Neal is one of the greatest ever to have played the game of basketball. The Los Angeles Lakers legend was a man-mountain who dominated players for fun. Fans loved him and his peers respected him. Shaq had many friends from inside the NBA and from other sports, too. His one such friend is an all-time great golfer, Tiger Woods, whom Shaq even defended once.

A resurfaced article talks about how when Tiger Woods was going through a moment of personal crisis, Shaq was there to help and defend his friend. This incident is from 2009 when Tiger’s personal and professional life was unraveling in front of everybody.

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“Tiger’s my guy,” Shaquille O’Neal said. “I’m not going to be like everybody else and say off-the-wall comments. I just hope he’s OK. The problem going on is when you have people disguising as media putting out reports, and then people believing what they read. We don’t know what’s fact, we don’t know what’s true. We just hope he’s OK.” Shaq has a great personality, and it has helped him in his now broadcasting career too.

Shaquille O’Neal- The most dominant player ever

The Orlando Magic selected Shaquille O’Neal as the first overall pick in the 1992 NBA Draft. Orlando was an expansion franchise that was looking to establish itself in the NBA. Shaq did just that and much more. In the next draft, Orlando traded for Penny Hardaway Jr. and formed a dynamic duo with Shaq. They would take Orlando to the 1995 NBA Finals, becoming the fastest expansion team to reach the NBA Finals.

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Shaq, though, would leave Orlando for the Los Angeles Lakers in the summer of 1996 and team up with Kobe Bryant.

Shaq’s time with the Lakers would be hugely productive for him as well as the Lakers. Along with Kobe, he would win three straight NBA Championships. Shaq also won three NBA Finals MVPs and one regular-season league MVP award. Lets us know in the comments below your favorite Shaq memory.