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Shaquille O’Neal Showers Love on His “Brother” After Ex-Teammate Displays Undying Regard

Published 11/11/2023, 10:45 AM EST

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Shaquille O’Neal has always made it a priority to help everyone that he can. He has done his best to always give back to the community and promote options that are affordable and useful for people. A former teammate of Shaq, after spending a few years with him, knew exactly how Shaq treated the people surrounding him.

Jason Williams played with the Diesel when he went to the Miami Heat. Williams won his one and only NBA championship with the Heat in 2006. Shaquille O’Neal has always enjoyed sharing the court with Williams and now after Williams’s recent comments, the Big Aristotle is thankful.

Shaquille O’Neal appreciates the compliments

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Shaq recently received appreciation from a former teammate for the work that he is doing in the community and for the people. Jason Williams was recently on the Flagrant podcast.

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During his conversation with Andrew Schulz, Willaims gave his compliments to Shaq. Williams said, “There’s not a better human being in this whole wide world than Shaq.

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He wanted everyone to know that Shaq is exactly the person who we think of him as. All the stories that people hear of him are true, according to Williams. Shaq saw this and is now giving his appreciation back to the White Chocolate. Shaquille O’Neal posted an image on his Instagram story of the two sharing the court together on the Miami Heat.

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Shaq wrote, “MY BROTHER,” and tagged Williams. He then added two more images to his story of the two in their Miami Heat jerseys. Shaq has always loved sharing the court with Williams.

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Shaq had the most fun with Williams

Shaquille O’Neal has shared the court with various Hall of Fame guards. But he revealed while talking to Kevin Garnett that the player he had most fun playing with was Jason Williams. Shaq and Garnett both agreed that Williams is one of the most underappreciated players. The Heat went on to win a championship in 2006 after adding Williams to the team.

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Shaq has said that he loves him and that he is a great player. Williams has the same level of love and respect for Shaq. Williams has also said that his entire time with the Miami Heat was fun because of his teammates.

What do you think of Shaq and Jason’s friendship? Let us know below!

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Rijin Varghese

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I did not follow the traditional route to become a journalist, but my love for basketball and writing has brought me here. Seeing LeBron James’ Cleveland Cavaliers make the iconic comeback from a 1-3 deficit in 2016 changed everything for a young engineering aspirant within me. Rather than simply looking at the game, I love to analyze how each player contributes to a team using BPM (Box Plus Minus) and other advanced metrics.
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Caroline Joseph