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22YO NBA Star’s Aggressive Clash Amid Philly Pro-Am Domination Leaves Shaquille O’Neal’s 6ft 10 Son and Kevin Garnett in Jitters

Published 08/05/2023, 6:30 AM EDT

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There’s a reason why the NBA is considered the greatest basketball league in the world. It features the best players on the planet. One can bet if any one of the NBA stars go against regular folks, they’ll dominate quite easily. This was on full display as a certain Los Angeles Clippers star featured in an amateur summer league game. And the result was obvious. His off-season performance even earned praise from a former NBA Champion and from the son of Shaquille O’Neal.

The 22-year-old was picked 26th overall in the 2021 NBA draft. Recently, he was spotted bullying some folks in a charity match organized by the Danny Rumph Foundation.

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Nah’Shon Bones Hyland currently plays for the Los Angeles Clippers and it seems like he can’t get enough of the game. While other NBA players take the off-season to rest, he was spotted competing in a basketball match. He played in the Rumph Classic charity match recently. And one might assume that Bizzy Bones would go easy on his opponents, especially when it’s for a charitable cause.

But that was not the case as he spewed venom from his mouth and with his moves. In a now-viral clip, Hyland brings the ball up the floor. As he crosses the halfcourt line, the opposing team’s coach catches his eye.

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Not only does Bones trash-talk the opposing coach, he proceeds to cross over his defender and finish with a smooth layup under the basket. Of course, as soon as he scores, the 22-year-old walks right back to the sidelines to continue embarrassing the coach.

2004 NBA MVP Kevin Garnett respected the show. The Big Ticket posted his highlight on his story and captioned it, “Bones I see u. This that summer time is right here.” He acknowledged and lauded the young guard’s competitive spirit, much like Shareef O’Neal.

The 23-year-old son of Shaquille O’Neal stands at 6’10 and previously played for his father’s alma mater, LSU. He also reuploaded the clip of Hyland talking trash to the rival team’s coach on his story with the caption “BIZZZY!!”

However, this was not his first showdown this summer. Hyland already caught Garnett’s eye a few weeks ago.

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Bones Hyland showed his brilliance in the Pro-Am league a few weeks back.

He reportedly dropped a massive 44 points, 7 rebounds and five assists. Of course, this caught the attention of the 15-time All-star. Kevin Garnett took to social media to express to laud the young star. The Boston Celtics legend wrote, “BONES HERE FILAYYYYY EM…Crazy jelly roll.” 

One has to admire the passion for basketball that Hyland has. Probably that’s what it takes to make it to the NBA. It’ll be interesting to see how big of a difference will Bones make in the upcoming season in Los Angeles. After his impressive offensive showdown in recent summer league games, Bizzy has our attention.

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He clearly also seems to have found a fan in the legendary Big Ticket.

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Aaditya Negi

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Aaditya is an NBA writer at EssentiallySports and has been following the game for a number of years. He is an avid fan of the NBA and follows what’s happening in the league on a daily basis. Having worked as an intern in the sports domain, his passion for writing arose from his fondness for the intricacies of the game.
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Aakash Nair