Shaquille O’Neal: After I left the Lakers, the Knicks were a contender, but I turned them down because I like driving. And you can’t drive in New York. You can’t drive. I got two big trucks that’ll get tore off in New York. You can’t park them nowhere.
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Angel Reese is the first basketball player you signed after relaunching the basketball brand. And she’s getting her signature shoe. Has that been announced when that’s coming out? Todd Krinsky: It’s going to be later in the season, this season. Why is she the basketball player that you’re building around, and how does that fit into the larger storytelling and business arc? Todd Krinsky: If you think about when we’ve really been successful, it’s been having these bigger-than-life personalities that are embracing on- and off-the-court culture. Shaq was like that. He was larger than life. He wasn’t just a center. He transformed the game. And he had this bigger-than-life personality. Allen Iverson, we signed him in ’96. Obviously, he changed the way players look and dress. He changed the culture of the game. And I think that’s what Angel is. -via New York Times / June 13, 2025

Magic Johnson is the latest person to call out Doncic’s conditioning and warned that the upcoming year is important for the franchise during an appearance on ESPN’s “First Take” on Thursday morning: “Luka gotta understand this is not Dallas. To your point, Kobe, superstar who led us, Shaq led us to a championship, LeBron led us. And that’s what’s missing here. We shouldn’t have to tell you to be in shape, you should have been about that, right? Especially when you’re a superstar. So this is gonna be an important year for the Lakers, important offseason for the Lakers.” -via Lakers Nation / June 12, 2025

However, like many people who get involved in crypto, he ultimately ended up handing over a bunch of money in the end. It was announced in April that O’Neal and FTX investors had reached a settlement, but the terms weren’t disclosed until Monday, when it was learned that the Inside the NBA analyst agreed to pay $1.8 million to settle claims against him. O’Neal had reportedly been paid around $750,000 to promote FTX, which was revealed to be a giant Ponzi scheme in late 2022. -via Awful Announcing / June 11, 2025