His real name is Shaquille O’Neal Rashaun born in Newark, New Jersey, in March 6th of 1972, is a retired professional basketball player, who played the role of Center. He is considered one of the most dominant players in the history of the NBA. He started at Louisiana State University and in 1991 was awarded with the College Player of the Year. In 1992 the Orlando Magic hired him after being chosen as the first pick in the NBA Draft.
He participated in the All-Star Game, becoming the youngest player ever participated in the All Star Game. At the end of his second season in the NBA he had become the eighth highest Scorer, the second best Rebounder and second Best Blocker in the league. In his third season with his game just presented fissures due to injuries.
As for individual awards, O’Neal has achieved an MVP season in 2000, 8 appearances in the All-NBA Team, 3 Finals MVP, 3 MVP of the All-Star Game (the last one, shared with his former teammate Kobe Bryant in Lakers) and the Rookie of the Year. He is the sixth leading scorer in NBA history with 28.596 points, overcome by his former teammate Kobe Bryant on February 7, 2012 in his native Philadelphia against the Philadelphia 76ers.
He retired in 2011 with the Boston Celtics, the last of the six teams in which he played. O’Neal is a very versatile guy. Since his time Orlando has real estate business. In addition, he is director of a social network called Tout videos and has a TV show called Upload With Shaquille O’Neal, which says Internet humorous videos.
