Shaqir O’Neal, the son of basketball Corridor of Famer Shaquille O’Neal, has made a giant resolution about his basketball future.
Shaqir is leaving Florida A&M and getting into the NCAA switch portal, On3 reported.
The junior ahead averaged 6.7 factors and three.4 rebounds per recreation in the course of the 2024-25 season with the Rattlers.
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Florida A&M Rattlers ahead Shaqir O’Neal towards the Florida Gators in the course of the first half at Exactech Area on the Stephen C. O’Connell Middle in Gainesville, Fla., Nov. 19, 2024. (Morgan Tencza/Imagn Pictures)
If he does switch, O’Neal would end his profession in Tallahassee having began 17 of 29 video games.
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This would not be the primary time in O’Neal’s faculty basketball profession he is switched faculties. He transferred to Florida A&M after a two-year stint at Texas Southern.
Trevin Knell (21) of the Brigham Younger Cougars pressures Shaqir O’Neal (8) of the Florida A&M Rattlers as he drives to the basket in the course of the first half of a recreation on the Marriott Middle Dec. 20, 2024, in Provo, Utah. (Chris Gardner/Getty Pictures)
O’Neal appeared in 41 video games throughout his time with the Tigers, beginning in two video games. He was listed as a three-star highschool recruit, in line with his bio on Florida A&M’s athletics web site.
Basketball runs deep within the O’Neal household.
Shaquille O’Neal smiles earlier than a recreation between the New Orleans Pelicans and Los Angeles Lakers as a part of the 2023 NBA In-Season Event Dec. 7, 2023, at T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas. (Mike Kirschbaum/NBAE by way of Getty Pictures)
Shaq gained 4 NBA championships and was a 15-time All-Star throughout his storied profession. His different son, Shaereef, performed at UCLA and LSU earlier than a stint within the NBA G League.
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In 2023, Shaq’s youngest baby, Me’Arah O’Neal, signed her nationwide letter of intent to play for the Florida Gators. She made her debut with Florida in the course of the 2024-25 season and recorded a career-high 19 factors in a recreation towards Arkansas in February.
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