Why Shaquille O’Neal is the coolest guy in the NBA
It’s no secret that Shaq is probably the most dominant center in the NBA. But you may be surprised at some of his off court antics which is why, to me, he is the coolest guy in the NBA. Here is a list of things he has done or is doing presently that earn him this title.
He’s active on Twitter
There are quite a few celebrities that are getting on the Twitter bandwagon but none seem as excited about as much as Shaq. He recently just learned how to upload photos to the service and has really taken advantage of it. This has resulted in some of the following great pics. He also has close to 200,000 followers and he enjoys hearing from most of them. If you’d like to follow him check him out @THE_REAL_SHAQ
He’s a cop
Shaq has the distinction of being an L.A. Port Reserve Officer as well as a Miami Beach Reserve Officer. I wouldn’t want to be a perp that got on the bad side of Shaq in a CSI: Miami style interrogation. Of course it would be awesome to see Shaq play himself as a reserve officer in an episode of that show. This brings us to our next point.
He’s an actor
Now, I’m not saying that he’s a great actor, but he has played the lead in two movies, which is two more than I’ve been a lead in. Even he has a sense of humor about it. One of his recent tweets asked which of his two movies were better and then acknowledging that they both weren’t very good. Also, he plays himself in my favorite episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Larry David trips him at a game and to make it up to him he gets shack a VHS of every Seinfeld episode for him to watch in the hospital. Awesome.
He’s a rapper
Even though his album, Shaq Fu: The Return wasn’t a huge success I’m pretty sure it’s better than anything Joaquim Phoenix is going to put out. You gotta respect a guy that does something just because he wants to. When he sets his mind to something that’s what he’s going to do.
Shaq is hopefully going to be around for a good long while. Even when his basketball career is over I’m sure he’ll move on to other projects that keep him in the public eye. I would love to see him become an NBA analyst. He’d be sure to have some great sound bites. Either way, Shaq is the coolest guy in the NBA right now. I’m looking forward to the future of Shaqfucious.
Hey Shaq, if you ever read this I just want you to know that I would love to meet you someday. Whenever you come to play the Jazz, drop me an email and we can get together.
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