Shaquille O’Neal, 3-star high school shooting guard
Shaqir O’Neal revealed he too will join
Texas Southern University‘s top ranking basketball team via
Instagram on Friday, according to
As he expressed in an interview with
Overtime, O’Neal’s goal is to “change the narrative” of nationally ranked high school ball players who choose historically Black colleges and universities, part of the
NCAA‘s Division II, over Division I alternatives.
Another one of his ambitions is, of course, to be drafted into the
NBA.
Shaqir O’Neal, son of former NBA player Shaquille O’Neal, shoots baskets after the game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center on December 25, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)