Shaquille O Neal honed his skills at Louisiana State University. His son,
Shareef O Neal, has opted to follow his father s footsteps and attend LSU. However, O Neal s younger son,
Shaqir O Neal, has decided to chart his own path. Shaqir O Neal has committed to playing basketball at Texas Southern University in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. As a student at the HBCU, O Neal will compete against respected institutions like Grambling State University, Prairie View A&M and Southern University. You can expect a lot of buckets, O Neal said during a recent interview. I m trying to get to the league.
At Texas Southern University, Shaqir O Neal will be coached by a man who has known his father for quite a long time,
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)
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