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[Bloomberg] Shaquille O’Neal Wants to Buy ‘Whatever’ NBA Team Is ‘Available’



[Bloomberg] Shaquille O’Neal Wants to Buy ‘Whatever’ NBA Team Is ‘Available’

by BcuzRacecar

42 Comments

  1. BcuzRacecar

    > Shaquille O’Neal is still keen to buy an NBA basketball team, and also wants to get involved in Formula 1.
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    > “I would definitely like to,” O’Neal said Tuesday in an interview with Bloomberg at the iConnections Global Alts conference in Miami Beach. “Whatever team is available.”
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    > O’Neal was previously a minority investor in the Sacramento Kings, but was forced to sell his stake after becoming a brand ambassador for WynnBET, due to NBA ownership rules.

    Also from a few months ago [“I would like to have my own group,” O’Neal told The Messenger at a Las Vegas-based charity event on Saturday.”I know Vegas hasn’t been awarded an NBA team yet but if they ever get to a point where they are awarded a team, I would like to be a part of that. I don’t want to partner up with nobody. I want it all for myself.”](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/shaq-wants-his-own-group-to-run-nba-expansion-team-in-las-vegas/)

    He doesnt want like a token celebrity stake

  2. iRockaflame

    Shaq and LeBron faces of the New Vegas team with the Saudi PIF funding

  3. TheAntid0te95

    Dj Shaq as Owner 😲 Those games gonna be lit even if they suck. Shit, Shaq Diesel might just be the irl equivalent of Jackie Moon.

  4. AMobOfDucks

    He strikes me as a good businessman but not good owner material. If he’s calling the shots, I’m not buying into it. I’d gladly be proven wrong.

  5. whowasonCRACK2

    “Whatever is available” seems to be how he picks most of his sponsorship deals

  6. Shaq would be too involved which is a bad thing because he doesn’t even watch the games when it’s his job to lol

  7. costcobathroom

    get ready to do 500 more The General and Icy Hot commercials buddy

  8. Watch_Basketball

    *The Las Vegas Five Guys* has a solid ring to it

  9. thewrongnotes

    There’s a large contingent of Magic fans who want Shaq to buy us, but I think he would be a disaster.

    The guy is only in it for the clout.

  10. fieryscribe

    It’s going to be hard to buy an NBA team, so why doesn’t Shaq just … go to the Generals and save some time?

  11. Regular_Parsley734

    “In 2013, Shaq bought a 2% to 4% stake in the Sacramento Kings. But he sold his stake in 2021 in order to be a brand ambassador for online gambling platform WynnBET. The Kings are valued at $1.8 billion. Shaq made an estimated $36 million to $72 million from the sale.”

  12. flowerboyinfinity

    Incoming worst owner of all time. I want to see this tbh

  13. TiredMillennialDad

    You already have a house here shaq. I’ll contribute $5

  14. AHealthyKawhi

    Shaquille O’Neal, you are now a Charlotte Hornet.

  15. The_Koopa_King

    We in Seattle welcome a potential Shactus overload.

  16. Please be the Hawks. He already lives here a lot of the time so there’d be no threat of moving and we could be free of that piece of shit ressler.

  17. MiserableSoft2344

    Come get the Hox Shaq. Ressler doesn’t have that G-14 classification.

  18. chugalaefoo

    Shaq would be a horrible owner.

    Stubborn and thinks he knows more than others.

  19. read-only2

    Imagine playing for Shaq’s team he doesn’t even know your fucking name

  20. beatboxofchocolates

    Shaq is rich, but he’s nowhere near “buying a franchise” rich.

    Even the Timberwolves sold for 1.5 billion. 

  21. thetangible

    Shaquille’s new team, The Dakota Frackers, will split their time between Pierre and Bismarck.

  22. _crackhousebob-

    Not even LeBron can buy a team without partnering with another billionaire. Jordan was the first and last NBA player to own a majority stake in a franchise.

    Shaq can realistically get no more than a 5 percent stake in a franchise at today’s valuations.

  23. CaptainBananafishJr

    Love Shaq but he has “meddling owner who thinks he knows better than the GM” written all over him lol

  24. Joh951518

    Shaq all but certainly has got more money than I’ll ever see in my life, but he doesn’t have buy an NBA team money.

  25. under_cooked_onions

    “Whatever is available” isn’t exactly the type of passion I’d want running my team lol

  26. I, too, would like to buy something I cannot afford.

  27. Pistons please become available. Fuck you Tom Gores, you coke head

  28. ibenbrown

    Shaq should buy a city and name it after himself before he buys an NBA team.

    “the Shaq Attacks” I dunno, just a thought

  29. I hope everyone is ready for the Seattle Icy Hot Papa John’s.

  30. OpenArse1984

    Please god strike the Pistons owner down with lightning and let Shaq buy the Pistons.  

  31. tayroarsmash

    I think if I were owner I’d want them to give me a red phone that’s hooked up to nothing so I could pretend I’m a part of the excitement.

  32. pepperguy22

    I wish i had that kinda money. “gimme an NBA team. Just whatever you have on the shelf is fine”

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