SUMMARY
- Recently, former Nets player Jamal Crawford revealed how he was left awestruck when he met the legendary star.
- Shaquille O’Neal got Jamal Crawford free pass during the first meet.
Shaquille O’Neal has etched his name in the history of the NBA with his commendable performances. Despite playing his last game more than a decade ago, he remains one of the most popular players. He stood as an inspiration for countless budding basketball players. Recently, former Nets player Jamal Crawford revealed how he was left awestruck when he met the legendary star.
In the latest episode of the infamous ‘The Big Podcast with Shaq’, the Lakers star, Crawford, and co-host, Adam Lefkoe sat to discuss a wide range of topics. At the start of the episode, 3x NBA Sixth Man of the Year spoke about the first time (at least that’s what he thought) he met O’Neal. He started by saying, “I first saw Shaq, of course, everybody knows about Shaq,” before mentioning how he was the last Lakers player to enter.
Furthermore, Crawford reminisced how they played the Undertaker music during O’Neal’s entrance and all three of them started singing the music. Upon being asked about how old he was at that time, the 2000 Draft pick revealed he was 19 and said “I can’t stop looking at him like I kept looking.” The interesting twist came when O’Neal interrupted to mention that this wasn’t the first time they met.
Shaquille O’Neal got Jamal Crawford free pass during the first meet
After revealing that the story Jamal Crawford was narrating isn’t of the time the two met for the first time, Shaquille O’Neal proceeded to walk everyone through the real first meet. “You and a couple of guys were standing outside in LA and y’all couldn’t get in,” the Lakers champion said and Crawford was agreeing to him. O’Neal who is famous for helping out and doing iconic stuff let Crawford and his friends in.
Furthermore, Big Diesel shocked everyone as he revealed that he knew who he was even back then. After this, he started telling the story about how so-called defense players on his team used to act like they were under pressure so that O’Neal would block the shot. He emphasized how he would never help three people including Mr And-One when they are coming to town. “I mean I got a free pass,” Crawford exclaimed.
Jamal Crawford once embarrassed Shaq over defensive play highlights
Shaquille O’Neal and Jamal Crawford have been one of the most popular duos in the league despite not playing a single game together. Even though the age difference between them is almost a decade, their friendship has stood as a shining example. They have made appearances together and once during one of the episodes of Inside the NBA, Crawford ended up embarrassing O’Neal.
Jamal Crawford on MJ:
“MJ so great we are comparing ours when they are great they are the Michael Jordan of this,” says @JCrossover.
“Shaq got an argument, Kobe, Bron, Magic, Wilt, Bill Russell…”#NBA #LakeShow #DifferentHere pic.twitter.com/KS1SirTzR9
— Landon Buford (@LandonBuford) February 7, 2024
The crew decided to go down memory lane and play highlights of defensive plays. This didn’t go too well for O’Neal as one of the videos in the highlights was of the time he made a turnover and Michael Jordan took the chance and scored on it. As soon as Crawford saw this, he did not hesitate before saying, “Come on Shaq, that’s you out there,” and everyone had a good laugh.