“My step father was crying” Shaquille O’Neal made the man who raised him cry with $500,000 gesture
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Shaquille O'Neal and Philip Harrison
Shaquille O’Neal has never been embarrassed to talk about the stern treatment he received from his stepfather, Philip Harrison, as a youngster. O’Neal has always been an extremely generous person, even toward his own parents, as seen by his promise to give his stepfather and mother the paycheck he first received from NBA.
Shaquille O’Neal achieved everything on the basketball court and is considered as one of the best players in history. Shaq grew up without his real father Toney and had a father figure in the form of Army drill sergeant Phillip Harrison. The NBA icon has acknowledged that his step father’s guidance had a significant role in his career in the league and has spoken about the discipline his dad imposed in him. Though O’Neal likes making money, he also thinks it’s necessary to give back to the community and support those who helped him become the successful man he is today. He once treated his parents so kindly that it led Harrison to cry.
Shaquille O’Neal and his illustrious career
In the 75-year history of the NBA, Shaquille O’Neal was generally recognized as the league’s most dominant player. Over the course of his 19 seasons in the league, he won several awards, including MVP and Rookie of the Year. O’Neal also won three MVP awards, four NBA championships, and three NBA Finals MVP awards. Due to his first-season All-Star participation and outstanding performances, O’Neal immediately stood out when the Orlando Magic selected him first overall in the 1992 NBA Draft. After four seasons with Orlando, the LSU alumni took part in the 1995 NBA Finals. That season, he averaged 29.3 points per game, setting a league scoring record.
Shaquille O’Neal joined the Los Angeles Lakers in 1996, joining a franchise that would go on to gain recognition throughout the course of his brilliant career. The Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal-led Lakers won three straight NBA championships from 2000 to 2003. The Heat and Lakers decided to retire O’Neal’s number after he made a comeback and helped the Miami Heat win their first NBA title in the 2006 NBA Finals. With 15 All-Star appearances, he shares fourth place on the NBA’s all-time selections list. He was chosen for the NBA’s 50th and 75th anniversary teams after a remarkable career that ended in 2011. He was honored with the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame induction in 2016.
Shaq made his parents cry with his first paycheck
Shaquille O’Neal said that it wasn’t until he was 11 years old that he realized Philip Harrison wasn’t his biological father. He passed away in 2013. Harrison taught O’Neal how to be a nice guy in addition to other qualities he displayed. His mother gave him the strength and heart he needed to handle the problems in his day-to-day life. It appears that O’Neal wanted to show his appreciation for his parents in some way because they had a big impact on him. The Big Diesel has had a reputation as a kind person since he first began to play, and he demonstrated this when he earned his first salary.
Shaq claimed during a Drink Champs interview that the first thing he did after signing with the Magic in 1992 was to start paying his parents a compensation. O’Neal pledged to pay Phillip Harrison, his stepfather and a veteran, more than eight times what he was paid while serving in the Army and also promised to give his mother a salary of $750,000. In the interview, he stated: “So, the first thing I did was incorporate ‘Shaq’ and then I put my mom on salary and put my dad on salary.
He later said: “I asked, ‘How much you make in the Army?’ He said, ‘I only make $60,000.’ I told him, ‘Now you making half a million a year.’ He said, ‘What?’ He started crying.” Shaq turned to his mother and said: “‘Mom, how much you wanna make you make?’ I told her ‘You make $750,000 a year.’”
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