Months After Betting $100,000 on NBA Star vs His Own Father, Shaquille O’Neal Fanboys Over Russell Westbrook’s New Teammate Once Again

Despite Being an NBA legend, Shaquille O’Neal is a man of banter and many talents. It’s no wonder he is a greater entity not bound to the NBA. His fandom is something very stupendous. Flaunting his affluent money, Shaq is into betting as well. Imagine a man with such stardom is a fan of yours and betting on you. It would be truly special.

Let’s find out who Shaq was fanboying for and what he has to do with Russell Westbrook and his teammate.

Shaquille O’Neal’s fanboy moment

Everyone is Shaq’s fan. But KJ Martin Jr. is the one Shaq is fanboying. KJ and Westbrook play for the LA Clippers. Kenyon Martin played for the Houston Rockets and was traded to LA Clippers. The LA outfit also signed a contract with Westbrook to keep him in their uniform for two more years.

Interestingly, Kenyon Martin Sr. was also an NBA player with the Los Angeles Clippers. His talented son participated in the NBA Dunk contest in 2023 and recorded an impressive 46 on his first attempt. Martin is the sixth player in Rocket’s History to participate in an NBA dunk contest.

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Shaq shared a reel of an impressive rim dunk by KJ Martin on his Instagram story, which was posted by the official Instagram handle of the NBA. Here’s the clip:

Shaq is known for flaunting his money in betting. Dunk Contest and Shaq are deal breakers. In the 2023 Dunk contest, KJ Martin senior challenged Shaq to place against his son. With a bit of hesitation, Shaq placed a whopping $100,000. He said that he placed the bet in the tone of encouragement.

Shaquille O’Neal and his craze for bets

Having a net worth of 400 million has its liberty. One such privilege is to spend lavishly on betting. Shaq is known for random bets on the whooping sum.

Once he placed a bet on his colleague Charles Barkley $ 10,000 to make him spell the word ‘spectacular’. Another time, he betted with an NBA on TNT host that he would eat some frogs.

We certainly admit as much Shaq that is a man of multi-talents and faces. And he never fails to entertain us in any of it.

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