Shaquille O’Neal’s Greatest Asset Became His Biggest Flaw, Claims Dwight Howard’s Former Trainer

Chris Matthews, aka Lethal Shooter, is sought after by NBA pros for good reason. He’s responsible for many of our favorites sinking those buckets most times. While he once made Dwight Howard a formidable force at scoring, there are some stars this shooting coach wants to work with. However, he’s dejected he never had the chance to work with Shaquille O’Neal.

Big Diesel could’ve used Matthews’ help in his heyday. Regardless, Lethal Shooter has some sound analysis about what made Shaq dominant on the lower post but weak at the free-throw line.

Lethal Shooter regrets not getting to work with Shaq

Lethal Shooter has helped Dwight Howard, Michael Porter Jr., Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Grayson Allen, and Bobby Portis improve their shooting. He’s also been a fitness trainer to hip-hop moguls like Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and Rick Ross. But he still wants to work with certain greats. Namely, Shaquille O’Neal.

“I wish I was the age I was now in the early 90s, because I feel like me and Shaq would have teamed up and I could have helped him with his free throws.,” Chris Matthews told SB Nation.

Matthews certainly would’ve been a blessing to Shaq who attempted 22 three-pointers in a 19-year NBA career. Of them, he only made one shot. His free throw percentage was not promising either.

If Matthews had a week or so with him, he had a specific approach in mind. “There’s three things that I know for a fact that would help Shaquille O’Neal with free throws,” he said before noting how Shaq’s hands, which helped him dominate his opponents on the court, actually made him a worse shooter. “Because Shaquille O’Neal has such big hands that sometimes the ball feels like a tennis ball. So there’s a few things I’ll change with that, with the routine, with the approach.”

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He proceeded to add a disclaimer so he’s not misconstrued as he’s a big Shaq fan. “I don’t know how many reps he was getting up a day, but I definitely would have turned that rep up aggressively because to me, he’s a top three greatest centers to play all-time. So imagine if he was making his free throws. We might be saying he’s number one.”

Shaq might wish he had Lethal Shooter’s help so he could actually be the “Black Stephen Curry” he claims to be.

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A current player Matthews wants to work with is Stephen Curry because “I wouldn’t have to do nothing.” Unlike the work, Shaq, who had a shooting average of 58.2% in his NBA career, would need. Even O’Neal wants to be like Curry when he scores farther from the arc.

Hilariously, DJ Diesel made an impossible shot at one of his major festival sets and declared, “I told y’all I’m the black Steph Curry.” He never had this luck at free throws during his NBA career. It prompted all sorts of amused reactions, including from Curry’s mom.

His NBA career might be behind him, but Shaq could enlist Lethal Shooter’s coaching to prove to everyone he can shoot like Curry.

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