After “Breaking Stuff” at His House in a Fit of Rage Due to Steve Nash, Shaquille O’Neal Was Assigned a Therapist: “That Would Drive Me Crazy”

NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal is one of the most dominant centers the NBA ever had. He dominated both ends of the court like no other player. Over the course of his long and illustrious career, Shaq has won 4 NBA championships. He led the Los Angeles Lakers to a three-peat from 2000 to 2002. And he won the Finals MVP on his every Lakers title win. That was how dominant a prime Shaquille O’Neal was. He has also won 1 NBA MVP award.

In the latest episode of ‘The Big Podcast with Shaq’, Nischelle, Spice Adams, and O’Neal discussed mental health. Liz Beecroft, a licensed clinical social worker, and psychotherapist joined the crew as a special guest and dived deep into the subject. During the chat, the crew talked about athletes handling their mental health.

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In the discussion, Shaq revealed what used to make him angry. The former Lakers man mentioned that he didn’t handle criticism very well and he also said about the therapist he was assigned to speak with. He also disclosed that he used to go to his house and break things out of anger.

Shaquille O’Neal talks about getting help from a nuclear therapist

O’Neal said, “When I’m talking to my nuclear therapist, a guy named Bert, he made it very simple for me. Because my thing was criticism. I always used to hate saying the word ‘but’, like Shaq is one of the greatest Lakers ever but. The reason why he couldn’t win the MVP over Steve Nash, he could’ve, but. So, that would drive me crazy. It reached the point where I would go to my house and break stuff up.”

The Big Diesel then revealed that the therapist asked him to stop reading from critics and stop caring about it. The therapist also made O’Neal watch the movie ‘The Fan’ starring Robert De Niro. Also, Wesley Snipes starred as a baseball player who didn’t care about his critics. So, Shaq said that once he stopped caring, his game took off.

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Shaq also credited this to winning 3 NBA titles in a row and his successful business endeavors. The Lakers legend also said that he is still living like that and doesn’t care what his critics say about him. And he admitted that talking to a specialist does work.

However, the timing doesn’t add up here. Because Steve Nash won the MVP award in 2005 and 2006. So the therapist could’ve helped Shaq win 3 rings from 2000 to 2002. But it looks like that didn’t make him calmer if he was still breaking stuff when Nash won the MVP.