Stories revolving around Shaquille O’Neal hold a special place in the NBA folklore. Most of the stories about Shaq are either about his on-court heroics or they are about his King-sized life outside the hardwood. Anyhow, O’Neal’s peers have a different yet popular category of stories to tell about him. These stories are popular for their sheer bizarreness, as the 4x-NBA champion has gone to extremes to pull pranks at his peers. Recently, one of O’Neal’s longtime pals has shed light on one such incident that happened during their LA days.

Shaquille O’Neal’s three-peat remains at the epicenter of his Los Angeles Lakers chapter. Meanwhile, his conduct in the LA locker room has given way to a bit of infamy as well. As O’Neal’s former teammate recalled a bizarre LA locker room story, he accused the latter of being a liar.

Shaquille O’Neal accuses close friend of being a liar as he recalled a bizarre story

Shaquille O’Neal and Gary Payton go back a long way. The two have such a great friendship that Payton had joined Shaq’s LA dynasty, as per the latter’s request. Though Payton couldn’t win a ring with Shaq in LA, the duo then paired up for the Miami Heat. In Miami, Payton won his one and only ring, while Shaq won his fourth and the last. The longtime pals recently reunited on an episode of Shaquille O’Neal’s The Big Podcast.

Midway through the conversation, Shaq gave his buddy the license to tell one of the most hilarious stories about him. Co-host Nischelle Turner also demanded Payton to be unfiltered. As Payton’s story goes, Shaq wasn’t a big fan of his younger teammate Devean George. So he wanted to pull a prank at the youngster, despite Payton asking him to leave George alone. As Payton puts it, Shaq “kept using the bathroom on a bucket.” After taking a dump on the bucket for around a week, O’Neal dumped the whole bucket on Devean George, who was in the bathroom after a shower. “I said I kill you man, I kill you man,” Payton said, recalling his old response to Shaq’s bizarre antic.

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Shaquille O’Neal couldn’t control his laughter while Payton was telling the insane story. However, O’Neal then told that the Glove made up the whole story. “He just made that up America to make y’all laugh. That was just a joke,” Shaquille O’Neal said, denying Gary Payton’s story. True or not, this insane story to this day remains one of Shaq’s many controversies in LA. Anyhow, tell us what you think about the story. Do you think there is any truth to this? Let us know in comments below.

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