“My Dad Was Trying to Kill a Man”: Shaquille O’Neal Disrobes a Dark Encounter with Police

NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal has opened up about his father Phillip A. Harrison on multiple occasions. The four-time NBA champion has revealed some interesting stories about his father who was a military drill sergeant. The Los Angeles Lakers legend has extensively talked about his father physically punishing him for his actions. Recently, Shaq opened up about another dark encounter with his father, which involved the police as well.

Sergeant A. Harrison was ready to go to any lengths for O’Neal and his family. O’Neal recently revealed how his father tried to kill a man one day for him.

Shaquille O’Neal on the lengths his father would go for him

In the latest episode of the Big Podcast with Shaq, co-hosts Nischelle Turner and Spice Adams joined Shaquille O’Neal for another exciting session. During the podcast, the trio discussed a lot of interesting things happening in the sports world and in the country. In one instance, the crew talked about Shannon Sharpe’s spat with the Memphis Grizzlies and Ja Morant’s father Tee Morant. During the discussion, Nischelle asked whether Shaq’s father, Phillip A. Harrison, would get involved if someone was jawing at him during a game.

Without any hesitation, O’Neal immediately replied that his father would get involved. He then shared an interesting story. Shaq recounted that he received a phone call from a police captain once who asked him to come to the station. He revealed, “So I get there, this dude had Calvin and Hobbes pissing symbol on a Shaq on his car. My father pulls the dude over and busts his window up. My dad was trying to kill the man.”

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The 2000 MVP added that the man luckily did not press charges. Shaq then asked his father about his actions, “I’m like, ‘What are you doing?’ ‘Man, nobody disrespect my family like that.'”

The three-time Finals MVP then added that his father was running his fan club during his time with the Orlando Magic. As a matter of fact, his father and his friends would show up at people’s houses who had sent threats to Shaq and confront them.

O’Neal’s admission about his younger self

Phillip A. Harrison was not Shaq’s biological father. But a young Shaquille O’Neal did not know about it for a very long time. Even when he finally knew about this, he continued to consider him as his father.

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Phillip Harrison brought up O’Neal like one of his own children. Also, Shaq was not an easy child to deal with as a parent. He recently talked about the headaches he brought to his mother. However, his father set him straight which helped him to reach great heights.