NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal recently welcomed Hollywood star Jeremy Piven on his podcast. During the sit-down, O’Neal, Spice Adams, and Nischelle Turner discussed a lot of interesting things with the three-time Emmy Award winner. Also, Piven talked about his interactions with Shaq and Kobe Bryant while filming the TV series Entourage at the Staples Center during the Los Angeles Lakers games. While talking about it, the four-time NBA champion revealed Bryant’s SAT score.

Entourage ran on HBO for eight seasons from 2004 to 2011. It was loosely based on Hollywood superstar and executive producer of the show Mark Wahlberg’s experiences as an up-and-coming movie star. Piven’s role was based on Wahlberg’s agent.

Shaquille O’Neal on how smart Kobe Bryant was 

In the latest episode of the Big Podcast with Shaq, Jeremy Piven opened up about his interactions with Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant. In one instance, he talked about an occasion when the crew was filming an encounter between him and Bryant while the star was warming up. Piven said that he suggested Kobe be an actor and that he will be his agent.

But the five-time NBA champion declined by saying that he does not have the charisma to be an actor. Piven noted that Kobe said this while being “wildly” charismatic. O’Neal then revealed that his former teammate was very smart.

He said, “A lot of people don’t know Kobe made a 1700 on SAT. Very smart.” Shaq then joked about his SAT score, and Nischelle Turner asked him to stop. O’Neal replied, “I did. I failed it twice. I’m not ashamed.” He added, “If you don’t get a 700, you don’t play. I made a 680 twice so I took the ACT rhyme style and I made a 23.”

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The Big Diesel then joked that he used the rhyme technique to randomly mark his answers during the exam. The 15-time NBA All-Star also said that Duke wanted Bryant not just for his basketball abilities but also because he was very smart.

Kobe Bryant’s curiosity

Jeremy Piven also talked about how curious Kobe Bryant was. He said that the Black Mamba asked him how he looked so naturally angry while acting. And it was during the middle of a game while Piven was courtside. Kobe notably has a reputation for not talking to anyone during a game. So Piven was blown away by Kobe’s curiosity.

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However, this was not the only time the 18-time NBA All-Star was curious about an actor’s performance. He notably studied how Heath Ledger got into character for the role of The Joker in The Dark Knight which inspired a legendary performance against the New York Knicks.

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