Shaquille O’Neal, besides being one of the most dominant players on the hardwood, is a great father and a family man. Although Shaq doesn’t force his kids to play basketball, some are ballers and aim to play in the NBA. Shaq’s kids understand their father’s humor, and they’ve seemingly imbibed some of it. Recently on Instagram, Shareef O’Neal decided to find some humor when he was mistaken for one of his siblings. A young fan mistook Shareef for his sibling, resulting in a hilarious encounter between the two.

Shareef O’Neal was recently mistaken for his 19-year-old brother Shaqir O’Neal in a random encounter with a young fan. He found it hilarious as he put a story of the youngster on his social media.

Shareef O’Neal gets embarrassed in public as fans mistook him for his younger brother Shaqir

Shaq’s kids are born to one of the greatest basketball players ever. Naturally, they would be famous from the get-go. In a recent story on Instagram, Shareef O’Neal shared a funny interaction with a young fan. In what seemed like a typical store, Shareef met the youngster and pulled out his camera after listening to him.

“Who do you think I was bro?” asked Shareef while pointing the camera at the fan. The young fan hurriedly answered with a smile, “Shaqir!“

Shareef decided to turn the embarrassing incident into a moment of self-deprecating humor as he recorded his reaction. He tagged his brother Shaqir on the story, who shared it on his Instagram. Needless to say, the brothers would laugh heartily whenever they discuss the incident.

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Shareef and Shaqir are basketball players and aim to play in the NBA. Shareef is currently in the G-League Ignite team and hopes to soon step foot in the league. Whereas 19-year-old Shaqir is still a college basketball player looking up to his father’s advice to be the best.

Shaqir looked up to his father, Shaquille O’Neal, for advice 

In an old clip, Shaqir was seen having an honest conversation with his father. The youngster mentioned how he wanted to be the best in the world while Shaq was at the dinner table. Shaqir said he wanted to “move” in with his father to improve.

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Shaq was taken aback by his son’s determination and could muster only two words as a reaction, “For real?!” said Shaq. Furthermore, Shaq promised Shaqir that he’d become the best player in the world if he listened religiously to his father’s advice.