With his NBA career and subsequent investments in several businesses, Shaquille O’Neal has definitely accumulated a vast amount of wealth. He has an estimated net worth of $600 million. However, he still understands the true value of an NBA ticket. In his podcast, accompanied by Nischelle Turner and Spice Adams, Shaq revealed how he couldn’t perform badly on the court. As there were several hundred fans watching him play after paying a hefty amount of money.

During the podcast, Shaquille O’Neal brought out some facts after a question from Turner that revealed another side of the Big Diesel. He stated one player could not have back-to-back bad games as he never experienced that, which startled the other podcasters a little. After hearing that, Adams threw a question to Shaq, asking him his benchmark for a bad game.

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The Big Diesel instantaneously replied that a game where he couldn’t score higher than 24 or 25 points was a terrible game for him. He further added that he set a benchmark of 28 points per game for himself.

Shaquille O’Neal on never letting himself play badly

Shaq said that he understood how families were coming to see his game after buying high-priced tickets. He understood that he couldn’t display a bad performance on the court after all the people put their money on him. The Lakers legend added, “We make a lot of money and you help me make that money by paying that high a** ticket prices,” on?people who come to watch him play.

Thereafter, he also made a gagging face when Adams said 24 points were respectable. The Big Diesel finished off by saying that he wouldn’t even go home if he scored 24 points in a game. His words definitely indicated how much he valued his fans, which eventually made him a better player by setting a high standard for himself.

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