Angel Reese Uses Shaquille O’Neal to Send a Silent Message Amid Collaboration With $1.3 Billion Brand

Caitlin Clark’s Prada ensemble, Angel Reese’ Bronx and Banco, or Cameron Brink’s Balmain gown, 2024 has been a fashion highlight for the WNBA. An aspect previously floated by the likes of Kelsey Plum or Candace Parker is being carried on well by the rookies, arriving in statements for the games. In the center of it today, is the Chicago Sky’s rookie forward, Reese, who used a hilarious trend involving Shaquille O’Neal, to showcase her collaboration with a multi-billion clothing brand. 

For her game against the Los Angeles Sparks, Angel Reese decided to pop out in a stunning pregame outfit, styled by Revolve clothing, that garnered quite the attention on social media. After bagging a 10-point win over the LA unit, Reese decided to flex her outfit to her followers, and wrote in the captions, “1999 Shaq”. 

If you are wondering what this means, just recall how dominant Shaquille O’Neal was with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1999. Internet has used phrases like, “1999 Shaq”, “2011 Shaq”, etc. to differentiate between a dominant and an underwhelming display. Reese smartly chose Shaq’s late 90s era to promote her collaboration with Revolve who have a reported net worth of around $1.3 billion. 

Reese was a highlight against the LA Sparks as well, finishing the game with 6 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals, to finish with a +/- of 17. With the win yesterday, the Sky are back to .500 at the 7th seed. A few hours after sealing the game, Reese shared the above captions, to put the league on notice.

Also, this would be the perfect time to share another superstar from the NBA, who used this Shaq trend to celebrate their birthday. 

Stephen Curry takes a hilarious jab at Shaq to celebrate his 36th birthday 

What are the few words that come to your mind when you recall Shaq in the purple and gold jersey? It must be “successful“, “greatness“, “dominant“, etc. However, what comes to your mind when you see Shaq in a Boston Celtics jersey?  Nothing memorable there, right? Shaq’s last season in the NBA was with the Celtics, where he had a very underwhelming performance. 

2011 was his last year in the NBA, where he averaged just 9.2 points and 4.8 rebounds in the 37 games he played. Shaq was injury-ridden in that year. Although the Celtics made it to the postseason, he couldn’t contribute much to the team as he was on the sideline most of the time. Anyhow, this came in handy for Stephen Curry, who mocked the NBA Hall of Famer. 

Curry shared a picture of Shaq in the Celtics jersey and wrote, “Year 36! Let’s get it. Appreciate all the love on Pi day 3:14.“, and tagged the Lakers legend on his Instagram story. The Golden State Warriors center was hinting to his fans that he was entering the last phase of his career, teasing his role further. Sadly, Shaq had to take a jab for it. 

Stay tuned for more such updates, and to follow what Shaq’s ex-agent, Leonard Armato had to say about the marketing genius, watch this video: