Shaquille O’Neal is not a huge fan of the latest record-breaking deals that many NBA superstars are receiving. Time and again, the 51-year-old has mocked the Supermax contracts on social media. One of them was a 26-year-old Boston Celtics star who created history with a massive $304 million deal a few weeks back. Despite advocating against the veteran’s new deal, Shaq now decided to turn the tables by seemingly acknowledging the Celtics star’s impressive feat.?

Not only did the 4x NBA champion mock the contracts but also believed that the Celtics must make a major change to their team. Shaq made it clear that the 26-year-old Celtics star must also be a part of the change.?

Shaquille O’Neal impressed with Celtics star’s side quests

One of the big names in the NBA right now is Jaylen Brown. Ever since he bagged a $304 million extension, the expectations for him for the next season have risen. However, the Los Angeles Lakers legend had different plans for the Celtics, which the organization did not opt for.?

Keeping aside this historic feat, it’s a known fact that Brown is a lot more than just an NBA player. To define his academic brilliance, Brown attended the University of California, Berkley, which is the no.1 ranked US college. Well, this was just the start!?

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A video from Instagram explained,?“Jaylen [Brown] was on the chess varsity team, took graduate classes as a freshman and learned multiple languages… Brown became the youngest person ever to hold a lecture at Harvard, became an MIT media lab fellow, was offered a NASA internship and became NBPA’s youngest Vice President back in 2019.”

Well, who wouldn’t be impressed looking at this? Shaquille O’Neal shared the above video on his Instagram story to credit Brown for all his impressive side quests. But O’Neal wasn’t too impressed with the 2x All-Star’s historic extension.

Why was Shaquille O’Neal against the Celtics’ $304 million deal for Brown??

For starters, the LA legend wanted to break the Celtics’ big 3 of Jayson Tatum, Marcus Smart, and Brown. Smart has already departed for the Memphis Grizzlies. A trade for Brown would have fulfilled Shaq’s desire, but the Celtics had other plans.?

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On an episode of ‘The Big Podcast’, Shaq revealed, “I would, business-wise, break them up and use one of them to get the pieces I want. I will say Tatum is the number one; use Brown to bring in a Brown-type player, and then just do it like that.”?However, that doesn’t seem to be happening now as Brown signed the largest contract in league history.

Nevertheless, Shaq is impressed with Brown’s accomplishment. What are your thoughts on this? Share in the comments below.?