Shaquille O’Neal bought a Cyberbeast thanks to LeBron James. How? Well, recently, King James publicly criticized Effortless, an automotive dealership company, on Instagram for a false marketing strategy involving him. As fans began to criticize, the company clarified that it was a mistake made by an intern and issued an apology. However, this unwanted publicity caught Shaq’s attention. 

The towering 7ft NBA legend often struggles to find cars that can comfortably fit him. When he saw a photo of the luxurious Bugatti that was claimed to be King James’ new purchase, he decided to approach the company on whether it had something suitable for him. That’s how O’Neal ended up purchasing his Cyberbeast!

“Guess what, killer intern, he did a great job. I saw that and I called you… Intern I know you got fired but I got the cyber-beast,” Shaq said. The post is captioned, “They tried to bring us down, @shaq saves the day. Thanks for trusting effortless motors.” It turns out that despite the failed marketing strategy employed by the newly hired intern, the company is good at its work.

Shaq was all smiles on the purchase, thanking the owner for a well-suited deal. The impression even had the Big Deisel clarify the things out for King James. “It wasn’t him Bron, it was the intern,” he assures.

Shaq has had great deal of size troubles with his Teslas. Before offering to buy Funny Marco’s Cybertruck in a recent YouTube clip, He’d even asked Elon Musk for help after having failed to fit in a car. “Elon, you wanna make a big boy Tesla?” Shaq had said 2022. Interestingly enough, LeBron’s fumes, ended helping him with the years-long quest.

LeBron James upset with Effortless Motors dealership’s social media post

Just as Shaq mentioned, David also claimed that it was the intern who posted the picture of a Buggati Chiron which is priced at $4 million being driven at the back of a truck. The post is captioned, “Congratulations @KingJames for trusting Effortless Motors.” 

The 4x NBA champion was quick to call out the company on this. Sharing the snap on his Instagram Stories and wrote, “Stop the cap!! LIARS!! I don’t know y’all and I don’t even have that car. CLOUT CHASERS.” James isn’t one to let you off the hook! But the company was quick to respond. They took down the post and owner Daniel Ubario, admitted that it was a marketing ploy and had personally reached out to LeBron to apologize according to TMZ. 

The instance was expected to take an ugly turn further. Well, surprisingly enough, it ended with an outcome never better.

Stay tuned for more such updates, and to follow what Shaq’s ex-agent, Leonard Armato, has to say about the Reese-Clark rivalry and more, watch this video.