Shaquille O’Neal’s Bizzare WNBA Conversation With Angel Reese Challenged as Rachel DeMita Highlights Major Flaw

Shaquille O’Neal is an all-and-out Angel Reese supporter. So when he appeared on the Unapologetically Angel podcast last Thursday, the 52-year-old gave a suggestion to Reese that would help her match the popularity of Caitlin Clark. While he disguised his advice as coming from an NBA legend that could benefit every female athlete, Reese surely learned the next steps to being a fan favorite. However, Rachel DeMita challenged Shaq’s proposal and instead pointed out a shortcoming that can hurt his intentions, if the WNBA does follow his suggestion.

On Monday’s episode of her podcast, DeMita pointed out the flaw in Shaq’s proposal which gave a clearer picture of the WNBA and the female athletes. “I’m going to stop him right there because he lost me. He lost me immediately with that argument… Saying to lower the rim this much. Shaq, I love you. You have helped me so much in my career. I adore you as a friend. But really… you really think that lowering the rim this much is going to have more women dunking? I can’t give you he’s saying not this much. Just this much. Like you’re joking,” DeMita stated.

Shaq had opined that the rim should be lowered a bit. According to him, fans watch Clark and Steph Curry because they consistently score with logo threes, which is a rarity in both basketball leagues. Therefore, if the rim is lowered more and more female athletes would be able to dunk and that might attract a lot of fans to watch the game, something that also attracts many in the NBA.

“So I’m telling you now if you just lower like this right there. I’m not saying go right there. I’m just you know what you need to do one day,” Shaq stated. However, the suggestion didn’t go down well with DeMita.