Clippers’ Tyronn Lue Reveals Time Shaquille O’Neal Violated Lakers’ Teammate
Shaquille O’Neal is one of the most recognizable faces in basketball. Besides being known as one of the greatest in the history of the NBA, he is also known as a jokester and joker.
We’ve heard many stories about his shenanigans before, but his former teammate Tyronn Lue and the Los Angeles Clippers coach recently shared one that might be the craziest.
Lue was recently a guest on the Knuckleheads podcast with Darius Miles and Quentin Richardson.
During his appearance Lue revealed that Shaq took a dump in former team Devean George’s shoe.
“One day, Devean George, he was supposed to grab donuts or whatever… I don’t know, but he didn’t do it. So Shaq’s like ‘alright, I’m gonna get you’ So we’re getting ready for a game and Devean George I think worked not he court, came back, and he was getting taped or whatever,” said Lue.
“Shaq goes in the bathroom, takes his shoe in there, and he s*** in his shoe. Takes his shoe, comes back. So Devean George comes back, gets ready for the game, and puts his shoe on”
George won three championships together with the Los Angeles Lakers from 2000-to 2002. They were teammates for four seasons before O’Neal was traded in the summer of 2004 to Miami for Lamar Odom, Caron Butler, Brian Grant, and a future first-round pick. They turned into Jordan Farmar, according to Lakersnation.com.
George played ten seasons in the NBA averaged 5.6 points, 3.1 rebounds, 0.9 assists in 690 games for Lakers, Warriors, and Mavericks.
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