Shareef O’Neal comes from a legendary basketball lineage, but his favorite NBA player of all-time doesn’t share his last name.
Shareef, the son of NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal, listed his preferred lineup of hardware heroes in an exclusive interview with Us Weekly.
“LeBron [James] number one, Kobe [Bryant], and then my dad is number three,” Shareef, 25, told Us at the 2025 ESPYS at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 16. “He knows that. LeBron, Kobe, my dad.”
Shareef joked that his dad isn’t fazed by his son’s allegiances, and even helped facilitate face-to-face meetings...
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