Overview
- Shaquille O’Neal told the New York Post he keeps no contact with current or former NBA players and called many athletes and superstars “a--holes.”
- He said he denounced being a celebrity about a decade ago because he finds celebrity culture “weird.”
- O’Neal described a low-key routine at the tech superstore tm:rw, where he is a partner, saying he arrives with two friends, skips an entourage, and focuses on business and fans.
- He highlighted his academic path with a bachelor’s degree, an MBA, and a Ph.D. in education from Barry University in 2012, rejected claims it is honorary, and said he is pursuing a master’s in liberal arts.
- He pointed to investments meant to help communities, citing his stake in tm:rw and two Newark residential high-rises he said are valued together at more than $230 million.