{"id":257816,"date":"2025-11-02T15:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T15:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/257816\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T15:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T15:28:09","slug":"shaquille-oneal-advised-victor-wembanyama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/257816\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaquille O\u2019Neal advised Victor Wembanyama."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/basketballsphere.com\/en\/?s=Shaquille+O%E2%80%99Neal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shaquille O\u2019Neal<\/a> is just the latest figure expressing amazement at what Victor Wembanyama is currently doing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A decade ago, it would have been unthinkable for someone of his height to play the way he does, but Wembanyama is breaking all stereotypes. The <a href=\"https:\/\/basketballsphere.com\/en\/?s=San+Antonio+Spurs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Antonio Spurs <\/a>are playing excellent basketball, looking unstoppable, and Shaquille O\u2019Neal commented on the young Frenchman\u2019s performances:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cVictor Wembanyama is redefining what a big man can be. Jokic already changed the perception of what a center can do, but Wemby takes it to another level: dribbling between his legs, stepping back, moving like Kevin Durant. He\u2019s playing incredible basketball right now, and I\u2019m happy for him. Happy for the San Antonio organization,\u201d Shaq said, before giving him some advice:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI would tell him: \u2018Just keep going.\u2019 Phil Jackson\u2014 I don\u2019t know how he did it\u2014 during those three years when we won consecutively, he would come and say: \u2018Hey, skip these two games. You need to rest. No parties, no rap spots, no commercials\u2014just rest. But when you come back, I need you to fill 40 years.\u2019 Phil was excellent at managing my game time, my recovery time, and he also kept us away from Utah. I don\u2019t know how, but we always had trouble with Utah before he arrived,\u201d Shaq concluded.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/basketballsphere.com\/en\/link\/betlabel_bonus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/betlabel-banner-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-148540\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"75\" data-end=\"307\">Only on Basketball Sphere can you follow <a href=\"https:\/\/basketballsphere.com\/en\/picks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">free analyses and betting tips<\/a> for all the top basketball competitions \u2014 including the:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"309\" data-end=\"404\">This season, we\u2019ve added a wide range of special betting features to our portal, such as:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"544\" data-end=\"656\" data-is-only-node=\"\">A brand-new feature this year is our <a href=\"https:\/\/basketballsphere.com\/en\/category\/picks\/numbers-game\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Numbers Game<\/a>, tracking all the hottest trends in European basketball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shaquille O\u2019Neal is just the latest figure expressing amazement at what Victor Wembanyama is currently doing. 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