The list of what-ifs regarding Shaquille O'Neal's basketball career could go on and on. What if he had stayed in Orlando? What if he had never left Los Angeles? What if his body hadn't quite broken down as it has in recent years?
All of those questions may be significant, but in Sunday's Outside the Lines, O'Neal revealed what may have been the biggest what-if of all.
What if Shaq had met up with Notorious B.I.G. at the Soul Train Awards after party as expected on the night of Biggie's murder?
According to the Boston Herald, O'Neal was ready to go, but fell asleep before meeting up with the legendary rapper.
"I was in my condo. I had on a cold white suit, white hat and all that. I was on my way. I was dressed. Ready to go," O'Neal told ESPN.
"I just fell asleep. I woke up about 4 o'clock from a call from my mother," Shaq recalled. "She said 'Did you go to the party?' I'm like, 'No, what're you talking about?' She said, 'You know, your friend was shot and killed.' And I was like, 'What?' So then I hung up with her and called some people and they told me what had happened."
If O'Neal had been with Biggie, he believes that with his bodyguard, Uncle Jerome, the two could have made a difference.
I think Shaq seriously thinks he is an actual superhero. Biggie Smalls was more of a super hero than him. He also knew how to become a legend: "You're nobody til somebody kills you."
So I don't think Biggie needed saving from some dude, calling himself Uncle Jerome. Besides anyone from Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, that goes on to become a millionaire is already working miracles. That place smells of overdoses and AIDS. Kinda like the town of Berwyn.
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