Shaquille O'Neal is not only one of the greatest players in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA), but he is the best father to his children, a diligent student to his professors and a disciplined law enforcer. Truly, O'Neal excelled in all of his endeavors, and some of it is unknown to all especially on how he maintained a high level of interest in the workings of police departments and became personally involved in law enforcement.
Since his retirement in 2011, he has ventured into music, television, finished and received his Ed.D. degree in Human Resource Development in 2012 and as a sheriff's deputy in Jonesboro, Georgia as part of Clayton County, Georgia Sheriff's Department. Shaquille O'Neal also joined the Turner Network Television (TNT) as an analyst on its NBA basketball games.
Not only is Shaquille O'Neal good in leadership within his team, but he has also maintained a good friendship with his wife, Shaunie Nelson who he was married for seven years. Although every divorce means a conflict between the couple, the executive producer of Basketball Wives and the most valuable player in NBA made a great team of co-parenting their four children Shareef, 19, Amirah, 17, Shaqir, 15, and Me'arah, 12.
It was well explained by Shaquille O'Neal during the opening of his new L.A. restaurant last March 9 with its name Shaquille's At L.A. Live where all of his four children with Shaunie Nelson and even his daughter Taahirah, 22, with ex Arnetta Yardbourgh came in to support the basketball legend. His secret to a successful co-parenting strategy with Shaunie Nelson was having a team player mindset when it comes to balancing fatherhood with his busy work schedule.
Moreover, Shaquille O'Neal emphasized that it was teamwork that made all of his championship teams won and this has also been applied in dealing with the complications of their divorce. But obviously, Shaunie Nelson and her ex-husband became closer than before, and their friendship grew well in time despite their past.
On that same event last March, their closeness was captured when O'Neal seemed to be captivated by Nelson and purposely kissed her. Although it was not a passionate one, the former couple was fooling around with Shaunie Nelson's laugh almost heard in the background.
Netizens were quick to comment on the viral video and approved well with the scene that happened, saying that "they should try again if they feel chemistry, and they have trust within each other only if they ready" while others commented that "they both have had some much love from other people why not just get back together." With their great rapport to each other, Shaquille O'Neal and Shaunie Nelson would have wanted their friendship to stay that way without the complexities of marriage.
