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Thursday, March 10, 2016

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How many inches is Shaq's foot?


Former NBA Player Shaquille O'Neal is recorded to have worn size 23 shoes while playing, which are approximately 22.25 inches long. When Shaq played for the Lakers, he wore a special shoe called the Shaqtastic, designed by Reebok. The Orlando Magic drafted Shaq with the first pick in the 1992 NBA draft. O'Neal's career with the NBA lasted from 1992 to 2011; his last team was the Boston Celtics. Throughout his career, O'Neal won four NBA Titles with various teams, as well as several MVP titles. O'Neal stands an imposing 7'1" with a weight of 325 pounds. His home, located in Orlando, is reported to be 63,000 square feet.




Shaquille O'Neal ("Shaq") won four championships during his career in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He won three consecutive titles from 2000 to 2002 as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers. He won his fourth and final title with the Miami Heat in 2006. All of O'Neal's titles were earned when he played alongside other NBA stars. His titles with the Lakers came when he was a teammate of Kobe Bryant. His title with the Heat came when playing with Dwayne Wade. Shaq was named the most valuable player of the 2000 NBA Finals. Shaq's first appearance in the NBA Finals was in 1995 as a member of the Orlando Magic.




At age 13, about the age of a sixth-grader, Shaquille O'Neal was 6 feet 6 inches (or 1.98 meters) tall and weighed 223 pounds. As of 2013, his final adult height and weight is 7 feet 1 inch tall and 320 pounds. He wears a size 22.25 shoe.While tall in sixth grade, O'Neal is far from the record-holder for teenage height. In 2009, O'Neal hung out with 7-foot 4-inch 12-year-old Brenden Adams who is the tallest teenager alive. As of 2014, Adams measured 7 feet 7 inches tall at age 19. Adams is as tall as two of O'Neal's fellow NBA alumni, Manute Bol and Gheorghe MureČ™an, the tallest men to have ever played in the league.


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