Is NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal (Shaq) a deputy?

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Is NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal (Shaq) a deputy?

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September 13, 2022

Shaq has had his fair share of experience with law enforcement, both during his career and after retirement

Shaquille O’Neal has been appointed to the position of deputy on over one occasion. The NBA Hall of Famer has been involved in working with the law enforcement since his playing days and has continued to do so even in recent years.

biggest feet in NBA — Shaquille O’Neal attends an event. (Image: Scott Mlyn | CNBC)

Is Shaq a deputy? The answer to that question is yes.

The former NBA big man was named a honorary US Deputy Marshall in 2005, a reserve deputy by the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana in 2020 and served as an honorary deputy in both Bedford County, Virginia and Maricopa County, Arizona for a period. Shaq was more recently named the Director of Community Relations at the Henry County Sheriff’s Office in 2021.

Who is Shaquille O’Neal?

Shaquille O’Neal is an American retired basketball player who played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 19 seasons. Nicknamed “Shaq”, O’Neal won 4 NBA Championships and won 3 NBA Finals MVP Awards. Besides that he was named the NBA Most Valuable Player in 2000, racked up 15 NBA All-Star appearances, and made the All-NBA teams a combined total of 14 times over his career.

O’Neal was picked by the Orlando Magic in the 1992 NBA draft and even reached the finals with them in the1995 playoffs. Despite that, Shaq is most well known for his partnership with fellow NBA legend Kobe Bryant and the tumultuous relationship that led to 3 NBA Championships.

What is Shaq doing now?

Shaquille O’Neal is a businessman whose smart business decisions and marketable personality have landed him a net-worth of approximately 400 million USD. Post his NBA career, Shaq was smart with his money rather than squander it aimlessly.

Besides that, Shaq works as an NBA Analyst and appears on the TNT show ‘Inside the NBA’ alongside Ernie Johnson Jr., Kenny “the jet” Smith and Charles Barkley. The show’s success is credited to the chemistry between the four NBA analysts and the comedic love-hate relationship between Shaq and Barkley.