While many of us associate Odell Beckham Jr. with football, it turns out he has quite a few connections with basketball as well. In fact, Beckham Jr. is especially close to one massively famous basketball player who is certainly a household name: Shaquille O’Neal, former Los Angeles Laker. His father attended Louisiana State University (his mother, too), which just so happens to be also be O’Neal’s alma mater.
As O’Neal explained to NJ Advance Media, he and Beckham Jr.’s father both have strong ties to Texas, which is one of the first things the pair bonded over. As O’Neal explained, the pair “used to go to clubs, fight for each other, we were best friends.” O’Neal later congratulated the Beckham family on the birth of their son.
The two still have a strong bond to this day, with both referring to one another as family. As O’Neal told NJ Advance Media, he’s always there for Beckham Jr. He said, “I don’t really bother [Beckham], but he knows if he needs anything, advice from Uncle Shaq — because obviously I’ve already lived it, and mastered it — … if he needs anything, advice or whatever, just give me a call.”
