Did You Know...
Shaq (seriously) thinks the world is flat?
Newsweek has an article on it. He was giving an interview somewhere in Australia this week and the topic came up.
I know he’s very wealthy, mostly from endorsments, but I have heard him speak casually before. Let’s just say I doubt if he has to worry about paying Mensa membership fees this year.
Somewhere out there, there is an interview with Shaq where he's asked about why NBA defenses were having so many problems with the Lakers' offense. He replied something to the effect of, "our offense is like the Pythagorean theorem, there is no answer!"
That said, I've always found him likeable. I once had a brief encounter with him. One night, decades ago, I was the military police duty officer (MPDO) on Yongsan Garrison (at the time, the big US military base in Seoul). I got a call from the MP at the front gate just saying there was a VIP with no access media. I headed over and it was Shaq who was somehow under the illusion that being an American citizen entitled him to access to a US military installation. I kindly explained to him that wasn't the case any more than it would be to a closed post in the US. He was polite and didn't play the, "do you know who I am?" game. I pointed him to the Itaewon entertainment district and told him that he'd likely have no problem finding a GI willing to sign him onto post as a guest. He thanked me, took off and that was that.