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General: If O Neal is now in the NBA, he needs three players to limit the number of emperors; Gobert& Jokic.

11:40pm, 12 August 2025Basketball

August 12th News Former NBA star Arenas talked about O'Neal's dominance in his podcast. He believes that if O'Neal was in today's NBA, he would change the league structure like Curry.

Arenas believes that this single ability of O'Neal is enough to allow him to seamlessly integrate into today's league. In addition, Arenas believes that to limit O'Neal's scoring craze, at least the three best big men in the NBA today need to guard the inside.

"You put him in today's game, just like Stephen Curry changed the way the game was played. If you put Shaquille O'Neal in, Embiid would be beaten alone, and no one can support him now... You need Embiid, Jokic and Rudy Gobert - they will be the last line of defense you use to defend Shaquille O'Neal."

O'Neal has won 1 regular season MVP in his career, 4 championships and 3 finals MVPs. His playing style mainly relies on overwhelming opponents in the inside. Throughout his career, he shot 52.7% from free throws and 58.2% from the field.

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