Shaqir O’Neal, the son of Basketball Corridor of Famer Shaq, is hitting the switch portal after his first season at his new HBCU.
O’Neal is coming off the perfect season of his school profession at Florida A&M, the place he averaged 6.2 factors and three.7 rebounds per recreation. That included seven double-figure scoring outputs after having only one in his first two seasons. He scored a career-high 26 factors towards Trinity Baptist and scored 20 towards Trinity, in addition to a few double-figure video games towards SWAC competitors. Shaq confirmed up in Atlanta to look at his son play within the SWAC Event earlier this month.
Listed as 6’7, 201 kilos, Shaqir O’Neal was a three-star prospect within the Class of 2021 out of Union Grove Senior Excessive Faculty in Georgia and signed with one other HBCU, Texas Southern. He redshirted the 2021-2022 season and made his school debut towards San Francisco in Nov 2022. He performed in 20 video games throughout the 2022-2023 season, averaging 1.4 factors per recreation in simply over seven minutes of motion per contest. One of the best recreation of his Texas Southern profession got here towards North American when he scored 12 factors with 7 rebounds and 4 assists in 28 minutes.
Shaqir’s head coach at Texas Southern was Johnny Jones, who has shut ties to Shaq. He talked about how a lot Shaqir had improved heading into the earlier season.
“One of many new guys that we’re actually completely satisfied and enthusiastic about is Shaqir O’Neal,” Jones stated. “I believe those who hadn’t had a possibility to see his offseason exercises – I believe he’s accomplished an superior job in transitioning within the final two years and we’re wanting ahead to him making an affect with us and for us as nicely.”
Shaqir averaged 1.8 factors and 1.8 rebounds per recreation in 20 appearances throughout the 2023-2024 season. He performed a season-high 23 minutes towards Creighton and had his finest recreation towards Biblical Research when he scored 9 factors and hit two three-pointers for the HBCU squad.
Will Shaqir land at an HBCU for a 3rd time or will he search for a PWI? Keep tuned for the newest updates from the switch portal.
