Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal once considered buying the Phoenix Suns but withdrew when Mat Ishbia took over. Although O’Neal joked about NBA ownership, he made it clear he wasn’t willing to compete with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos for the team.<\/p>
Recently, O’Neal hinted at another opportunity, suggesting a potential partnership with future Hall of Famer LeBron James and former Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban for an NBA expansion team. O’Neal discussed the idea on “The Big Podcast with Shaq<\/a>,” sharing that Cuban expressed openness to the idea.<\/p> After selling his majority stake in the Mavericks, Cuban stated that, with his business partners’ support, he would be open to joining forces with O’Neal and James in this venture.
“I’d have to make it okay with my current partners, but, yeah, if my kids were like, ‘All right, we’re set. We don’t… want whatever.’ And it was Shaq. F**k Yeah. I would look at making a comeback. … So, you know, we get me, you, LeBron, we might have something there,” <\/em>Cuban said.<\/p>