{"id":622968,"date":"2025-08-21T10:37:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T09:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=622968"},"modified":"2025-08-21T10:37:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T09:37:31","slug":"shaquille-oneal-to-host-dwight-howards-hall-of-fame-induction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/shaquille-oneal-to-host-dwight-howards-hall-of-fame-induction\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaquille O&#8217;Neal to Host Dwight Howard&#8217;s Hall of Fame Induction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Between slaps and kisses, the Basketball Hall of Fame announced on Tuesday that Shaquille O&rsquo;Neal will be present at the induction of Dwight Howard to the highest place in the sport. More than that, Shaq will introduce and lead the pivot to the tribute. Thus, the controversies about the presence or not of the basketball legend were ended.<\/p><p>In April of this year, Howard posted on his &ldquo;X&rdquo; that he would like Shaquille O&rsquo;Neal, Kevin Garnett , and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to attend. Shortly after, Shaq confirmed his attendance: <em>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s amazing. I&rsquo;ll do it. I&rsquo;ll be there, for sure. That&rsquo;s my guy.&rdquo;<\/em> However, about 10 days ago, he canceled his participation without further explanation, leaving several questions unanswered.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Let&rsquo;s make it official. See you soon <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SHAQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>@SHAQ<\/a>. &#128526; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/25HoopClass?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#25HoopClass<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tobLF6xR8k\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/tobLF6xR8k<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Basketball HOF (@Hoophall) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hoophall\/status\/1957916469393781094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>August 19, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Now, the Hall of Fame announcement has made official the decision of Shaquille O&rsquo;Neal, who will be present at the induction of the class of 2025, which will take place on the weekend of September 5th and 6th. In addition to Howard, the following names will be marked in sports history: Carmelo Anthony, Sue Bird, Maya Moore, Sylvia Fowles, Billy Donovan, Micky Arison and Danny Crawford.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What feud? Shaquille O&rsquo;Neal and Dwight Howard Share the Stage at Hall of Fame Event <\/h2><p>Both centers were the first picks in their respective drafts, 12 years apart. Furthermore, both debuted in the NBA with the Orlando Magic , making history for the franchise. Shaq and Howard were the centerpieces of their teams, leading the Magic to an NBA Finals appearance, only to lose in the final. Ultimately, both also left Orlando for a venture in Los Angeles with the Lakers .<\/p><p>However, despite similar career trajectories, the two never had the best of relationships. Their strained relationship began and continued with Shaquille O&rsquo;Neal&rsquo;s negative comments about Dwight Howard. The final straw came in 2008, when Howard wore a Superman costume for the All-Star dunk contest.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So u wear a cape and win a dunk contest and they call u superman<br>So<\/p>&mdash; SHAQ (@SHAQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SHAQ\/status\/1012396521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>November 19, 2008<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>So Shaq didn&rsquo;t like it since he used to be the NBA&rsquo;s &ldquo;Superman.&rdquo; &ldquo;Then you wear a cape and win a dunk contest and they call you Superman.&rdquo; Additionally, Shaq has been critical of Howard on and off the court on several occasions. Now, however, the relationship appears to be on an even keel.<\/p><p><em>Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between slaps and kisses, the Basketball Hall of Fame announced on Tuesday that Shaquille O&rsquo;Neal will be present at the induction of Dwight Howard to the highest place in the sport. More than that, Shaq will introduce and lead the pivot to the tribute. Thus, the controversies about the presence or not of the basketball [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":623050,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[9316,312],"class_list":["post-622968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-dwight-howard","tag-shaquille-oneal"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Shaquille O&#039;Neal to Host Dwight Howard&#039;s Hall of Fame Induction - The Playoffs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Basketball Hall of Fame announced that O&#039;Neal will be present at the induction of Dwight Howard to the highest place in the sport.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/shaquille-oneal-to-host-dwight-howards-hall-of-fame-induction\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shaquille O&#039;Neal to Host Dwight Howard&#039;s Hall of Fame Induction - 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