Shaquille Rashaun O’Neal, known mostly as Shaq was one of the NBA’s greatest players of all time. He was named in the 1996 NBA’s list of 50 greatest players of all time.
SHAQUILLE O'NEAL
Shaq became a recognized name playing college ball for Louisiana State University (LSU), where he became hailed as one of the best youth players in the US.
BASKETBALL
Moving to the NBA, both Reebok and Nike were after endorsement deals with the young superstar. O’Neal was adamant that he wanted his own Shaq shoes signature sneaker line.
BASKETBALL
This was something that Nike was not willing to risk offering, while Reebok gladly obliged. As a result, Reebok became his natural choice of shoe for many years to come.
SHAQ ATTACK
The Shaq Attack became Reebok and Shaq new premier NBA shoe option. It was state of the art, as the new Shaq shoes featured so many unique features.
SHAQ ATTACK
Reebok and Shaq shoes had a great run with Shaq Attack, releasing four more major shoes. These included the Shaq Attack 2, Shaq Attack 3, Shaq Attack 4.
SHAQ SHOES
He quit the apparel brand to pursue the production of his own brand of Shaq Shoes and aimed at creating a hot brand of sneakers – Shaq Shoes Walmart could even stock.
SHAQ SHOES
There was the ‘Dunkman Line’ which were the shoes that he would wear on the court when he played and there was the ‘Shaq Line’.
SHAQ SHOES
Unfortunately, the shoe brand came under a bit of heat because many believed that the Shaq shoes were just cheaper rip-off variants of Jordans, Nikes, and the like.
SHAQ SHOES
Shaq hit back with the sales stats on Facebook in 2016 and wrote, “Laugh all you want, the Shaq brand has sold over 120 million pairs of affordable shoes for kids.”
SHAQ SHOES
Today, the Shaq™ shoe line has been joined by more apparel that lives up to the ethos the ‘big man’ laid down at the start. They are affordable and stylish.