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<blockquote data-quote="HotNewHipHop" data-source="post: 43252" data-attributes="member: 83">It looks as if Shareef O'Neal is following in his father's footsteps, but Shaquille O'Neal may not be completely onboard. Shareef has been pursuing basketball throughout his life, even playing <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/shaqs-son-shareef-oneal-announces-hes-leaving-ucla-news.101708.html" target="_blank">for both UCLA and LSU</a>, but when his college career came to an end, there were questions regarding the 22-year-old's future in sports. However, Today (June 21), Shareef visited the Los Angeles Lakers practice facility for a pre-draft workout, and while this sounds promising, he admitted that it has been a point of contention with his Lakers legend father.&quot;We kind of bump heads about this process,&quot; he said during a press conference. &quot;He wanted me to stay in school. I wanted to better myself through this.&quot;<h4><img src="https://ssl.ulximg.com/public/userfiles/2022/06/21/GettyImages-1386336313.jpeg" alt="Shareef O'Neal'Neal" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></h4>
<h4>Patrick McDermott / Stringer / Getty Images</h4>&quot;He knows I'm working out with teams. But I'm not going to lie, we ain't talked about this. I'm kind of just going through it. He didn't do any pre-draft workouts; he just got straight on the [Orlando Magic], so it's a different grind,&quot; Shareef added. &quot;So, he didn't want me to do this, and I know he probably doesn't want me saying this, but sorry.<a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/shareef-oneal-shows-off-epic-photorealistic-tattoo-of-his-dad-news.85101.html" target="_blank"> We're both grown</a>, we'll get past it.&quot;&quot;[My dad] didn't like that idea at all. It sucks that he didn't like that idea, but I'm a grown man, I'm 22 years old, I can make my own decision,&quot; he continued. &quot;It was right in front of my face. I'm not backing up from it. I'm going to go get it if I see it. That's just how I'm built. I take everything the same way. <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/shareef-o-neal-to-undergo-heart-surgery-will-miss-freshman-season-news.60862.html" target="_blank">I took my heart surgery</a> the same way. Being cleared was right in front of me, being healthy was right in front of me, and I went for it. I'm not backing down from nobody.&quot;&quot;I know he's an NBA legend, I know he's my dad, but it was right in front of me, I had to go get it. So, if he likes it or not, it's not really going to stop me from doing what I want to do.&quot;Check out a clip of Shareef O'Neal's conference below.[<a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34127925/shareef-oneal-says-butted-heads-father-shaq-entering-nba-draft-want-do-this" target="_blank">via</a>]<a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/shareef-oneal-and-dad-shaq-bumped-heads-about-his-pre-draft-workout-with-the-lakers-news.153929.html" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="HotNewHipHop, post: 43252, member: 83"] It looks as if Shareef O'Neal is following in his father's footsteps, but Shaquille O'Neal may not be completely onboard. Shareef has been pursuing basketball throughout his life, even playing [URL='https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/shaqs-son-shareef-oneal-announces-hes-leaving-ucla-news.101708.html']for both UCLA and LSU[/URL], but when his college career came to an end, there were questions regarding the 22-year-old's future in sports. However, Today (June 21), Shareef visited the Los Angeles Lakers practice facility for a pre-draft workout, and while this sounds promising, he admitted that it has been a point of contention with his Lakers legend father. "We kind of bump heads about this process," he said during a press conference. "He wanted me to stay in school. I wanted to better myself through this." [HEADING=3][IMG alt="Shareef O'Neal'Neal"]https://ssl.ulximg.com/public/userfiles/2022/06/21/GettyImages-1386336313.jpeg[/IMG] [I]Patrick McDermott / Stringer / Getty Images[/I][/HEADING] "He knows I'm working out with teams. But I'm not going to lie, we ain't talked about this. I'm kind of just going through it. He didn't do any pre-draft workouts; he just got straight on the [Orlando Magic], so it's a different grind," Shareef added. "So, he didn't want me to do this, and I know he probably doesn't want me saying this, but sorry.[URL='https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/shareef-oneal-shows-off-epic-photorealistic-tattoo-of-his-dad-news.85101.html'] We're both grown[/URL], we'll get past it." "[My dad] didn't like that idea at all. It sucks that he didn't like that idea, but I'm a grown man, I'm 22 years old, I can make my own decision," he continued. "It was right in front of my face. I'm not backing up from it. I'm going to go get it if I see it. That's just how I'm built. I take everything the same way. [URL='https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/shareef-o-neal-to-undergo-heart-surgery-will-miss-freshman-season-news.60862.html']I took my heart surgery[/URL] the same way. Being cleared was right in front of me, being healthy was right in front of me, and I went for it. I'm not backing down from nobody." "I know he's an NBA legend, I know he's my dad, but it was right in front of me, I had to go get it. So, if he likes it or not, it's not really going to stop me from doing what I want to do." Check out a clip of Shareef O'Neal's conference below. [[URL='https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34127925/shareef-oneal-says-butted-heads-father-shaq-entering-nba-draft-want-do-this']via[/URL]] [url="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/shareef-oneal-and-dad-shaq-bumped-heads-about-his-pre-draft-workout-with-the-lakers-news.153929.html"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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