Shaquille O'Neal

 NBA great Shaquille O'Neal and son Shareef watch game action between Arizona and Sacred Heart during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Position: Power forward 

Height: 6-9

Weight: 200

Hometown (high school): Santa Monica, California (Crossroads School) 

Commitment date: April 19, 2017 

Chose Arizona over: Baylor, Cal, Kansas State, LSU, Texas Tech, UCLA, USC

Class of: 2018 

What he said: “I’ve been to Arizona for an unofficial visit and the campus was great, the coaches treated us like family,” O’Neal told Rivals recently. “I know they let their bigs shoot and play the perimeter and that’s the kind of thing I like."


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