{"id":2428,"date":"2024-08-03T00:28:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T00:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=2428"},"modified":"2024-08-03T00:28:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T00:28:06","slug":"social-media-is-completely-mind-blown-over-image-of-gigantic-shaquille-oneal-standing-next-to-a-tiny-simone-biles-pic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=2428","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Is Completely Mind-Blown Over Image Of Gigantic Shaquille O\u2019Neal Standing Next To A Tiny Simone Biles (PIC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sports fans are completely mind-blown after an old image of basketball legend\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/shaquille-o-neal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shaquille O\u2019Neal<\/a>\u00a0and Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/simone-biles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simone Biles<\/a>\u00a0resurfaced on social media.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-sm-content-width\" data-content-name=\"mai-video-player\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div id=\"pw-med-background\">\n<p>Shaquille O\u2019Neal dominated the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBA<\/a>\u00a0landscape thanks to his size (7-foot-1) and elite athleticism. As for the 4-foot-8 Simone Biles, she has put together an excellent case as the greatest gymnast of all tiime, having just won two more Olympic gold medals at the 2024 games in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>The @DraftKings X\/Twitter recently shared a photo of O\u2019Neal and Biles from 2017. The photo was taken at Super Bowl 51 in Houston, Texas seven years ago:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Never forget this iconic photo of Shaq and Simone Biles \ud83d\udc10\ud83d\ude02<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OpeningCeremony?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OpeningCeremony<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B8dWAKWgKL\">pic.twitter.com\/B8dWAKWgKL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DraftKings (@DraftKings) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DraftKings\/status\/1816902374545367354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And sports fans had all sorts of hysterical reactions to this viral image of Shaquille O\u2019Neal standing beside Simone Biles. Even with the latter wearing heels, the height difference is astonishing to see:<\/p>\n<div class=\"pw-ad-scroll-container\" data-pw-in-article=\"true\">\n<div class=\"pw_report_ad_container\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Never forget this iconic photo of Shaq and Simone Biles \ud83d\udc10\ud83d\ude02<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OpeningCeremony?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OpeningCeremony<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B8dWAKWgKL\">pic.twitter.com\/B8dWAKWgKL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DraftKings (@DraftKings) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DraftKings\/status\/1816902374545367354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">That\u2019s ridiculous lol<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan Gaertner (@Ryan_Gaertner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ryan_Gaertner\/status\/1816927935053594633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The best iconic shot of all time &#8211; Shaq vs. Biles<br \/>\nright after the Levitating Surfer<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ilovehouston3000 (@ilovehouston301) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ilovehouston301\/status\/1818736768901947396?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 31, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Shaquille O\u2019Neal was a 15-time All-Star who won four NBA championships, leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a three-peat with\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/kobe-bryant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobe Bryant<\/a>\u00a0(2000 to \u201902). He won his fourth ring with Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Biles now has nine Olympic medals (six gold, one silver and two bronze). Only four female gymnasts have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/paris-2024-summer-olympics\/gymnastics-medal-leaders-history-simone-biles\/3473941\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more\u00a0<\/a>Olympic medals than Biles: Larisa Latynina (18), V\u011bra \u010c\u00e1slavsk\u00e1 (11), \u00c1gnes Keleti (10) and Polina Astakhova (10).<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to predict the future four years in advance, but Biles would have the golden opportunity to climb the leaderboard if she returned for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Biles will be 31 years old then.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-shaquille-o-neal-will-be-a-free-agent-next-year\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shaquille O\u2019Neal Will Be A Free Agent Next Year<\/h2>\n<p>O\u2019Neal has had a successful NBA analyst career on TNT, but the network suffered a giant blow last month when it lost basketball coverage after the league signed new TV contracts.<\/p>\n<p>Shaq and fellow Hall of Famer Charles Barkley have been two of the most entertaining sports media personalities since teaming up on TNT. But both men should be highly-coveted when they become free agents following the expiration of TNT\u2019s deal with the NBA next year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pw-ad-container-logo\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports fans are completely mind-blown after an old image of basketball legend\u00a0Shaquille O\u2019Neal\u00a0and Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast\u00a0Simone Biles\u00a0resurfaced on social media. Shaquille O\u2019Neal dominated the\u00a0NBA\u00a0landscape thanks to his size (7-foot-1) &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2430,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428\/revisions\/2430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}