Shaqtastic: Shaq Nicknames Through the Years

Shaquille O' Neal has arguably been the best media personality in the entire NBA for around a decade now. O'Neal is generally liked by the media for his humorous tone in interviews. Through his playful antics, his joking and cutting up with reporters, and always making his interviews appear on SportsCenter due to his humor, he has acquired many different nicknames through the years. His nicknames all started out with Shaq , short for his real name Shaquille O' Neal (which means Little Warrior in Arabic). That opened the door for many more to come. Next, it went from Shaq to Superma n , due to Shaq's obsessiveness with The Man of Steel himself. He has a Superman logo tattoo on his arm and many of his cars also have Superman emblems on them. After that came the Diese l . The nickname is supposed to suggest that he has the power and endurance of a diesel engine. M.D.E . was the next nickname he gave himself, standing for Most Dominant Ever. He gave himself this nickname after leading ... (link)