How Shaquille O'Neal Got All Of His Famous Nicknames

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    Shaquille O'Neal has had a ton of nicknames throughout his NBA career. Most of them were created by Shaq himself. In this video, I talk about all of Shaq's most famous nicknames and how they originated. Enjoy!
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Komentáře • 276

  • @desmcmahon5570
    @desmcmahon5570 Před 5 lety +147

    0:28 Kobe also gave himself a nickname that lasted

  • @ballcenter4025
    @ballcenter4025 Před 5 lety +394

    You forgot the black steph curry

  • @honwan5802
    @honwan5802 Před 5 lety +273

    Lol in China Shaq's nickname is Big Shark...

  • @burrciaran4433
    @burrciaran4433 Před 5 lety +278

    I’ve never heard Osama Bin Shaq

    • @AndyHoops
      @AndyHoops  Před 5 lety +56

      I didnt either until I made this lol

    • @lifelesslyric2130
      @lifelesslyric2130 Před 5 lety +35

      should be Osama Bin Shaqin

    • @wazzup233
      @wazzup233 Před 5 lety +4

      @@AndyHoops OK you'd just made it & I hope that is not his REAL surname, 'cause if it is, he'll be arrested by the CIA or NSA. 😅

    • @Starch1b2c3d4a
      @Starch1b2c3d4a Před 5 lety

      😂

    • @cyubei6056
      @cyubei6056 Před 5 lety

      More liek obama bans shaq

  • @dirtyguy4176
    @dirtyguy4176 Před 5 lety +155

    one things for sure... he aint steph curry with 40 inch vertical

  • @keepitsimple003
    @keepitsimple003 Před 5 lety +5

    I met Shaq during the 2015 NCAA March Madness tournament at Indiana. He was goofy and hilarious. I love Shaq, especially when he's with Charles Barkley.

  • @lebronjamesmichaeljordan7943

    shaq first nickname was shaq

  • @ktvindicare
    @ktvindicare Před 5 lety +3

    Diesel is always gonna be my favorite. Not only is it clever and not that common of a nickname, but it also perfectly describes the power that he played with. When he was on, he was unstoppable, he was Diesel.

  • @Jay-mh3eg
    @Jay-mh3eg Před 5 lety +189

    Can you do how good was Chauncey Billups actually?

  • @Ivan-mu8di
    @Ivan-mu8di Před 5 lety +57

    Seriously nobody thought of the Hulk when he got to Boston?

  • @eboooo
    @eboooo Před 5 lety +18

    The big deporter was great when he beat 3 straight foreign centers

    • @eboooo
      @eboooo Před 5 lety +7

      This was a different time though, pre 9-11 and pre trump.

  • @SirMyaTheBee
    @SirMyaTheBee Před 5 lety +1

    Awesome way to end 2018. Hope to see you grow in 2019,my favorite b-ball youtuber!

  • @saasendersaaser8797
    @saasendersaaser8797 Před 5 lety +3

    Man , I just LOVE the music in the beginnings of your videos

  • @miguelpuzon7770
    @miguelpuzon7770 Před 5 lety +1

    BTW I love you vids andy keep it up!

  • @Jayroczgameroom
    @Jayroczgameroom Před 5 lety

    It's a great feeling to finally get to go on my lunch break and see that my man andy uploaded another fire video!😁

  • @eba0202
    @eba0202 Před 5 lety +1

    saturday morning uploads from andy 😤✊💯

  • @tobyughanze1650
    @tobyughanze1650 Před 5 lety +118

    I'ma keep it real with you I didn't know most of these nicknames for Shaq

  • @kalarse
    @kalarse Před 5 lety +11

    In Latin America we have known him also as “Come-Hamburguesa”, translated as Burger Eater. Apparently the legends say he once ate like 100 burgers and afterwards he was still hungry lol (To be fair never checked that, but still think is funny)

    • @mlkchannel5890
      @mlkchannel5890 Před 5 lety +1

      No way he ate 100 burgers. Whaaaattt

    • @kalarse
      @kalarse Před 5 lety +2

      @@mlkchannel5890 I mean, that's the myth we grew up from some commentators in Latin America, again, never checked if it was true or not

    • @markjackson6431
      @markjackson6431 Před rokem

      @@mlkchannel5890 if it was sliders, i’d believe it

  • @tpsam
    @tpsam Před 5 lety +5

    One of the most entertaining person in the history of the nba

  • @flashshow2359
    @flashshow2359 Před 5 lety

    Great channel

  • @earvinlindain1835
    @earvinlindain1835 Před 5 lety

    Hi Andy! Watching from the Philippines!

  • @trstnls72
    @trstnls72 Před 5 lety +29

    You forgot the black tornado

    • @mosesmcgraw167
      @mosesmcgraw167 Před 5 lety +5

      Northwind722 you got it all wrong mate. That was his drop steps nickname lol

    • @trstnls72
      @trstnls72 Před 5 lety +5

      @@mosesmcgraw167 well some people called him the black tornado due to his move

  • @jakethreesixty
    @jakethreesixty Před 5 lety +4

    Shaqs rap songs from the 90s are surprisingly good

  • @pzooka
    @pzooka Před 5 lety +4

    I’m just gonna stick with “The Big Aristotle” being an incredibly ironic nickname for Shaq

  • @gangtime8705
    @gangtime8705 Před 5 lety +10

    Lol they put Shaq fu in the uncle drew movie

  • @Timstuh
    @Timstuh Před 5 lety +1

    He calls himself “The Black Ernie Johnson” on Players Only TNT. When he was able to host

  • @wazzup233
    @wazzup233 Před 5 lety +3

    4:46 That Dwight "Coward" really stole his nickname! I hope Dwight should chance his nickname soon as Lex Luthor, you know what I mean. 😈

  • @Hazer25
    @Hazer25 Před 5 lety

    Andy your videos are always fire! You should do some videos of old school teams and why they had success/failures etc. Kind of like your jailblazers video

  • @john94949
    @john94949 Před 5 lety +3

    For years, I didn't quite get "Shaqtus." I just assumed it was just Shaq being goofy, until one day it hit me: portmanteau. He'd been playing for Pheonix when I first caught wind of it. I turned it over in mind one random day Shaq+cactus! Mystery solved. Didn't know the story behind it until now, though.

  • @YouCallThataKnife253
    @YouCallThataKnife253 Před 5 lety +2

    Man, I played so much Shaq-fu as a kid :D lol

  • @CavsFanDallasFanSinceFebruary

    I was thinking about this yesterday....

  • @Hoopsgaming2k24
    @Hoopsgaming2k24 Před 5 lety +3

    In 2k the commentators call shaq the big diesel

  • @brandont860
    @brandont860 Před 5 lety +23

    I have never heard the name Hobo Master before 😂

    • @IamMukalen
      @IamMukalen Před 5 lety

      Brundone T that one is great hahahha

  • @joshuayao1760
    @joshuayao1760 Před 5 lety +3

    @2:13 the one in the Celtics Jersey is not Shaq lol. THATS BIG BABY DAVIS

  • @hugenbafan1391
    @hugenbafan1391 Před 5 lety +29

    How Zack Johnson became the goat of spamming lol

    • @JoeBro915
      @JoeBro915 Před 5 lety +4

      I think he got banned off of CaineLovesCali or JimmerRange I forget since he’s been absent

    • @hugenbafan1391
      @hugenbafan1391 Před 5 lety +1

      @@JoeBro915 nah. You haven't looked hard enough.

    • @gangtime8705
      @gangtime8705 Před 5 lety

      @@hugenbafan1391 have you seen him in the last couple of weeks

    • @elibelly9373
      @elibelly9373 Před 5 lety

      Huge NBA Fan the fake NBA storyteller is the worst. Damon Jones too on Free Dawkins vids. They r cancer

  • @wazzup233
    @wazzup233 Před 5 lety +2

    7:46 This is the BEST & my favorite nickname of Shaq: MANNY SHAQUAIO. But I hope he should join on the MMA soon because his body is too big & probably he's still have a physical prime after he'd left on NBA, eight years ago. 😉😊

  • @DANtheMANofSIPA
    @DANtheMANofSIPA Před 5 lety +1

    The Big Aristotle and The Disel are his best

  • @coopdavyl3574
    @coopdavyl3574 Před 5 lety +3

    Shaq-Fu was originally his rap name due to his affiliation with his favorite group...the Fu-Schnickens...

  • @patrickcarrillo714
    @patrickcarrillo714 Před 5 lety

    man of steel

  • @marcosmartinez8088
    @marcosmartinez8088 Před 5 lety +1

    I would like to see a "how good was Shaq". I consider him top 4 in centers of all time behind Kareem, Russell and Olajuwon, i would like too see your thoughts

  • @REALTRUEJOURNEY
    @REALTRUEJOURNEY Před 5 lety +2

    ESPN need to bring back those rv commercials

  • @baklavaconsumer1080
    @baklavaconsumer1080 Před 5 lety

    We get Shaq, you are big

  • @mavsnation4life
    @mavsnation4life Před 5 lety +1

    THE BIG HOFA! Hall of famer

  • @jatrellwilliams8814
    @jatrellwilliams8814 Před 5 lety

    Shaq is by far the most entertaining athlete of all time not just the NBA. Try and name person more funny and entertaining.

  • @kb24rd
    @kb24rd Před 5 lety +1

    thank you andy tanks... -prison mike

  • @Demi-kid
    @Demi-kid Před 5 lety

    I'll being seeing diesel today and tomorrow. I had no idea shaq was a dj. Lmfao.

  • @JamesThomas-od7ft
    @JamesThomas-od7ft Před 5 lety +6

    Did you see a couple weeks ago Shaq gave Giannis the Superman nickname?

  • @stephanemujomba1101
    @stephanemujomba1101 Před 5 lety +6

    I think Dwight wants Shaq's beef (you'll get it once u watch the whole video)

  • @lexluger1095
    @lexluger1095 Před 5 lety +2

    The Big Big Man

  • @ptown24
    @ptown24 Před 5 lety

    Shaq fu sega game was very underrated you trippin Andy good video though

  • @AirRusher1992
    @AirRusher1992 Před rokem

    If I had one from Shaq's nicknames, I would take Superman simply because this is something he cherished the most when he got old and people started to call Dwight Howard Superman. No disrespect to Dwight since he's also one of my favorite players.

  • @marinobain5403
    @marinobain5403 Před 5 lety

    Lol please do something with that read dead redemption intro music

  • @bjayapole7899
    @bjayapole7899 Před 5 lety

    As a filipino,i like the manny shacquiao..
    A little proud too..

  • @freshnbreezy4481
    @freshnbreezy4481 Před 5 lety +1

    I call him Sharkille o neal
    3:40 BTW I thought they got suspended because of the weird jump.

  • @andale_andale
    @andale_andale Před 5 lety

    Shaquille Oat'Meal
    That's funny

  • @wazzup233
    @wazzup233 Před 5 lety +14

    What about Shaquin O'Fool? Oh wait that was McGee's nickname, right? 🤔

  • @letuhieuthien
    @letuhieuthien Před 5 lety +1

    Shaq's nickname for his opponent: BBQ chicken

  • @alebones2048
    @alebones2048 Před 5 lety

    Shaqovic is great lol

  • @GanDtech
    @GanDtech Před 5 lety +1

    Shaqtus

  • @nofuture_at_all
    @nofuture_at_all Před 5 lety +1

    I need to pee but there's a big rat in the bathroom. What will I do?

  • @ld7king720
    @ld7king720 Před 5 lety

    U should do a video about Samuel dalembert

  • @CLM1987
    @CLM1987 Před 5 lety

    I'm pretty sure Shaq called himself Diesel partly because he was so powerful and also because he is a big wrestling fan and Kevin Nash wrestled in WWE as Diesel in the early 1990s

  • @ClipBoard_
    @ClipBoard_ Před 5 lety +2

    Manny Shaqman
    Who's from Phil
    Edit:Philippines

  • @mj_298
    @mj_298 Před 5 lety

    one Big take from this segment is that copyrighting and trademarking will take you far in life lol

  • @freshnbreezy4481
    @freshnbreezy4481 Před 5 lety +1

    2:11 Shaq formed a rainbow

  • @gideonamankwah2055
    @gideonamankwah2055 Před 5 lety +9

    You should talk about the NBA on NBC.

    • @joshruiz809
      @joshruiz809 Před 5 lety +5

      I miss that intro, always got me hyped. Marv Albert was a god.

  • @makis7383
    @makis7383 Před 5 lety +42

    I have a question for you guys:
    Is Shaquille O'Neal the most entertaining personality in NBA history????? I say YES, BY FAR

    • @renardmax
      @renardmax Před 5 lety +3

      Easily

    • @TheManny717
      @TheManny717 Před 5 lety

      Without a doubt.

    • @bepe4279
      @bepe4279 Před 5 lety

      Lol I thought you were going to say "tell me how my ass taste"🤣

    • @brokenking5044
      @brokenking5044 Před 4 lety

      Nate Robinson was better. He got on Shaqs nerves 😂😂

  • @josevim8519
    @josevim8519 Před 5 lety

    In Spain, legendary announcer Andres Montes called him "The Article 34 of the Law of California: I do what I want, when I want and how I want"

  • @Delta-eo2st
    @Delta-eo2st Před 5 lety

    The Big Rings Erneh

  • @EldePHX
    @EldePHX Před 5 lety

    Lmao imagine one of his teammates calling him Shaq Daddy 😂

  • @ethanpo204
    @ethanpo204 Před 5 lety

    ahhh that's why he called Dwight "Stuperman"

  • @daneanderson7437
    @daneanderson7437 Před 2 lety

    The Shaqtis. Hands down the best. He was big and in Arizona surrounded by cacti. It’s the only thing in my life that has ever made sense!!!

  • @alfredoplascencia6067
    @alfredoplascencia6067 Před 5 lety

    Big shaq

  • @miguelpuzon7770
    @miguelpuzon7770 Před 5 lety

    I would watch a Shaq V Dwight fight for the nickname

  • @tiismuna
    @tiismuna Před 5 lety

    i thought i was lost when the intro played..
    i literary look if im in jxmy's

  • @HeyPreezy
    @HeyPreezy Před 5 lety

    Aside from being a dominant player, Shaq is such a character. I miss fun players like this with personally. Maybe Embiid is the closest we could get right now.

  • @nhojretsihksotneirrab7360

    Shaq is the GOAT.

  • @robertcovingtonstan6591

    2:11 “he played for 6 teams” *shows all the 7 teams he played for*

  • @isaiahlevy8496
    @isaiahlevy8496 Před 5 lety +1

    shareef isn’t his oldest kid myles o’neal is

  • @nemesiobetaizar5287
    @nemesiobetaizar5287 Před 5 lety

    Andy hoops is the LeBron James of mike korzemba 😂

  • @AK47_14
    @AK47_14 Před 5 lety

    Twister O'Neal , el artículo 34 , Shakatack

  • @jonjonzz42
    @jonjonzz42 Před 5 lety +1

    Whaddayamean "how he got 'em?" He gave 'em to himself...

  • @hmmBEEFY
    @hmmBEEFY Před 5 lety

    2:13 you have Shaq on the suns twice

  • @cavitenoblackpill9720
    @cavitenoblackpill9720 Před 5 lety

    Please do average 2nd pick

  • @different3327
    @different3327 Před 5 lety +1

    hey do how good was ray allen

  • @ComicsGilbertp
    @ComicsGilbertp Před 5 lety

    The Big Cactus

  • @skins1024
    @skins1024 Před 5 lety

    2:12 look its a rainbow!

  • @MrMa1981
    @MrMa1981 Před 5 lety

    The Big Toe

  • @NinaCatherineWillmon
    @NinaCatherineWillmon Před 5 lety

    What about Kazaam? Remember the movie?

  • @MikeZ-cz
    @MikeZ-cz Před 5 lety

    He has one more..popular in 00" ..the big stock.. When asked why, he responded.. Numbers baby..numbers..

  • @jimwelgarcia3978
    @jimwelgarcia3978 Před 5 lety

    Manny Shaquiao
    BTW I'm from the Philippines

  • @olafgunther9255
    @olafgunther9255 Před 5 lety

    Whar about the "Black Tornado"?

  • @christianquinones9347
    @christianquinones9347 Před 5 lety

    Osama Bin Shaak was my favorite looll

  • @TrickNPlay
    @TrickNPlay Před 5 lety +1

    Osama Bin Shaq 😂😂😂

  • @wills8878
    @wills8878 Před 5 lety +1

    Osama Bin Shaq in 2002? Lmfao wow!

  • @GoTFCanada1230
    @GoTFCanada1230 Před 5 lety

    So the Big Shaqtus is the precursor to Big Chungus.

  • @seishoevangelista650
    @seishoevangelista650 Před 5 lety

    How did ya got your nickname Andy?

  • @tg.13darealest37
    @tg.13darealest37 Před 5 lety

    2:14 It shows 7 teams tho

  • @dummydoughnut5031
    @dummydoughnut5031 Před 5 lety +1

    U forgot THE BIG DIESEL 😂