O'Neal is nicknamed Big Shark. He is a superstar in NBA and was successfully elected to the Hall of Fame after retiring. During his career, O'Neal earned $280 million in salary alone, which is money that most people will never see in their lifetime. However, according to "World Sports News", O'Neal personally admitted in a program that he was on the verge of bankruptcy. This can't help but make people sigh. O'Neal squandered a huge amount of assets after retiring. What did he do? what?
You must know that O'Neal has played in the NBA for 19 seasons, and he has won a total of 4 championships. During the Lakers period, his OK combination with Kobe was invincible and almost unstoppable. After subsequently transferring to the Heat, O'Neal helped the Flash Wade win his first career championship ring. It can be said that his basketball career was perfect. Although he has retired for many years, O'Neal is still considered the most dominant center player in NBA history.
In a recent TV show, O'Neal also talked about the current situation of the NBA. When the topic turned to how he viewed Gobert's $2.25 billion contract, O'Neal vomited bitterly. He said: "I'm very angry about this. Gobert can easily earn $250 million now, but no one could give him $250 million at the time. To be able to afford such a high salary, I think today's players are so profitable, it's unreasonable." Obviously, O'Neal is envious of the salaries of today's NBA players, which can easily reach hundreds of millions of dollars.
But then Durant said that O'Neal should not be so stingy. After all, he is also a billionaire himself and there is no need to envy other people. However, in the face of Durant's point of view, O'Neal revealed that he no longer had assets of over 100 million. He pointed out that he was facing bankruptcy, but others did not know it. Such a statement also surprised many fans. For a while, they couldn't tell whether what Ao Pang said was true or false. After all, he is very good at comedy and humor. But judging from his serious statement, it didn't seem like he was talking to Duran. Just kidding.
However, even if O'Neal does go bankrupt, it is actually not uncommon. As the legendary NBA star Allen Iverson , he has been repeatedly exposed by the media to be heavily in debt. He can only earn money by participating in three-on-three basketball games. Although he has no worries about food and clothing, his overall life The quality is definitely not as good as before. Although O'Neal does not have any bad habits and his private life is not as chaotic as Iverson, it is not ruled out that he lost money in some investment areas, which caused him to be unable to make money for a while, resulting in short-term bankruptcy.
However, O'Neal's complaints are quite reasonable. You know, the salaries of athletes in many sports fields are already sky-high. Stars such as Messi, Ronaldo, Mbappe, etc. all have annual salaries of more than 30 million euros. However, more than ten years ago, Ronaldo, who was stronger than the alien , could only enjoy a salary of several million euros. Therefore, the wealth of the players was not the same. It is obvious that O'Neal was not born at the right time.
