Reality TV star Nicole ‘Hoopz’ Alexander picked up Shaquille O’Neal on her back!! Hoopz is 5’2 while Shaq is 7’1 and over 300lbs!! The retired former Los Angeles Lakers Center stopped by ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ to promote his new book ‘Shaq: Uncut’. At some point in the interview Kimmel pulled out a picture of Shaq and Hoopz out and about and joked that Shaq appeared to be taking his kindergarten daughter to school. O’Neal bragged that his little Hoopz can actually lift him up. Demonstration time! Watch the video below and witness the amazing fete.
Going back to his book Shaq stopped by local television station KTLA and this time he was heaping praises his former teammate Kobe Bryant
“Based on what he’s done, he’s probably the greatest Laker of all time,'” O’Neal said. “If he gets another championship, he’ll tie with Kareem [Abdul-Jabbar]. That will put him up there.”
Watch the video below:
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