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54-year-old Shaq rolls back the years with vicious dunk but admits he ‘lost a family trying to be great’

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If you didn’t know any better, you’d think it was 2001 again. That’s because Shaquille O’Neal is making headlines for destroying the rim and slam dunking with vicious intent, much like he did during his peak years. Shaq (left) was one of the NBA’s most dominant stars and took over the league alongside Kobe Bryant (right) AFP The Big Diesel is famous for breaking backboards and attacking the rim with a ferocity like few others in NBA history. He even has a 9-foot-tall, 1,200 pound sculpture outside Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles immortalizing one of his most iconic jams. However, at 54, most people would have thought Shaq’s dunking days are behind him. But on Tuesday, The Big Aristotle rolled back the years and slam dunked during the latest stage of his dunk league, DUNKMAN. “HE STILL GOT IT,” the official DUNKMAN account posted on X. DUNKMAN is the world’s first professional league in the sport of dunking and is in its inaugural season. It features 24 of the world’s best dunkers and c

First report: Watch 54-year-old Shaq try to destroy the rim like it’s 2001 — sports.yahoo.com, 6d