General: If O Neal is now in the NBA, he needs three players to limit it.

Basketball 9:48pm, 12 August 2025 166

Former NBA star Arenas talked about O'Neal's dominance on his podcast, and he believed that if O'Neal was in today's NBA, he would have changed the league structure like Curry.

Arenas believes that this single ability of O'Neal is enough to allow him to seamlessly integrate into today's league. In addition, Arenas believes that to limit O'Neal's scoring craze, at least the three best big men in the NBA today need to guard the inside.

"You put him in today's game, just like Stephen Curry changed the way the game, if you put Shaquille O'Neal in, Embiid would be beaten alone, and no one can support him now... You need Embiid, Jokic and Rudy Gobert - they will be the last line of defense you use to defend Shaquille O'Neal," Arenas said.

O'Neal has won 1 regular season MVP, 4 championships and 3 finals MVPs in his career. His playing style mainly relies on overwhelming opponents in the inside. Throughout his career, he shot 52.7% from free throws and 58.2% from the field.