Dwight Howard will be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, Class of 2025 this September, and he has chosen five people to walk him to the stage, one of which will shock everyone.
Shaquille O’Neal.
Yes, that’s right. The two centers have had a beef that stretches back almost 20 years to 2008 when Howard wore a Superman cape to the Slam Dunk Contest, upsetting Shaq Diesel and his love for the Man of Steel.
Since that time, their beef escalated to heated social media exchanges where the two centers took turns blasting each other, eventually making it a silly Twitter spat.
But apparently, the two have squashed the beef because Howard Tweeted out that he wanted Shaq, his longtime nemesis, to walk him out when he takes to the Hall of Fame stage in Springfield.
“That’s awesome,” said Shaq. “I’ll do it. I’ll be there.”
So Shaq will join Hall of Famers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Hakeem Olajuwon, Kevin Garnett and Dennis Rodman as the five presenters for Howard’s induction.
It’s great to see a petty beef between grown men squashed.
