[theboys]

My younger son's team played at YBOA Nationals a couple of years ago. Shaq's son's team was in our pool. We lost a close one to them, and my son had a pretty good game. Shaq made it a point to talk to the boys' coach afterward, and spent a few minutes with my son. The next day, they played right after us. While our game was going on, Shaq's son's team came into the gym. Shaq sat down beside me and spent the next 10-15 minutes just having a "dad stuff" conversation. After our game he spent a few minutes with my son, and had his picture taken with the team. During the next NBA season, when the Celtics came to Atlanta, I got tickets for my two sons to attend the game. Shaq spotted them when he came out for warm-ups and told them to wait for him after the game. They did, and he came out and spent about 10 minutes talking to them.