Shaquille O’Neal said Angel Reese is ‘like a daughter’ to him as he attended his first Sky game this season

Chicago Sky rookie forward Angel Reese is one of the WNBA’s brightest stars, and she had a major supporter in the Chicago crowd during Friday night’s game against Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever.

NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal has a close relationship with Reese going back to the latter’s days at LSU where he became one of her mentors, and the Los Angeles Lakers alumnus spoke glowingly about Reese as he attended her first WNBA game.

“[Angel is] like a daughter to me,” O’Neal shared, via the WNBA’s Twitter (X) account.

It’s so cool to see two basketball greats strike up such an impactful mentor-mentee relationship as Shaq and Reese have, as their LSU connection seems to have developed into something much more profound and special.

“Angel is like a daughter to me”@shaq sounds off about his relationship with Angel Reese and his excitement about seeing both her and Caitlin Clark play in person as pros 🫡 pic.twitter.com/WcnKlCIdMz
— WNBA (@WNBA) August 31, 2024

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Shaquille O’Neal said Angel Reese is ‘like a daughter’ to him as he attended his first Sky game this season