The son of Hall of Fame player Shaquille O'Neal, he attended Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California.As a senior forward, O'Neal was ranked among the top high school basketball players of his class. Download the CBS Sports App and get the latest on your team today. After as rough of a stretch for the Tigers since Wade's first year, it's a critical SEC matchup for the tournament resume and SEC Tournament seeding. LSU takes on Arkansas at 6 p.m. CT in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on Wednesday on ESPN2. Posted by TigerCrude on 1/15/21 at 1:42 pm. Rosters - All roster information including but not limited to scholarship numbers, walk-on status, redshirt status, offers, interest levels, and commits are unofficial. We need him. We’ve just got to focus on preparing and playing better and playing a little bit harder and sustaining what we do for longer periods of time.". They’ve got to perform, they’ve got to play well. Alabama guard John Petty Jr. shoots over the defense of LSU forward Shareef O'Neal during the second half of Alabama's 78-60 win Wednesday in Tuscaloosa. "I've been trying to get him more minutes all year. Thanks, Matt. Forward Shareef O'Neal is also questionable with a foot that's continuing to bother him. LSU faces Mississippi State at 8 p.m. CT on ESPNU from Starkville. Stars like Cameron Thomas, Trendon Watford and Javonte Smart along with Days when healthy, can't do it all by themselves as the Tigers look to make an NCAA Tournament push. 247Sports. © 2005-2021 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. I know how good he is," Wade said. Shareef Rashaun O'Neal (born January 11, 2000) is an American college basketball player for the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Darius Days makes his return for LSU while Shareef O'Neal, Mwani Wilkinson out against Mississippi State. "He (Matt Laborde) said I finally got to see live what you've been telling me about Eric Gaines for four months. 9d. O'Neal has battled injuries during his career both at UCLA and now at LSU, where he transferred to before this season. "It’s a road game, they’re a a Quad 1 road team and so it would certainly be an important, important win if we can pick it up. O'Neal is deal with a foot injury. I would say there’s a chance but I wouldn’t pencil him in but there’s a chance he plays. He was a redshirt … Gaines, a late-blooming prospect in the 2020 class, is playing above his weight class in SEC play so far after getting acclimated during the short nonconference schedule the Tigers put together. Mostly ‘22 class. We just haven’t been doing that,; we haven’t had all three guys clicking on the same night and then we certainly haven’t been filling in the gaps like we need to.". Shareef O'Neal did not travel for the game against the Bulldogs and freshman forward Mwani Wilkinson did not travel either due to the … "We’ll see what he can do this afternoon when we go through a workout and practice and we’ll see how he feels tomorrow. Please visit the official website for each school to see the official roster. © 2005-2021 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. "If he’s able to go it’s not gonna be just a normal but him at 85-90% is still very affective for us. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. He did a little bit of shooting this morning," Wade said. Shareef O'Neal did not travel for the game against the Bulldogs and freshman forward Mwani Wilkinson did not travel either due to the flu, according to the Baton Rouge Advocate. Shaq's 31,000-square-foot complex is located on an almost four-acre patch and boasts 12 bedrooms, 11.5 bathrooms - and even a 6,000-square-foot indoor basketball court. "We believe in him. Shareef O’Neal — son of Shaquille O’Neal. UPDATE: Days is back in the starting lineup for LSU, making his return to play for the first time in almost two weeks. Shaquille O'Neal tries not to let lockdown get him down. ... Will Wade Says Shareef O'Neal Will Be Out For The "Foreseeable Future" Watch: LSU Baseball Releases Hype Video Ahead Of … Hopefully, we can play well tomorrow against a really, really good Arkansas team. That’s part of it when you’ve got three star players, three very, very good players. Wade's been wanting to play him more and more as he's started to take steps forward. We’ll see what he can do in practice.”. A question for LSU is consistency. "We’ve just been up and down like a rollercoaster almost so we’ve got to have a lot more consistency; we’ve got to be able to put things together back to back and do things well in back to back days. He has two brothers, elder Darrell and younger Shareef, and a younger sister, Kareema. 6 1. "We won’t have Shareef (O’Neal) and Cam (Thomas) will be a gametime decision. “I just left him and he was in the training room so he’s gotten two treatments this morning so we’ll see," Wade told reporters on his Zoom call. Follow. The junior, who averages 12.1 points and a team-best 7.9 rebounds, has battled a sprained left ankle sustained against Texas Tech on Jan. 30. He did a little bit of shooting this morning," Wade said. "We'll see if he can go today. LSU forward Shareef O'Neal will miss another game for the Tigers on Wednesday as head coach Will Wade ruled him out when speaking with reporters Tuesday. "But yeah, we’ve got four prolific scorers, They’ve very, very talented players and we try to give them space and give them matchups and let them go to work.". He didn't do much of anything yesterday," Wade said. On his Zoom call, Wade also shared that star freshman guard Cameron Thomas is a gametime decision for the home matchup against Arkansas. Hopefully, he can go. Jackson was born in Los Angeles, California, to O'Shea Jackson, better known as Ice Cube, and Kimberly Woodruff.Jackson was raised in the San Fernando Valley, and is the second child of four. Early life. O'Neal is deal with a foot injury. Get the fastest scores, news, videos and more. re: Shea D article on LA ‘22 recruits with offers from LSU Posted by Captain Crown on 1/27/21 at 9:13 am to Chalkywhite84 Nothing new to report on him at this time. "But we need more from those big three that you mentioned. "It’s been very clearly explained the last couple days what’s needed and hopefully we’ll get it, or get a better version of what we’ve been getting from those guys," Wade said. There's no doubt of his talent and how good he is. Even without his star guard, Wade is hoping his team can string together consecutive strong performances. Thomas, who went down in the opening minutes against Ole Miss, is dealing with an ankle injury. He's a huge part of what we got going on now, he's going to be a huge, huge part of our future. NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal has sold his Florida mansion for a cool $16.5 million — almost $12 million under its original asking price. Darrell is also a rapper under the name Doughboy, which is the nickname of the … Perhaps more importantly, LSU needs production and quality minutes from players not in the starting lineup. We'll see what he can do. So he’ll be a gametime decision.". Veteran Javonte Smart (17 points) and freshman Eric Gaines (10 points) led the way against the Rebels while Wade said freshman Jalen Cook and another veteran Aundre Hyatt should expect more minutes if Thomas can't go. ... A 6’10 center out of Georgia in the class of 2021, he has offers from his father’s alma mater, Georgetown, as … CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. We haven’t shown that we can do that yet. He didn't practice yesterday. Aggies will work to flip him. The retired NBA star, 48, appeared on Friday's episode of the brand-new PEOPLE Every Day podcast, opening up … 2020 Leaf In the Game Used Sports checklist, hobby and Emerald box breakdowns, release date, print runs and more for the all-hits multi-sport card set. "Shareef, we'll see. I’ve been seeing a lot of kids getting LSU offers on Twitter. LSU forward Darius Days has a chance to play Wednesday evening at Mississippi State, head coach Will Wade said during his Tuesday media availability. "We won’t have Shareef (O’Neal) and Cam (Thomas) will be a gametime decision. Want to continue to get him opportunities.". We're getting ready to practice here at 12:30. We've been trying to give him more minutes and we've been trying to try some guys out and figure it out. "Eric Gaines stepped up for us on the road at Ole Miss. But we’ll see, we haven’t played well back to back all year," the coach explained. LSU forward Darius Days has a chance to play Wednesday evening at Mississippi State, head coach Will Wade said during his Tuesday media availability. We'll see how he is.". "They’ve got to play great for us to have a chance and then the other guys have to fill in the gaps.