The Los Angeles Dodgers announced they are giving out a bobblehead of Los Angeles Lakers legend Shaquille O’Neal on their June 20 game against the Baltimore Orioles.
The Dodgers’ initial list of bobblehead nights includes 21 giveaways, though O’Neal is just one of three non-Dodgers to have one in their honor so far. The other two are famous rapper and actor Ice Cube and LAFC star Son Heung-min. Ice Cube’s will be handed out on Mar. 12 against the San Francisco Giants, while Heung-min will have his hosted on July 11 against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
This also marks the second bobblehead for O’Neal in 2026 as FOCO recently released a bobblehead commemorating the three Finals MVPs he won as a member of the Lakers. FOCO also released a bobblehead depicting current purple and gold stars Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves.
The Dodgers do a great job promoting other Los Angeles sports legends, and O’Neal will have fans coming in droves considering what he means to the city. O’Neal was the driving force behind the Lakers’ “three-peat” at the turn of the new millennium and they remain as the last team to win three consecutive championships.
However, the Dodgers are trying to accomplish the feat themselves and are in in prime position to do so as they’re once again considered the overwhelming favorites to win again. The Dodgers wasted no time adding to their star-studded roster in free agency, signing the best closer in Edwin Diaz and following it up by signing Kyle Tucker, who was the best overall player left in the market.
Los Angeles is blessed to have such great teams to root for and it’ll be fun for fans to see O’Neal’s bobblehead night at Dodger Stadium later this year.
James Harden honored to pass Shaquille O’Neal on the NBA’s all-time scoring list
At his peak, Shaquille O’Neal was the most dominant player in the game as he could score at will against any defense. No matter how hard teams tried to guard O’Neal, he was simply too strong and too skilled to be stopped.
Injuries sapped O’Neal of his production in the later years of his career, but he still managed to finish his career with 28,596 points. O’Neal previously held the No. 9 spot on the NBA’s all-time scoring list but recently saw Cleveland Cavaliers star James Harden surpass him.
As someone that was born and raised in Southern California, Harden called it a true honor to pass O’Neal on the list.
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