Shaquille O’Nell

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: G Fiume / Getty Many a sneaker aficionado were left scratching their head when Shaquille O’Neal decided to leave sportswear cornerstone Reebok and start his own Walmart-backed sneaker brand, SHAQ. Well, as it turns out it was a woman who was upset about the price of sneakers that convinced Shaq to go it solo on the sneaker tip. As Yahoo reports, the NBA legend was a guest on the Full Scale podcast this past Wednesday (August 25) and during the interview revealed that he walked away from a $40 million dollar deal with Reebok after getting confronted by a woman who went off on him for selling sneakers that young kids just couldn’t afford. “That day, I cut ties with Reebok,” he said of forgoing a $40 million deal he had with the brand following a moment of c...