Luka Doncic wanted to make sure that Shaquille O’Neal had everything he needed when he visited Europe, and the mission was accomplished.
O’Neal did a small run of dates in Europe earlier this month under his DJ moniker “DJ Diesel.” Included among those was a stop in Krk, a popular island in Croatia.
The Dallas Mavericks star, as well as fellow Slovenian Goran Dragic, are from just north of Croatia, and they made sure O’Neal was well taken care of during his visit to Krk. To his surprise, O'Neal arrived only to learn that he didn't need to go to his hotel, because a mansion had been arranged for him.
Talking about it on his podcast, O’Neal clearly was touched by the gesture.
"Shoutout to Luka," O'Neal said. "When I arrived in Luka’s town some people picked me up, they drove me to a mansion that Luka had set up for me. I had the pizza there, I had the hookah there, I had the fruit, they escorted me to the show. Luka said 'Shaq, ain’t nothing going to happen to you when you’re in my town, Mr. O’Nealovich' – that’s what they called me. So shoutout to Luka and Goran Dragic because their people really set it up for me.
"I got there and Luka said we know you’re staying at a hotel, but we want you to stay at some place that he had for me. It was right there on the water, four-bedroom villa, he had that blue mist hookah."
Ultimately, a good time evidently was had by all, with O’Neal, Doncic and Dragic seen partying together at a club that night.
Not a bad trip to Krk for Mr. O’Nealovich.
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