KRNB – Shareef O’Neal, the son of Shaquille O’Neal and player for UCLA basketball will miss the upcoming season after doctors discovered a serious heart ailment that will require surgery.
O’Neal told TMZ Sports he “felt funny” during team workouts this summer so UCLA’s doctors made him wear a heart monitor so he could push a button whenever he wanted to alert them.
Shaq and Shaunie O'Neal's son Shareef forced to undergo heart surgery: https://t.co/pnBbvvgQDK pic.twitter.com/EPXhr5V9by
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Shareef said in and Instagram post that he expects to return after a medical redshirt season in 2018-19 and he ‘Thanks God’ for looking out for him. Our thoughts and prayers are with him.
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(Source: TMZ Sports)