Shaquille O’Neal Reveals How He Fulfilled Promise to Buy Grandmother Her Dream House

The story gets pretty predictable after that. Grandma, aka Odessa Chambliss, “was the only one who didn’t discipline” him. And after being successful, Shaq “bought (his) grandmother her house” and “her first car.”

Odessa did not ask for anything fancy, or something like the mansion Shaq lived in. But a stubborn Shaq still spent $6 million on the house. But even though he “got to do things for them,” he “never got to tell them thank you.”

It almost sounded like a regret. But whenever it came to spending lavishly on his family, Shaquille O’Neal was always more than just ready.

Shaquille O’Neal Spent Similarly for His Mother

The other name that followed Shaquille throughout his career was his mother, Lucille O’Neal. And after living a life of poverty and hardship with his mother, a rising star, Shaq just had to do something for her, too.