"If Bron could fit in that motherf**ker" - Shaquille O'Neal buys $100,000 Cybertruck from dealership that LeBron James called out for fake marketing

Shaquille O'Neal has a new car. The NBA legend bought a Cybertruck worth close to $100,000 from the dealership that LeBron James called out for their fake marketing scheme, which went viral.

Last week, the dealership, Effortless Motors, posted that James bought a Bugatti supercar from them, which the Lakers star disputed on social media.

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"Stop the 🧢!! LIARS!! I don't know y'all and I don't even have that car. CLOUT CHASERS," James posted on his Instagram story.

The dealership's owner explained to Shaq what happened with the marketing scheme involving James. According to him, they hired an intern to handle their marketing. This led to the intern posting a picture of a Bugatti with a statement saying that James bought the vehicle from them.

The owner confirmed that the post about James was taken down and he also apologized for it.

But as it turns out, that whole incident has worked in Effortless Motors' favor, as Shaq found out about it after the James post went viral.

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"Guess what? Killer intern, he did a great job," O'Neal said. "I saw that and I called you. I was checking, 'I saw some cars you have.' Cause I was like, 'S**t, if Bron could fit in that motherf***er, maybe he got something for me.'"

Shaq got in touch with the owner of the dealership and asked about the other vehicles they had. According to the former LA Lakers star, the Cyberbeast variant was the one that caught his eye and they talked about a deal.

The Cyberbeast is the most expensive Cybertruck variant -- it's priced at $96,390 on Tesla's website -- and it has a top speed of 130 MPH with 845 horsepower.

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Shaquille O'Neal used to not like Tesla cars

Shaquille O'Neal once shared that he wasn't a fan of Tesla vehicles. In 2021, the one-time MVP shared that one of his sons bought a Tesla for Christmas and he expressed that he'd rather see his son buy a Dodge Charger.

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"For Christmas, one of my sons got all A's, I was like, ‘Man, go pick what you want.’ So he come back with a Tesla," O'Neal said. "I said, ‘You better take yo a** across the street to the Chargers. Better get you a Charger. You ain’t getting no m*****f*****g Telsa. You better get you a Charger, a V-6 at that."

Shaq started talking about it at the 29:05 mark.

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After a few years, O'Neal changed his mind on Teslas and bought himself his own Cybertruck.

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