Shaq floats controversial idea to increase WNBA viewers, salaries: 'Nobody is going to like my solution'

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Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal came up with a different way for the WNBA to bring in viewers, and it has something to do with changing some of the on-court regulations.

O’Neal appeared on Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese’s podcast, "Unapologetically Angel," on Thursday. He floated the solution as a way to also increase player salaries. He immediately couched before he got into it, saying "nobody is going to like my solution."

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Shaquille O'Neal looks on before the game between the Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks in game one of the 2024 NBA Finals at TD Garden in Boston on June 6, 2024. (David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports)

"So, let me explain why I came up with this solution first," the Los Angeles Lakers legend said. "In women’s beach volleyball, let’s just say the net is 10 (feet), for women it’s lower just a little bit. I’m not saying lowering it to 9.5, just 9.9."

He added that the major difference between the NBA and WNBA is the amount of dunking. Though, in the WNBA game, players like Lisa Leslie, Candace Parker, Brittney Griner and Jonquel Jones have all dunked in a game.

"Watch, we got shooters, y’all got shooters, oh guys got some handles, girls got some handles, oh we got this, we got that, we got s--- talkers, we got brawls, the only thing that’s missing is the dunk.

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Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner, #42, dunks the ball against the Chicago Sky during game two of the WNBA Finals at US Airways Center in Phoenix on Sept. 9, 2014. (Mark J.