NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal joins Sacramento State as general manager, teaming up with Mike Bibby to spark a new era for Hornets basketball.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Mike Bibby and Shaquille O'Neal are going to be mixing it up again, all these years later. No more Kings-Lakers rivalry or on-court trash talk.

Shaq will join Mike Bibby, who was hired as the program’s next head coach earlier this year, at Sac State. Bibby, who spent half of his NBA career playing for the Sacramento Kings, will take ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Mike Bibby and Shaquille O'Neal are going to be mixing it up again, all these years later. No more Kings-Lakers rivalry or on-court trash talk.

Sacramento State basketball sees big changes with Mike Bibby as head coach, Shaquille O’Neal as GM, and a new 3,200-seat arena set to debut next season.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Mike Bibby and Shaquille O'Neal are going to be mixing it up again, all these years later. No more Kings-Lakers rivalry or on-court trash talk. Now, it's Bibby the college ...

On heels of Shaquille O'Neal and Mike Bibby hirings as GM and coach, ex-prep phenom Mikey Williams tells ESPN he has committed to play for Sacramento State. Williams transferred out of UCF to be ...

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Mike Bibby and Shaquille O'Neal are going to be mixing it up again, all these years later. No more Kings-Lakers rivalry or on-court trash talk. Now, it's Bibby the college ...

After the Lakers went up 100-98 after two Bryant free throws and a Shaq split, Bibby again kept Sacramento afloat by hitting two clutch freebies off a Kobe foul to send the game to overtime.

In the early 2000s, the Lakers and the Kings met in the NBA playoffs twice (in 2001 and in 2002). While Shaq’s Lakers prevailed both times, The Big Diesel especially disdained Bibby’s Kings.