Grant Hill: Shaq once put Giricek in a sleeper hold, he passed out
Grant Hill: Shaq once choked out a teammate on the Suns
Grant Hill told a story about the Suns that nobody knew since today. When Shaq and Gordan Giricek had a fight at practice.
Per AZ Central, It turns out O’Neal and Gordan Giricek, who had been with the Suns for all of six weeks, mixed it up verbally during a closed practice to the point that O’Neal auditioned for his WWE future. He put Giricek in a sleeper hold, except it was no fake. Giricek passed out.
Giricek played in the remainder of the season, but it was his last NBA season.