The NBA great spent $27 million on a Bombardier Challenger 650 after years of renting private jets.

The private plane is white on the outside, but its interior is luxurious with wood accents and cream leather couches.

It has a range of 4,000 nautical miles, and can carry 12 people.

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A wider view of the private jet, which can seat up to 12 people

The jet has been customized by including Shaq’s Dunkman insignia on the tail.

In a 2010 interview, O’Neal expressed doubt that he would ever own his own private plane.

I’m not hearing that at all. He expressed his dissatisfaction with the quantity of maintenance to Jetset magazine.

I want to maintain track of whatever I’ve invested money in.

In a bad arrangement, I don’t want to be taken advantage of. I’m aware that it has occurred to other guys before.

Even though O’Neal is worth an estimated $400 million, he stated he wasn’t interested in buying a private plane to impress his fellow athletes with his money.

“Yeah, some guys do,” he clarified.

“But I don’t act that way. I’m a regular guy, just like you.

Fans of the seven-foot-one, 340-pound basketball great have voiced concern that the seats in O’Neal’s jet are too small for him to comfortably fly.

Big Shaq, you need a Dreamliner with more legroom, like the Boeing 787-8. One of your fans joked that your plane was too small for you to take off on.

That’s no place for Shaq. Another person chimed in, “Yeah, we need an Airbus A380.

Michael Jordan, another NBA superstar, recently took his own $61 million Gulfstream private jet to Europe.