Sam David, though, says he didn't know the name of the woman on the dance floor with The Big Baryshnikov. And, confusion about the timeline.
Does Shaq know something we don't?Let's try to figure this out.
It's apparent, apparently, that Shaquille O'Neal, the former Cleveland Cavaliers center now with the Boston Celtics, and Nicole "Hoopz" Alexander -- like O'Neal, a reality TV show star -- are an item. Probably.
In fact, Amanda Marzullo reports today for the Long Island Press:
Shaquille O’Neal, the new Boston Celtics center, proposed to his girlfriend Nicole “Hoopz” Alexander on Monday night.
The couple along with a few friends had dinner at the Sahara Mediterranean Cuisine and Hookah Lounge in St. Louis when O’Neal popped the question.
Would that be Monday night, Aug. 23?
Last Wednesday, Aug. 18, gossip columnist Deb Peterson wrote on the "Breaking Schmooze" blog for stltoday.com in St. Louis:
After a day at the Country Club of St. Albans, Shaquiile O'Neal had dinner in town Monday night and then showed up about 11:30 p.m. at the Sahara Mediterranean Cuisine and Hookah Lounge in Bridgeton, according to the lounge owner.
Owner Sam David said he and his wife, Majdolin David, were about to close up when the unmistakable Shaq showed up with a party of four - three women and another man.
"I think he may have proposed to his girlfriend," Sam David said today. "He brought a chair into the middle of the dance floor and he put a ring on her finger."
David said he did not know the name of the woman who was with Shaq, nor of any of the others in the new Boston Celtics center's entourage.
When did Diesel propose? To who, and how many times? What was/were the answer/answers? Is The Big Aristotle planning to do a rap re-make of the Beach Boys' "I Get Around." Are the Shaq sightings really new teammate Nate Robinson traveling incognito? Is yet another reality show in the making?