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Basketball star Shaquille O’Neal just sold a custom home in Bell Canyon for $1.85 million that he bought for $1.815 million in 2018.

The Lakers legend, who led the team to three straight championships from 2000 to 2002, had been trying to shed the place since 2019. He was originally asking $2.5 million, but with no takers, he got involved with the marketing himself, posting the listing on his Instagram with the all-caps caption, “I’M SELLING MY HOME IN BELL CANYON CA.”

Spanning 5,200 square feet, the two-story home is filled with custom art, including a Shaq mural in the office and portraits of rappers elsewhere. It’s far from his most ostentatious estate, though; that title belongs to his 31,000-squarefoot mega-mansion in Florida complete with a 6,000-square-foot basketball court, 17-car showroom and 95-foot-long swimming pool dubbed “Shaq-apulco.”

This one features a more subdued style with brick accents across the tan exterior and traditional-style common spaces. Highlights include a two-story foyer with a tile inlay, living room under beamed ceilings, marble kitchen and media room.

Elsewhere are five bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms, including a primary suite with a fireplace, spa tub, dual closets and a terrace. It overlooks a resort-style backyard with a swimming pool surrounded by lush landscaping. The estate spans an acre.

O’Neal, 48, played for six teams during his storied career, winning three NBA championships with the Lakers and one with the Heat. In 2011, he joined TNT’s “Inside the NBA” program as an analyst; he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame five years later. Emil Hartoonian and Nicholas Siegfried of the Agency held the listing. Gary Keshishyan of Pinnacle Estate Properties represented the buyer.