Los Angeles Lakers legend Shaquille O'Neal had a candid message for Lakers big man Deandre Ayton following his first game in the purple and gold.

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"Listen Deandre," O'Neal said on the inaugural Inside the NBA episode on ESPN , "the performance you had yesterday [O'Neal gave a thumbs down to the camera], I need you to step it up my boy. You gotta do three things: you gotta rebound, block shots, and you gotta dominate. The pressure's not on you, you playing with two great players that get doubled a lot. When they make the little bounce pass, catch it, and throw it down."

"You're not getting doubled, you have a small guy guarding you in the post, you turn around and shoot a fadeaway, that's not go

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