Shareef O’Neal is getting candid about his larger-than-life dad, Shaquille O’Neal.

While speaking exclusively to PEOPLE at the Tight Ends & Friends Super Bowl party in San Francisco on Thursday, Feb. 5, the 26-year-old basketball player opened up about what his famous father is really like in private — and, according to Shareef, the fun never stops.

Shaq shares four children — sons Shareef and Shaqir and daughters Amirah and Me’arah — with his ex-wife, Shaunie O’Neal. He is also dad to stepson Myles, whom Shaunie welcomed in a previous relationship, and daughter Taahirah, whom he shares with former girlfriend Arnetta Yardbourgh.

“I feel like he shows every bit of his personality, who he is, but I can’t even stand how funny he is,” Shareef says. “All over, all around, just a great dad. He’s kinda like a best friend in a way. There’s time when we’re around him and he’s still acting like a kid, still playing around, so he still has that joyful touch to him.”

That playful energy isn’t just for show, Shareef adds — it’s an everyday thing. The proof came earlier that very morning.

“Today when I was walking out of the hotel it’s like a certain whistle he has and I didn’t even know he was here yet, I didn’t even know he was in town. I got here a few days ago.”

He continues, “I’m running through the hotel, making it here, and I just hear a whistle and then I just see him peeking behind the corner and I just see him and it’s just crazy. It’s hard to miss him, but he’s just a funny guy. Every day is something funny.”

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For Shareef, Super Bowl weekend is also a chance to spend quality time with his dad.

And the laughs aren’t slowing down anytime soon. Shareef says he’s looking forward to attending his dad's Super Bowl party Shaq’s Funhouse on Feb. 6.

“This is only the second one I’ve been to, they’ve done a lot but it’s my second one so I’m going to be super hyped.”

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