Shaq joins TNT pregame show, talks about his jersey getting retired by Orlando Magic

Shaq joins TNT pregame show, talks about his jersey getting retired by Orlando Magic

>> THE WAY CAR BUYING SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW NORMALLY IT’S CARMAX ONE ON ONE. >> BUT TODAY IT’S CARMAX ONE OF ONE. SHAQ’S MAGIC CAREER. IT WAS ONLY FOUR SEASONS. BUT IN ONE OF THOSE SEASONS WHEN YOU BEAT MICHAEL JORDAN IN THE PLAYOFFS AND HAVE THE REST OF THIS, IT’S A HECK OF

A RUN. FOUR TIME ALL STAR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR WENT TO THE FINALS AGAINST THE ROCKETS. TWO BROKEN BACKBOARDS, WHICH I THINK WE’VE ALL SEEN THOUSANDS OF TIMES, AND 27, 12 AND THREE IS PRETTY DARN SPECIAL. AND WE ARE JOINED BY HIM NOW. SHAQUILLE O’NEAL. IT IS ONLY FITTING THAT YOUR NUMBER 32

GOES TO THE RAFTERS. 32 YEARS AFTER YOU WERE DRAFTED BY THIS TEAM. I’M JUST CURIOUS, BROTHER. YOU’RE WALKING AROUND ORLANDO. WHAT MEMORIES ARE COMING BACK TO YOU? WELL THEY HAD A RING OF HONOR, UH, CEREMONY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. >> I THOUGHT THAT WAS TO THE EXTENT OF, YOU KNOW, THEM

RECOGNIZING WHAT I’VE DONE ON LAND. I WAS NOT A EXPECTING THIS TO BE ONE OF THREE PLAYERS THAT HAVE YOUR JERSEY RETIRED IN THREE DIFFERENT PLACES. AND DEFINITELY HONOR. NEVER HAD TWO WISHES TODAY. THREE. I WISH MY FATHER WILL BE HERE. WILL WISH MR. DAVOS WAS HERE. I WISH MY BABY SISTER

WOULD BE HERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A 20 YEAR OLD KID. UH MY BEST FRIEND, DENNIS SCOTT TAUGHT ME HOW TO BE A PROFESSIONAL. IT WAS FUNNY. I STAYED IN THE AIRPORT. HILTON FOR 45 DAYS BECAUSE I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT A REALTOR WAS. I DIDN’T KNOW

HOW TO BUY A HOUSE. I DIDN’T KNOW TO BUY AN APARTMENT. MY BILL WAS 960,000 BECAUSE IT WAS ME AND MY WHOLE FAMILY. YEAH, WE STAYED IN THE AIRPORT. HILTON AND THESE GUYS FOUND OUT I WAS IN TOWN, PICKED ME UP, INTRODUCED ME TO A REALTOR, SHOWED ME HOW TO BE A

PROFESSIONAL, SHOWED ME WHERE TO GO, SHOWED ME HOW TO HANDLE CERTAIN SITUATIONS. SO, UH, I OWE A LOT TO THIS ORGANIZATION. I WOULDN’T HAVE WANTED TO. I WOULDN’T WANT TO HAVE STARTED MY CAREER ANYWHERE ELSE. BUT YOU KNOW, FOR THEM TO HONOR MY JERSEY. I KNOW IT’S CRAZY. I, I WOULD HAVE

WENT WITH NICK ANDERSON FIRST. YOU KNOW, NICK HANSON DOES A LOT FOR THE COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, HE HE HE’S THE FIRST PLAYER, UH, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST BIG NAME HERE IN ORLANDO. AND HIM AND DEE SCOTT AND SCOTT SKILES. YOU KNOW THEY SACRIFICED A LOT WHEN I CAME HERE. THEY

TURNED THE REINS OVER TO A 20 YEAR OLD KID. AND THEN WE BROUGHT PENNY OTTO. AND WE WAS ON OUR WAY. BUT I WOULD HAVE WENT WITHOUT NICK ANDERSON FIRST. SHAQ MAN, VC HERE BEING A FLORIDA BOY. >> OBVIOUSLY WHEN THE MAGIC GOT HERE, WATCHING YOUR DOMINANCE, THE THINGS THAT

YOU’VE DONE OVER THE YEARS, I ROOTED FOR THE MAGIC. I DON’T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER NICK, YOU SPOKE OF. YOU USED TO COME HERE TRYING TO SOUND PROFESSIONAL AND ASK THE QUESTION. >> VINCE, MOVING YOUR HANDS AND STUFF. JUST ASK THE QUESTION, VINCE. JEEZ. >> LISTEN, YOU SAID YOU

CAN’T BE LIKE THIS, RIGHT? ONLY SHOT, BUT YOU USED TO COME PICK ME UP AND PLAY, AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, YOU’VE ALWAYS BEEN A PERSON, UH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY MY NEIGHBOR. >> I STILL DON’T WANT FORGIVE YOU FOR TOILET PAPER IN MY HOUSE, BUT WHAT’S IT? WHAT’S IT LIKE, MAN? I KNOW

WHAT IT IS. WHAT’S IT LIKE FOR ME? HEARING THAT YOUR JERSEY’S GOING UP IN THE RAFTERS? WHAT’S IT LIKE FOR YOU, MAN? LIKE YOU KNOW. >> OH, MAN, THIS IS FOREVER, MAN. >> UH, ALL THE CEREMONIES, UH, ALL THE ALL ALL THE CEREMONIES. >> THIS IS THE MOST EXCITING. LET ME TELL YOU

WHY. AT LSU, I KNEW WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE DEAN, UH, JOE DEAN AT THE TIME SAID, HEY, MAN, YOU’RE ONE OF OUR GREATEST PLAYERS. IF YOU COME BACK AND GET YOUR DEGREE, YOU’RE GOING TO TIE YOUR JACYN. SO I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO

HAPPEN. THE LAKERS I KIND OF FORCED IT TO HAPPEN BECAUSE I WANTED MY NAME TO BE UP THERE. ORLANDO ME PLAYING HERE, PLAYING HERE FOR YEARS, GOING TO THE FINALS ONCE, GOING TO THE RING OF CEREMONY AND THAT BEING IT, AND NOBODY ELSE HAVING THEIR JERSEY RETIRED. I NEVER THOUGHT THIS DAY WOULD

HAPPEN. IT MEANS A LOT. IT’S A LOT OF GREAT PLAYERS THAT THAT PLAYED HERE, INCLUDING YOU, VINCE, UH, GRANT HILL, PENNY HARDAWAY TWO MATT, NICK SCOTT. SO YOU KNOW TO BE THE FIRST IS DEFINITELY AN HONOR. SHAQ JAMAL WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT YOU BEING A ONE ON ONE AND THE MOST DOMINANT EVER.

>> HOW WOULD YOU COMPARE YOUR ORLANDO MAGIC VERSION OF YOURSELF TO THE OTHER DOMINANT VERSIONS. THE LAKER VERSION OBVIOUSLY IN THE HEAT VERSION, HOW’S THE ORLANDO MAGIC VERSION COMPARE? >> WELL, HERE I WAS 20. I WAS SLIM, I RAN THE COURT. YOU KNOW, WHEN I GOT TO LA.

UH, YOU KNOW, I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO SLOW DOWN AT TIMES. I WAS FULL SPEED AND I WOULD KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GET GET TIRED IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO GUYS LIKE DOMINIQUE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOW I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT GUYS

SHOULD HAVE A SEVEN POINTS A QUARTER. I REMEMBER ONE TIME PLAYING AGAINST DOMINICAN. I WAS TRYING TO SCORE EARLY. HE WAS LIKE, BIG FELLA, YOU NEED TO SLOW IT DOWN. SEVEN POINTS A QUARTER. SO I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO PACE MYSELF. BUT WHEN I WAS HERE, I WAS,

I WAS FLYING, I WAS RUNNING BECAUSE I HAD A POINT GUARD THAT WAS SUPER, SUPER UNSELFISH. YOU KNOW, HE HE WOULD DEFINITELY LOOK FOR YOU. PENNY HARDAWAY SMART. HE WOULD LOOK FOR YOU BEFORE HE LOOKED FOR HERSELF. SO YOU KNOW IN ORDER TO STAY AWAY FROM THE DOUBLE AND

TRIPLE TEAMS I TRY TO OUTRUN GUYS AND GET DOWN COURT BECAUSE I KNOW PENNY WAS GOING TO FIND ME. I KNOW D SCOUT WAS GOING TO FIND ME WHEN I WENT TO OTHER PLACES. I HAD TO, YOU KNOW, SLOW IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT. MIKE SAID. WHATEVER >> SHAQ, CANDACE PARKER HERE.

>> UH OH MY GOD, I KNOW WHO YOU’RE WHO YOU ARE QUEEN CANDACE. >> CONGRATULATIONS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT’S SO WELL DESERVED. I THINK AN ENTIRE GENERATION GREW UP WATCHING YOU JUST DOMINATE. AND I THINK AS A BIG AT THAT TIME, BEING ABLE TO RUN THE FLOOR, DO THE THINGS YOU DID, BREAK

BACK BOARDS, PLAY DEFENSE, SWITCH OUT, HANDLE THE ROCK. LET ME ASK YOU THIS ONE. WHY DID YOU PICK NUMBER 32 TO WEAR AND TWO, YOU THINK ORLANDO MAGIC SHAQ WOULD HAVE BEEN RUNNING TRANSITION IN TODAY’S GAME. IN ADDITION. AND IT’S JUST ASSISTING IN WAYS THAT WE’RE SEEING GIANNIS DO SO VANCIL

YOUR FIRST QUESTION COMING UP PATRICK EWING WAS MY FAVORITE PLAYER. >> I WORE 33 IN HIGH SCHOOL OR 33 AT LSU. I WANTED TO BE THE NEXT PATRICK EWING. SO WHEN I GET TO ORLANDO, I WAS PROMISED 33, BUT THERE WAS A PLAYER HERE NAMED TERRY CATLEDGE. HE AND WHEN I CAME

TO THE LOCKER ROOM, HE SAID, BIG FELLA, I’M NOT GIVING UP MY, MY, MY JERSEY UNLESS YOU GIVE ME 150,000 CASH. SO ORLANDO WASN’T PAYING ANYTHING, SO I DEFINITELY DIDN’T HAVE THE 150,000 CASH BACK THEN. SO I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, I’LL JUST TAKE 32. I’M ONLY MAKING 40

MILLION FOR SEVEN YEARS. I DON’T HAVE 150,000 CASH. SO I JUST WORE 32. BUT I WAS UPSET, BUT I COULD REMEMBER THE TIME WHERE I WASN’T TALKED ABOUT. NOBODY KNEW WHO I WAS. MY MOTHER, DOCTOR ROSALYN NEAL, SAID THIS TO ME, AND IT’S STILL RINGS UNTIL THE DAY. MAKE HIM

REMEMBER YOUR NAME. SO EVERY TIME I PLAY IT, I WANTED TO PUT ON THE SHOW. I WANTED PEOPLE TO SCREAM MY NAME, AND I WANTED TO BE RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE MOST DOMINANT BIG MEN EVER. >> SHAQ, YOU HEAR FROM US ALL THE TIME. WE DO HAVE A

MESSAGE FROM ONE OF YOUR FORMER TEAMMATES. HE HAD TO GET, IN SOME WORDS, TAKE A LISTEN. NO BIG FELLA, THIS IS KENNY. >> MAN I JUST WANT TO SAY FROM ME TO YOU BROTHER, I LOVE YOU. I THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID FOR ME WITHOUT YOU, I WOULDN’T.

I WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN IN ORLANDO ORIGINALLY TO BE ABLE TO PLAY WITH YOU, MAN. TO HAVE MY GAME GO TO ANOTHER LEVEL. THE FIRST TEAM ALL NBA BECAUSE OF YOU GOING TO THE FINALS IN MY EARLY CAREER. PUTTING ME ON THE MAP IN THE NBA. ALL THOSE THINGS. MAN HOW MUCH

BETTER YOU MADE ME. I’M FOREVER INDEBTED AND GRATEFUL TO YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR JERSEY RETIREMENT. ONLY WAY TO DO IT MAN. CONGRATS >> THERE YOU GO. BIG FELLA. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE’RE GOING TO HEAR SHAQ ON THE CALL. SHAQ HAVE A GREAT GAME. >> DON’T MESS UP SHAQ.

>> YEAH DON’T MESS UP MESS UP A LOT OF PRESSURE. >> STOP MOVING AND STOP MOVING YOUR HANDS WHEN YOU TALK. YOU’RE MAKING ME NERVOUS. >> HEY, TELL HIM THAT YOU GOT. >> TELL HIM THAT CHAIR GOT MY CHAIR UP. >> TELL ME THAT CHAIR GOT LIGHTER. >> I SEE YOU, SHAQ. WE’LL

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BONUS BETS. WHEN YOUR FIRST $5 BET WINS, DOWNLOAD THE FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK APP NOW AND START MAKING EVERY MOMENT MORE. I’M ONLY ALLOWED TO BET OVERS FOR LEFTOVERS, SO I WENT WITH THE LATE GAME BECAUSE I’M EXPECTING MORE POINTS AND SUNS KINGS. I GOT BUTCHER EDITION, BOOKER EDITION GOT WHO DISH I HAVE DURANT

SCORING, I HAVE SABONIS REBOUNDING AND PHOENIX WINNING I LIKE THAT OKAY OKAY I DON’T BECAUSE I ONLY HAVE DAVE THE BUTCHER EDITION I DON’T KNOW. >> ALL RIGHT. >> IT’S DEVIN BOOKER. >> OH OKAY. YEAH. >> SO I GOT BOOKER I DID LIKE THE MAGIC IN THIS GAME. I JUST THINK THERE’S GOING

TO BE A LOT OF GOOD DEFENSE. AND SO I WANTED TO DO OVERS IN THE SECOND GAME OKAY GOOD I LIKE YOUR STRATEGY. >> THANK YOU. IF I WERE TO BET WHICH I DO NOT BUT I DO NOT. >> YOU DO NOT KNOW. UH, SO HE TOILET PAPERED YOUR HOUSE? YES. WHAT

>> AND A WEEK LATER, IT’S WHEN HE ACTUALLY ACCIDENTALLY TOLD HOW MUCH TOILET PAPER ALL THE FRONT YARD DID IT RAIN? >> DID IT RAIN? YOU AIN’T GOT NO GATES. OKAY, GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD. >> YOU AIN’T GOT NO GATES? >> NO. SO YOU’RE TELLING ME YOUR ENTIRE HOUSE WAS

COVERED IN TOILET PAPER AND THEN HOW DID YOU FIND OUT IT WAS HIM? >> HE SAID, OH, MAN, IT’S MESSED UP HOW SOMEBODY DID THAT, BUT NOBODY KNEW. AND HE STARTED LAUGHING AND GAVE IT AWAY. >> OH, YOU GOT TO GET SOME CAMERAS, MAN. >> THIS IS. DID YOU GET HIM

BACK? THIS IS A LONG TIME AGO. >> YEAH. DID YOU GET HIM BACK? CAN’T GET IT. >> YOU CAN’T GET. >> HE’D SAY IT’S HARD TO GET OVER THERE, GET SOME RINGS. >> OH, THIS IS OUR BIG GAME COMING UP NEXT THOUGH. IT IS OKLAHOMA CITY AND THE ORLANDO MAGIC KEVIN

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