Did Shaq Deserve to Have His Jersey Retired by the Orlando Magic? | The Rich Eisen Show
Uh Shack’s Jersey was retired in Orlando and a lot of people are wondering why they did that it seems to me like what do you mean why not it’s a great opportunity to get butts in the seats but what was your impression of it I mean Susie you and I both know having
Covered Shaq for years in La like his relationship with Orlando was front to say the least he once referred to Orlando as a dried up Pond um every every trip the Lakers made to Orlando during my seven years on the beat uh that was always you know that
Was it wasn’t like LeBron back to Cleveland levels of vitrio but it was pretty intense they did not uh really like sha after he left them behind and dumped on their city so um listen Time Heals all wounds all that stuff I love that they did this I understand he was
Only there for four years I understand that when he left he left in a way that um was was you know very contentious at least for Orlando fans but I hate to say it this way the magic don’t have a ton else to to celebrate and Shaq is a really big really
Important part of their history and I think it’s the right thing to do to you know let time heal the wounds and honor you know the best player in your franchise’s history no he didn’t deliver you a championship no he didn’t stay there for the duration of his career but
It his his importance matters and I think um I think just healing that wound matters too like I like seeing that come back together it’s still the same ownership group uh you know none of the same people running the show uh at the basketball level but I just I think it’s
Good for the game it’s good for sha it’s good for the magic I don’t think there’s anything to really pick apart here oh I mean I remember when I was at Sports Center when this happened suddenly you’re cutting magic highlights you know what I mean you’re talking about the
Magic it just seems to be like a total no-brainer let me think I can get Shaq in the in the arena or not yeah I think I’m going to make that phone call yeah yeah no it’s a look it’s a great PR move it’s a great celebration it’s great for
Your fans and again like look this is a good time to do it too right because it’s not Shaq coming back at a time when the magic are you know now you know still a perennial Lottery team with no hope like they’ve got two really promising young players in Palo banero
And France Vagner like they’re on the rise again they’re a team with a lot of Hope and Intrigue they’re moving in the right direction and so like it’s it’s it’s the right time it’s just it’s the right time and I think it was good for
Magic fans to be able to also kind of like remember this really uh vital part of their history when for a time they were the most exciting team in the NBA oh my God remember when everything was Penny Hardway I mean forget about it it was catch the rich eyes and show every
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