This is truly an end of an era. Shaquille O'Neil announced his retirement via twitter yesterday after 19 years. He has been arguably the best and most dominating player during his prime. He has played for several teams starting with the Orlando Magic, then most notably his years with the Lakers, a year with the Heat, a year with the Suns, then the Cavs and lastly the Boston Celtics. In 19 years, he played with 6 teams, won 4 championships but only one regular season MVP award in 1999-00 with the Lakers. The Lakers organization issued a statement saying they plan to retire Shaq's jersey. John Black of the Lakers told Slam Online "O’Neal retires with career averages of 23.7 points, 10.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.3 blocks per game on 58.2 percent shooting, but his numbers jumped to 27 points, 11.8 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.5 blocks in 514 regular season games played in L.A.".
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