Defiant Shaq Says He Won't Retire Early

JordansBulls · Post #1 » by **JordansBulls** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:37 am

Shaquille O'Neal again indicated on Thursday that he will not retire before his contract expires at the end of the 2009-2010 season, the Miami Herald is reporting.

In an interview Thursday, ESPN Radio's Jack Ramsay told O'Neal, ``I don't hear retirement in your voice.''

Responded O'Neal: ``No, never that. I am the son of an army drill sergeant, and when we enlist, we go full term. So I've got two years left on my term, and after that, I'll be looking to do other things.

CB4MiamiHeat · Post #2 » by **CB4MiamiHeat** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:42 am

damn.

Scrub Sura · Post #3 » by **Scrub Sura** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:45 am

Must be the moneyyyy

Buckeye-NBAFan · Post #4 » by **Buckeye-NBAFan** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:57 am

Scrub Sura wrote:Must be the moneyyyy

The money is guaranteed, whether he retires or not.. so no.

UDRIH14 · Post #5 » by **UDRIH14** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:30 am

40mill left on ur contract can get you alot of burgers and putang

Erebus Tunafish · Post #6 » by **Erebus Tunafish** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:33 am

Shaq doesn't want to leave the NBA. He just wants to keep playing, that's all.

scottyo50 · Post #7 » by **scottyo50** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:43 am

shaq has had an injury plagued season, where he has underperformed. not the way superman wants to be remembered. so he wants to at least get healthy, so he can resemble the player he used to be. i dont blame him

hype_2004 · Post #8 » by **hype_2004** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:45 am

JordansBulls wrote:Shaq Says He won't Retire Early - Link

Shaquille O'Neal again indicated on Thursday that he will not retire before his contract expires at the end of the 2009-2010 season, the Miami Herald is reporting.

In an interview Thursday, ESPN Radio's Jack Ramsay told O'Neal, ``I don't hear retirement in your voice.''

Responded O'Neal: ``No, never that. I am the son of an army drill sergeant, and when we enlist, we go full term. So I've got two years left on my term, and after that, I'll be looking to do other things.

So the Heat will suck for a very long time, news to me. Shaq's pride will drive that franchise to the ground, the amount of cap space his salary is occupying will render that team paralyzed and unable to acquire pieces to be competitive until his contract is up. Well they won a championship with him but now are paying the price of acquiring a severely declining and deteriorating athlete.

Patterns · Post #9 » by **Patterns** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:53 am

Buckeye-NBAFan wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

The money is guaranteed, whether he retires or not.. so no.

If he retires, he doesn't get the money. Otherwise, some players might just retire now and never play again.

Post #10 » by **crackjack** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:59 am

I don't think money is the motivation since O'Neal should still have plenty left from advertisements and such.

Post #11 » by **BBallFreak** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:30 am

hype_2004 wrote:So the Heat will suck for a very long time, news to me. Shaq's pride will drive that franchise to the ground, the amount of cap space his salary is occupying will render that team paralyzed and unable to acquire pieces to be competitive until his contract is up. Well they won a championship with him but now are paying the price of acquiring a severely declining and deteriorating athlete.

A price well worth it, but even if Shaq were to retire right now, and it weren't due to a career ending injury, we'd be on the hook for his full salary anyways. Hell, even if it were due to a career ending injury, it would only get us out of his salary a couple of months early.

The only harm he's doing by playing is to his legacy. Either way, Miami is crippled by his contract...

Post #12 » by **damo[23]** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:34 am

Well there goes Rileys plan to get under the cap!

Post #13 » by **BBallFreak** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 12:14 pm

damo[23] wrote:Well there goes Rileys plan to get under the cap!

Riley's plan had nothing to do with Shaq retiring, nor would Shaq's retirement effect our cap space.

CourtsideTV · Post #14 » by **CourtsideTV** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 1:32 pm

he should get bought out for 35 million and sign for vet min and finish his career in orlando next to dwight

injured shaq
dwight
hedo
shard
who cares

> EAST+WEST

Bulls_Dynasty6 · Post #15 » by **Bulls_Dynasty6** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 1:47 pm

LOL at the Wiretap picture. I swear, they just put some random pictures up there at times. Like that Ron Artest one...I forget what it was but I spit out my Sprite that time.

Post #16 » by **damo[23]** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:05 pm

BBallFreak wrote:Riley's plan had nothing to do with Shaq retiring, nor would Shaq's retirement effect our cap space.

Whoah, I was making a joke.

hermes · Post #17 » by **hermes** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:15 pm

CB4MiamiHeat wrote:damn.

WadeKnicks2010 · Post #18 » by **WadeKnicks2010** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:29 pm

Poor Wade, Poor Heat organization, Poor Miami Heat's fanbase =(.

Heat3 · Post #19 » by **Heat3** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:33 pm

LEAVE SHAQ ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nycballer718 · Post #20 » by **nycballer718** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:47 pm

blame the heat organization for giving him a 5 year contract extension in the first place