Can you imagine owing this much money a month .
Well it looks the Heat are looking to keep Shaq until his contract expires .
Even after that , I can see Shaq still playing like Dikembe M. until he is in this 40s .
WOW ......
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/cont ... 8shaq.html
His yearly laundry bill is higher than most SoFla residents' salaries.
He pays in electricity, every year, more than what Joe Average needs to buy a car.
As for his clothing purchases, now we're in the ballpark figure of a nice suburban home.
Welcome inside Miami Heat superstar Shaquille O'Neal's finances, where a torrent of cash comes in, and more than a trickle goes out.
The tall-head just sent a Miami-Dade court a never-seen-before affidavit for his and wife Shaunie's divorce file. Records show O'Neal dragged his size 23 sneakers over the mandatory financial snapshot for months.
While the document says O'Neal makes an enormous amount of money, $1.8 million in monthly salary, publicity contracts and returns on investments, his routine expenses total $875,000 - A MONTH.
Among them: $156,116 in mortgages on three homes (including his $20 million mansion on Star Island, Miami Beach), plus $31,299 in homeowners insurance; $3,345 in phone bills; $1,610 in lawn and pool maintenance; $12,775 in food; $1,495 in cable TV; $24,300 in gas; $6,730 in dry cleaning; $17,220 in clothing; $2,305 for pets, and $110,505 in vacations.
Child care sets Shaq back $26,500 a month. He and Shaunie have four children, and Shaq had an extra one from a previous relationship. By the way, Shaq is paying $10,000-a-month in temporary child support and another 10 grand in alimony.
To his credit, the big-man-in-the-middle is doing his share in helping close the giant federal budget deficit. The 13-page document shows he pays nearly $6 million a year in federal income tax and $217,000 in taxes in states where the Heat play away games. Property taxes sets him back about $850,000.
