Orlando Magic surprise Shaq with announcement jersey No. 32 will be retired

Orlando Magic surprise Shaq with announcement jersey No. 32 will be retired

You have an idea he got a call from the Orlando Magic I don’t I don’t know if he’s gotten a call from the I think that’s what it is I don’t know I don’t know PR but there how about that a call from Alex Martins who’s the CEO of of

The Orlando Magic let’s listen in hi sha Alex Martins with the Orlando Magic I hear you’ve been waiting for a phone call from us and the wait is over on behalf of the Devas family and myself and all of us here at the Orlando Magic we want to congratulate you as we make

You the first jersey number retired in the history of the Orlando Magic you had a great career here at the beginning of your career and we had some great times you took us all the way to the NBA finals and it’s finally time to put that number up in the rafters so

Congratulations on behalf of all of us we look forward to having you here in Orlando to celebrate heyy Heun around [Applause] people some impressive confetti action right there how about that yo man people have to clean this crap up yeah the um congratulations b as Alex Martin pointed out too it’s Orlando one of the few franchises in the league that uh does not have a retired jersey they

Tried to wait him out he was gone you know what’s funny so a couple years ago they did the Ring of Honor and I thought I was kep my jersey retire so when I went there I’m I’m I’m waiting to do the thing so they take me like on the top

Floor and they just have like a wall they did this thing they did the Press I was like that’s it I was like I thought I was getting my J like man we don’t do that here so but I I would like to thank uh the divor family I wish the old man

Was still alive Rich divor he he meant a lot to me him and his family uh you know Brian Hill D Scott Nick and all those guys Penny Hardway you know we had great times there I was I was Victor Wim before before him oh and what way in

What way y’all both black no you uh come in they expect you to turn things around okay you know you have a lot ofure lot of hype coming in obviously a lot of hype coming in and so you know our first year we went 41 and 41 we I think we had

A 19 20 20 game better than a year before uh then the next year got uh substantially better then the third year we had horse Grant we made it to the finals where we got swept by Kenny but it was a great four years there and I

Just wanted to come in and just you know make a name for myself also got to think guys like Charles and and Michael and Magic because you know Ernie when you came to my house to interview me I still was that 18year old kid who wanted to be

Like Charles Barkley and those guys so when I got drafted by Orlando and I was finally there I just wanted to represent so like to thank uh the city of Orlando like to thank the Orlando Magic uh organ ganization appreciate you very much just wish the old man I wish my father was

Here I know that they’ have been proud but thank you and I’ll see you soon deser Fe February 13th at February 13 at the newly renamed Kia Center

In celebration of their 35th anniversary season, the Magic will officially retire jersey No. 32 in honor of Shaquille O’Neal. O’Neal, who serves as an analyst on the award-winning TV show “Inside The NBA” on TNT, becomes the first player in franchise history to have his number retired. (Video: TNT)

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