Shaq Reacts To Orlando Magic Jersey Retirement Announcement | NBA On TNT

Shaq Reacts To Orlando Magic Jersey Retirement Announcement | NBA On TNT

MCDONALD. ALL THE CROOKS ARE HERE. >> SO. SO ARE YOU. IN WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, DON’T YOU? >> ARE YOU INTRIGUED? I WANT TO KNOW WHICH ONE OF US WANT. GOT AN HONOR? >> HERE COMES A HINT. I’VE GOT A LITTLE HINT. AND I DON’T KNOW HOW OFTEN IT IS.

SHAQ. THAT YOU GO TO HOME DEPOT AND OR OR FREESTYLING AT HOME DEPOT A LOT, A LOT. YOU DO THIS THIS THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE FOR YOU. >> YES IT IS. >> SO THIS IS JUST A SNIPPET OF SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. GO AHEAD.

>> THE FIRST PICK IN THE 1992 NBA DRAFT, THE ORLANDO MAGIC, SELECTS SHAQUILLE O’NEAL FROM LOUISIANA STATE. >> SHE’S IN THE BACK. >> SHE’LL WRITE A BOOK ABOUT EVERY STEP ON MY WAY UP THE LADDER, I CAME OUT TO MUDDY. >> WHAT’S AN UGLY CHAPTER? >> I DON’T NEED TO SHOW UP

AT YOUR FANCY PARTIES. IF YOU SEE ME HANGING OUT OR SOMETHING. RAPPERS ONLY BOTHER TO GO PLATINUM IF YOU COUNT MY POINTS, REBOUNDS, QUADRUPLE PLATINUM. GOT TWO RETIRED JERSEYS IN TWO DIFFERENT CITIES. I’M STILL WAITING ON THAT CALL FROM THE ORLANDO MAGIC. >> OH, I KNOW WHAT IT IS.

THEN YOU HAVE AN IDEA? HE GOT A CALL FROM THE ORLANDO MAGIC. >> I DON’T KNOW IF HE’S GOTTEN A CALL FROM. >> I THINK THAT’S WHAT IT IS. >> I DON’T KNOW, I DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY’RE. HOW ABOUT THAT? >> THAT WAS A CALL FROM ALEX MARTINS, WHO’S THE CEO OF

THE ORLANDO MAGIC. >> LET’S LISTEN IN. >> HI, SHAQ. 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 DEVOS 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. HEY HEY HEY. >> GUNSHOTS AROUND PEOPLE. HEARD MAN. LET YOU KNOW. LET HIM BACK. >> CONGRATS. SOME IMPRESSIVE CONFETTI ACTION RIGHT THERE. >> HOW ABOUT THAT?

>> YO, MAN, PEOPLE HAVE TO CLEAN THIS CRAP UP. >> YEAH. THANK YOU. THE, UM. >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> BIG ALEX MARTINS POINTED OUT TO ITS ORLANDO. ONE OF THE FEW FRANCHISES IN THE LEAGUE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A RETIRED JERSEY FROM. >> THEY TRIED TO WAIT HIM

OUT, SO HE WAS GONE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT’S FUNNY? SO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THEY DID THE RING OF HONOR. AND I THOUGHT I WAS KEEPING MY JERSEY RETIRED. SO WHEN I WENT THERE 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 DREAMS LIKE, MAN, WE DON’T DO THAT HERE. SO BUT I WOULD LIKE TO THANK, UH, THE DEVOS FAMILY. I WISH THE OLD MAN

WAS STILL ALIVE. I WISH DAVOS, UH, HE HE MEANT A LOT TO ME. HIM AND HIS FAMILY. UH, YOU KNOW, UH, BRIAN HILL, DEE SCOTT, NICK AND ALL THOSE GUYS. PENNY HARDAWAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAD GREAT TIMES THERE. I WAS I WAS VICTOR WEMBANYAMA BEFORE BEFORE HIM. AND. WHAT WAY IN

WHAT WAY Y’ALL BOTH BLACK. NO. YOU COME IN, THEY EXPECT YOU TO TURN THINGS AROUND. OKAY. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A LOT A LOT OF HYPE COMING IN. OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF HYPE COMING IN. AND SO YOU KNOW OUR FIRST YEAR WE WENT 41 AND 41. I THINK WE HAD A 19

2220 GAME. BETTER THAN A YEAR BEFORE. UH, THEN THE NEXT YEAR GOT, UH, SUBSTANTIALLY BETTER THAN THE THIRD YEAR WE HAD HORACE 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 THANK GUYS LIKE CHARLES AND MICHAEL AND MAGIC BECAUSE YOU KNOW, ERNIE, WHEN YOU CAME TO MY HOUSE, YOU INTERVIEWED ME. I STILL WAS AT 18 YEAR 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 I’D LIKE TO THANK, UH, THE CITY OF ORLANDO, LIKE TO THANK THE ORLANDO MAGIC, UH, ORGANIZATION. APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH. JUST WISH THE OLD MAN I WISH MY FATHER WAS HERE. I KNOW THAT THEY’D HAVE BEEN PROUD, BUT THANK

YOU. AND I’LL SEE YOU SOON. DESERVE IT. FEBRUARY. >> FEBRUARY 13TH. OH, FEBRUARY 13TH AT THE NEWLY RENAMED KIA CENTER. >> WHAT DAY? >> HERE. THAT’S A TUESDAY. YOU GET A CAR. >> THAT’S A IT’S A TUESDAY. >> IT’S A IT’S THE ARENA WHICH WAS THE I KNOW I YOU

KNOW I GOT A KIA BOY. >> YOU BETTER TALK TO MY BOY PERCY. WE’LL GET YOU A TELLURIDE. HEY WHEN YOU, UH, I WAS ON DRIVE. >> KISS. >> WHEN YOU THINK BACK WHEN YOU’RE 20 YEARS OLD AND YOU’RE STEPPING ON AN NBA FLOOR FOR THE FIRST TIME. UM

AND YOU SPENT YOUR FIRST FOUR YEARS THERE. WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WHAT DID YOU LEARN, SHAQ? AND WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW WHEN YOU CAME IN? MAYBE THINKING THE LEAGUE WAS ONE THING. WHAT DID YOU LEARN? >> I LEARNED THAT IT WAS EASIER THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS. OH, REALLY? YEAH OH,

REALLY? YEAH. AND WHAT WAY, WHAT WAY WAS LIKE, YOU WATCH THESE GUYS ON TV LIKE, ALWAYS SAY HOW TERRIFIED I WAS OF MICHAEL JORDAN. SO YOU KNOW, HE CAME AND HE CAME CLOSE. I TRIED TO BLOCK THE SHOT OF HIM, BLOCK IT, BUT I WAS THERE. SO NOW I

WAS LIKE, OKAY, HE’S HE’S HUMAN, JUST LIKE I AM. HE’S JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER HUMAN, BUT HE’S HUMAN. YOU KNOW, ONE DAY I’M GOING TO CATCH HIM. BUT YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO COME IN, MAKE A NAME FOR MYSELF. MY MOTHER, DOCTOR LUCILLE, USED TO ALWAYS TELL ME, SON, MAKE

HIM REMEMBER YOUR NAME. AND GROWING UP, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT I HAD SIMILAR TO ALL THESE GUYS. I HAD A BEAUTIFUL BASKETBALL NAME. CHARLES BARKLEY. KENNY JOHNSON, ERNIE JOHNSON, MICHAEL JORDAN. MY. MY NAME IS SHAQUILLE O’NEAL. SO MY MOM SAID, BABY, WHENEVER YOU PLAY, MAKE THEM REMEMBER YOUR NAME SO WELL. MINE IS

KENNY SMITH. YOU AIN’T REMEMBER MINE? NO, I WASN’T TALKING MUCH. THAT’S WHY I SAID KENNY JOHNSON. >> I ALREADY WORKED WITH YOU FOR 20 YEARS. >> YOU STILL SAY MY NAME? >> NOPE. KENNY JOHNSON, YOU, UH, YOU BRING UP YOUR MOTHER AND WOULDN’T YOU KNOW IT, SHAQ, WE JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE

A MESSAGE. >> CONGRATS, SHAQUILLE, ON THE RETIREMENT OF YOUR JERSEY WITH THE ORLANDO MAGIC. >> OF COURSE, THIS IS YOUR NUMBER ONE FAN. I’M SAYING CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. I CAN REMEMBER BACK WHEN THEY CALLED YOUR NAME ORLANDO MAGIC WITH THE FIRST PICK, AND THEY PICKED SHAQUILLE O’NEAL. WE WERE ALL SO HAPPY

FOR YOU. AS WELL AS EXCITED AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, YOU MADE US ALL PROUD WITH ALL OF THAT JOY, JOY AND EXCITEMENT YOU BROUGHT TO THE ORLANDO COMMUNITY. THIS AWARD AND THIS RECOGNITION IS WELL DESERVED. SO WE WANT YOU TO ENJOY IT. IT’S SO PROUD OF YOU AND WE PRAY

THAT YOU CONTINUE TO ENJOY LIFE. AND DON’T EVER FORGET THE MEMORIES. GOD BLESS YOU, MY SON. >> WHY IS YOUR MOM SO CALM AND CEREBRAL? YOU’RE SUCH AN. >> IT’S LIKE YOU JUST. >> SHE’S. I GOT A. SERIOUS QUESTION. YEAH. >> GO AHEAD. >> YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE

YOUR MOM. YEAH. WHAT KIND OF DOCTOR IS SHE? >> UH, DOCTOR AND, UH, BUSINESS MANAGER. AND YOU’RE A DOCTOR, TOO? YES. >> THAT’S JUST SOMETHING Y’ALL ARE JUST THROWING Y’ALL NAME FOR. HYPERBOLE NO. WHAT? WE’RE HYPERBOLE. >> SPELL IT HYPERBOLE. >> SO I WOULD PUT DOWN ANY YOU GIVE ME. NO.

>> SHE WENT TO SCHOOL. >> SHE WENT TO SCHOOL? >> YEAH. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? FUNNY STORY ABOUT THAT. SHE SHE CALLED ME ONE DAY AND SHE SAID, BABE, I NEED TO BORROW SOME MONEY. AND I’M LIKE, WHY? BECAUSE MAMA HAS A GREAT ALLOWANCE. SHE SAID, I WANT TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.

AND I SAID, WHAT? YOU NEED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL. SHE SAID, IT’S SOMETHING I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO. I HAD YOU WHEN I WAS 16. I HAD TO GIVE UP MY DREAMS TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE HE WAS OKAY. SO SHE WENT. SHE WENT, UH, AND GOT HER BACHELOR’S. SHE

GOT HER MASTER’S, AND THEN SHE GOT HER DOCTORATE FROM BETHUNE-COOKMAN HBCU. WOW. SO, YEAH. >> SPELL HYPERBOLE. >> YEAH. DOCTOR >> ANY CHANCE THE DOCTOR. ANY CHANCE? >> MISS LUCILLE, YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU. ANY CHANCE ON HYPERBOLE HERE WITH THIS GUY? >> NO, NOT AT ALL.

>> NO, NOT THAT I COULD. I SHOUT OUT TO HBCU SINCE YOU SHOUT OUT BETHUNE-COOKMAN BECAUSE I READ SOMETHING THE OTHER DAY THAT 70% OF THE, UH, DOCTORS IN THE WORLD COME FROM THAT ARE AFRICAN AMERICAN, COME FROM HBCUS. 50% OF THE LAWYERS AND LIKE 35% OF THE ENGINEERS. IT’S

LIKE A PHENOMENAL. BUT THEY ONLY MAKE UP 100 OF THE 4000 SCHOOLS. SO FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS IS VERY IMPORTANT. HBCU TO FUND THEM TO BE PART OF THEM BECAUSE THEY BRING OUT THE BEST PEOPLE, NO DOUBT. >> UM, HEY, THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO START THE NEW YEAR. >> CONGRATULATIONS, NEW YEAR.

>> APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SHAQ GOING THANK YOU ALEX. >> THE JERSEY IS BEING RETIRED. UH 3′ CLUBS. >> YOU GOT TO GET ME IN TOUCH WITH JAMIE BECAUSE I NEED THOSE GLASSES JAMIE, GIVE ME THOSE GLASSES. >> SHAQ BULLIED THE MAGIC INTO RETIREMENT I LOVE IT. >> I’M JUST WAITING ON THE

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