Shaquille O’Neal’s Jersey: Will It Fly in Los Angeles or Migrate Elsewhere?

The possibility that Shaquille O'neal's Jersey could be retired in Los Angeles stirs mixed emotions among Laker fans and the city of Los Angeles.

One Laker fan I spoke too recently described it as: "If a friend and you are in a band and his guitar playing helps get the band a record deal; the band goes on to sell millions of albums and make millions of dollars! Does that make it alright for him to sleep with your girlfriend? That's what I feel Shaq did to the Lakers and the city of Los Angeles. He gave us something to be proud of and then treated us like we were below him!"

Shaq is known to most basketball fans as the main ingredient in the Los Angeles Lakers' three-peat run to start the new millennium. Laker fans have a much more cynical and bittersweet outlook...

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