Shaquille O’Neal: Should the Lakers Retire Benedict Shaq’s Jersey?

Traitor. Merriam Webster defines the term as: one who betrays another's trust or is false to an obligation or duty.

If Benedict Arnold epitomizes the term, perhaps too so does Shaquille O'Neal.

Arnold was a general during the American Revolutionary War. He began the war in the Continental Army but later defected to the British Army. Because of the way he changed sides his name quickly became a byword in the United States for treason or betrayal.

By joining the Boston Celtics, Shaquille O'Neal has sunk to this new low and his legacy will be the one to suf...

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