Shaq message to Los Angeles (Takes out full page ad on Los Angeles Times)

[E. J. Rizo]

To the city of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Lakers Fans, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for you incredible support over the last eight years. you have been there with me through it all -- we never could have won any of the championships without you. I am moving on to the next chapter in my career, but i will never forget the support that you gave me. I am very excited about this next opportunity; however, i will miss each and every one of you. Take care Los Angeles and ill see you soon!

Shaquille O'Neal

no matter how bad shit is you cant hate on that......thats one of the reasons i love shaq.....hes a great person..... i understand that the money wasnt anything to get a full page ad on the sunday edition of the Los Angeles Times but he didnt have to take the time out to do it.......

[Suga Foot]

I respect Shaq on many different levels.

[Sikotic™]

Damn it's gonna suck not having him sporting yellow and purple anymore.

[Trauma-san]

Well, that's actually surprising.  I figured he would take out a full page ad to whine about why he left, glad to see I was wrong. 

[Javier]

why would he do that?  People know why he left.  Fisher did the same and now Shaq.  This is dope

[-VZA-]

Yeah, Shaq has always had a good heart.  No matter what anybody says about him, he's going to go down as one of the coolest people of all time.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

I find myself bashing Shaq a lot lately, but in reality, he was an excellent player and a good person...Greed, selfishness, & jealousy just took over him...I wish he woulda' just accepted the role of being number 2 in L.A...

[Montana00]

That took a full page? now thats surprising.

Anyway, I've always liked the kind of person that shaq was. When he would be on interviews and stuff away from basketball he appears to be a really kind and genuine person.

[RXL]

Very noble of him

[PLANT]

Shaq is the man.

[M Dogg™]

My favorite player since he was drafted by Orlando is now gone.  I understand the league, but I wish we'd still have Shaq. It's all good, rebuild time, but damn. Still got love for Shaq.

[MANBEARPIG.]

damn, all ya'll look at it as some big great thing he did, I think it was just a move on his publicist's behalf, I doubt hes even seen the ad

[ecrazy]

Shaq Was one of the reasons i got into basketball (Mostly Hakeem & Van Exel)...I Remember watching the finals Orlando vs. Houston....that was my first time getting into a basketball game or series at that....Then i remember hearing that he got signed by the lakers during the olympics and i was soo thrilled....man, hes gonna be a laker...wow....but then Van Exel Left and i wasnt a laker fan anymore....And i went to soo many damn clipper games @ the sports arena, how couldnt i be a clipper fan.....CLIPPERS FOR LIFE


CLIPPERS BITCH
Shaun Livingston is The Future

[Smoke]

I Remember watching the finals Orlando vs. Houston....that was my first time getting into a basketball game or series at that....

Me too. Hakeem was just THE DREAM.

Bye bye Shaq. Thank you for the rings, good luck in Miami. I'm still a Laker.

[CRAFTY]

Very noble of him