Shaquille O'Neal’s TNT contract includes exit clause?
Barkley, who recently announced a long-term commitment with TNT Sports with or without the NBA, previously had said that he had an out in his deal with the network if it did not renew its NBA rights. Industry sources believe that O’Neal, 52, has a similar contingency in his contract. If Barkley is the top target in a potential broadcasting free agent frenzy — if he even works in a different studio show after TNT — then O’Neal is the clear 1A.Source: New York Post
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Jorge Sierra @hoopshype
Only five former Cavs in our GOAT list:
1. LeBron James
9. Shaquille O’Neal
23. Dwyane Wade
59. Walt Frazier (yes, he spent three years in Cleveland)
71. Kyrie Irving
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“Shaq is one of the few monoculture sports superstars left in the business today. Shaq and Charles [Barkley] are similar to Snoop Dogg where everyone from grandmas to young kids know who they are and love them,” Nate Jones, an NBA agent at Goodwin Sports who works closely with Damian Lillard and actively monitors the media environment, told The Post. “It’s very hard for sports stars of this fractured social media era to break through like those guys have, so they have real value to sports broadcasters and their brand partners. Shaq is nearly a decade younger than Charles, so he likely has a little more runway as a sports personality than Charles at this stage.” -via New York Post / August 30, 2024
In the same interview, Shaq revealed that he also had trouble with retirement. “I was lost because I had planned to retire two years after I retired. So I wasn’t really prepared,” he added. -via Clutch Points / August 30, 2024
Shaquille O’Neal on Dennis Rodman: “This dude would come to the meetings at 5:30. You had to be there at 5:30, 45 minutes to go. He’d come in with 40 minutes on the clock, eating chicken and rice, not paying attention, doing whatever. In the middle of the meeting, he’d take a cold shower, not paying attention. We’d go out first, then he’d come out, give you 25 rebounds, stinking like a motherfucker, put his clothes on, and go to the club. And he had the baddest women I’ve ever seen in my life surrounding him, hugging him. “No, I’m like, I’m like, this motherfucker stank. Like, he smelled like garbage truck water, and he got models on him at the club. Like, I was a party guy. I thought I had seen everything, but I ain’t never seen what I seen with Dennis Rodman.” -via YouTube / August 28, 2024
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