SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- The dream his stepfather had long ago becomes reality Friday night at the Springfield Symphony Hall as the LSU and NBA icon, Shaquille O’Neal, is inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
And if Shaq has his way, Sgt. Phillip Harrison’s memory will be front and center at the Symphony Hall.
“And I will probably make one of my relatives move,” O’Neal said Wednesday night on NBA-TV. “And leave an empty seat for Phillip Harrison. I ordered my tickets the other day but I will probably have to make a painful call to one of my cousins, ‘hey I need your seat.