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Los Angeles (AFP) - Former Los Angeles Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal is to be honored with a statue outside the NBA team's Staples Center arena.
O'Neal will join former Lakers greats Jerry West, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Earvin "Magic" Johnson, NHL icon Wayne Gretzky -- who put the Los Angeles Kings on the map -- boxer Oscar De La Hoya and broadcaster Chick Hearn in being immortalized in bronze at the downtown Los Angeles arena.