In the annals of NBA history, Shaquille O’Neal will always be wearing a Los Angeles Lakers jersey. That is where he won his titles and where he made his biggest impact in NBA history. Orlando Magic fans largely will have to live with that.
Begrudgingly at times.
The relationship with O’Neal has not always been a clean one. There was the pain of O’Neal spurning the Magic to go to the Lakers in 1996 and then the seemingly repeated shots at the market and the franchise and his needling of Dwight Howard when he was leading the Magic back to the NBA Finals.