Shaquille O’Neal became the first Orlando Magic player of prominence to be enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame on Friday in Springfield, Mass. — alongside Allen Iverson, Sheryl Swoopes, Tom Izzo and Yao Ming.
O’Neal averaged 27.2 points per game and 12.5 rebounds per game in his four seasons in Orlando. He put the Magic on the map as an organization and as a city in the mid-1990s. He took a young franchise and organization to its first Playoffs.
His run with Anfernee Hardaway is still a legendary story in the NBA.