샤크가 오늘 별세하신 조지 마이칸의 장례 비용을 대주겠다는 뜻을 밝혔네요.
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샤크는 오늘 경기 후 인터뷰에서 조지 마이칸의 가족에게 심심한 애도의 뜻을 밝히면서 가족들이 어려움이 있다고 들었다며 장례 비용을 대겠다고 했습니다.
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Shaq offers to pay for Mikan's funeral
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By TIM REYNOLDS, AP Sports Writer
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June 3, 2005
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MIAMI (AP) -- Shaquille O'Neal wants to pay more than respects to the family of George Mikan.
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O'Neal said Thursday that he wants the Mikan family to contact the Miami Heat offices, so arrangements can be made for him to handle funeral expenses for the league's first dominant big man.
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Mikan died Wednesday night at a rehabilitation center in Scottsdale, Ariz., following a long fight with diabetes and kidney ailments. He was 80.
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``I'd like to send my condolences to the Mikan family,'' O'Neal said after Miami beat Detroit 88-76 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals on Thursday night. ``I heard they were having some trouble, some problems, so if you contact the Heat office, I would like to pay for the funeral.''
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O'Neal credits Mikan as someone who helped lay the framework for what the NBA is today.
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``Without No. 99, there is no me,'' said O'Neal, referring to Mikan by his jersey number.
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Terry Mikan said he appreciated O'Neal's offer but said it would be up to his mother whether to accept it.
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``It just speaks to what Shaquille is all about,'' Mikan's son said. ``He had a bond with my dad. They were close friends.''
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O'Neal and Mikan were both selected to the NBA's list of 50 greatest players, and the two dominant big men of their eras met several times.
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``He was a great man. We had many, many conversations,'' O'Neal said. ``Very nice to me. I know what he was and I know what he did.''
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Both O'Neal and Mikan led the Lakers franchise to multiple NBA championships; Mikan carried the Minneapolis Lakers to five titles in a six-year span, O'Neal led the Los Angeles Lakers to three consecutive championships from 2000-2002.
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``Frankly, without George Mikan, the Los Angeles Lakers would not be the organization we are today,'' said Los Angeles Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss.
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Others at the Eastern Conference finals offered their sentiments on Mikan, including Heat president Pat Riley, who called Mikan ``the model for all big men that followed him.''
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``A truly genuine human being as well as a great player. He made the game what it is today,'' Riley said.
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Updated on Friday, Jun 3, 2005 12:15 am EDT
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첫댓글 샤크 멋지네요. 오늘 경기도 좋았고. 대단합니다.
r조지 마이칸이 누구에요..?
왕년에 레이커스의 명센터였죠. 위대한 50인에도 뽑힌 인물입니다.
NBA로고의 주인공아닌가?;;
그 사람은 제리 웨스트죠. 현 멤피스 GM.
샼 정말 된사람
역시. 말만 앞서는 사람은 아닙니다. 어딜가도 리더감..
역사 샥........
몸집만큼이나 통이 크군
샤크 멋져요^^
조지 마이칸-러셀과 챔벌레인-카림압둘자바-하킴올라주원-샤킬오닐의 미국센터의 대가 이제 끊어지게 생겼으니... 아직까지 샤크의 뒤를 이을만한 정통센터는 보이지 않네요.던컨은 파포도 때로 하니까뭐...아무튼 샤크멋집니다.
올라주원옆에 제독과 유잉도 넣어주세요...ㅎㅎㅎ
모닝도 넣어주면 감솨~ ㅋㅋ
흠..조지 마이칸 가족들이 어려움이 있을정도로 경제적으로 어렵나;;;암튼 고인의 명복을 빕니다..
고인의 명복을...
샤크 진짜 멋있습니다 ^^
샤킬오닐뒤를 하승진선수가 이었으면 좋겠네요^^;;; 꿈같은 이야긴가요 ㅎㅎ
대부다운 모습이죠..^^
굿...~
역시 최고의선수 다운 모습이네요 샤크 ~당신만은 절대 밀리지 않는 모습에서 은퇴했으면 합니다~
역시 샼. ^^
성격하난 쿨해서 좋네요