Shaq, Heat Ready To Sign 5-year, $125 Million Deal
2nd August, 2005 - 6:14 am
Rocky Mountain News - Shaquille O'Neal will soon sign a long-term contract to stay with the Miami Heat , a move that can hardly be considered a surprise.
Team owner Micky Arison said Monday that O'Neal's deal will become official "within a very short period" following the end of the moratorium, which was pushed back from July 22 to allow attorneys for the league and union to finish drafting a written version of the new six-year collective bargaining agreement.
The Heat is believed to be offering O'Neal a five-year deal worth around $125 million, although neither the team nor the 12-time All-Star center's representatives would comment Monday on financial specifics.
"I can assure you Shaquille will be in a Miami Heat uniform for a very long time," Arison told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from Italy.
It's unknown if O'Neal has formally opted out of the final year of his existing contract, one that would have paid him $30.6 million this coming season. Yet that move, whenever it happens, is merely a technicality that allows him to enter into a new deal.
"If Shaq stays in shape, I think he can be a great productive player for us for many, many years," Arison said.
The 7-foot-1, 327-pound O'Neal made an immediate impact during his first season with Miami, which acquired him in July 2004 from the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for three players and a draft choice.
He averaged 22.9 points and 10.4 rebounds in the regular season, leading the league with a 60.1 field-goal percentage. O'Neal ranked sixth in the league in blocks (2.34 a game), double-doubles (43) and rebounds.
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글쎄요... 세월에는 장사가 없습니다 시간이 지나면 알게되겠죠 뭐-_-;;
나이가 좀 아쉬운데요.;;; 2~3년전에 이런 계약이 나왔다면 괜찮았겠지만... 음.. 잘모르겠네요;;
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2500만 그래도 많네요.--;;;
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이번 시즌 변변치 않은 활약을 해서 그럴겁니다.. 제가 봐도 샥은 좀 무기력한 모습도 많이 보이고 하더군요.. 센터가 갑자기 기량이 뚝 떨어지는건 맞는가 봅니다.. 뭐 이정도 까지는 아니더라도.. 다음시즌에 따라 평가여부는 좀 틀려질듯.. 좀 더 야수처럼 공격적이고 파괴력을 갖춘 예전 샥으로 돌아왔음 합니다..