Shaquille O’neal is living in Emmitt Smith’s old Phoenix area crib so he has no need for his South Beach estate. The home has been on the market for nearly a year with no takers, forcing Shaq to lower the price tag.
Basketball’s Shaquille O’Neal has trimmed the asking price for his island mansion in Miami Beach again, to $29 million from $32 million. O’Neal, who was traded in February to the Phoenix Suns from the Miami Heat, previously had asked as much as $35 million for the 20,000-square-foot house, on 2.5 acres on a man-made island community called Star Island.
At least the drops in price allow Shaq to add The Big Slasher to his list of nicknames for himself. The home was built by Rony Seikaly in 1992, and Shaquille paid nearly $19 million for it in 2004. O’Neal thought he had sold the home last November, but New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez walked on the deal. If and when Shaq sells the place he’ll have to change the line about Diddy livin next to him in his Kobe Bryant diss.
