Shaquille O’Neal wants to end his unemployment by signing on with the Boston Celtics for the 2010-11 season. A couple of weeks ago there was talk of Shaq going to Atlanta. His name has also been mentioned (who knows how seriously?) in connection with San Antonio, Cleveland and New Jersey. Shaq says it’s not about the money. He wants to play somewhere that has a chance to win. Signing with Boston would be putting winning where his mouth is.
Although O’Neal was unavailable for comment Friday, two sources close to him confirmed his continued interest in the Celtics, even though they currently have no room, or exceptions, under the salary cap to pay him beyond the NBA veteran’s minimum of $1.35 million.
The Celtics could pay him more, but only if his former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, helped with a sign-and-trade deal.
“He only wants to go to a team with a chance to win it all,” one source said. “That’s a short list. Even for the money, he’s not going to a non-contender.”
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Shaq, AI and T-Mac. I don’t know which one will find a team first and it doesn’t really matter. Any thing those three guys give you at this point is gravy. They’re all past the point of being meaningful contributors on winning teams.
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