AFP - Shaquille O'Neal, one of the most dominant big in the history of the NBA in his Prime, announced his retirement Wednesday after a 19-year career that saw him win four NBA titles.
"shaq" was at its best, from 2000 to 2002 when it was combined with star guard Kobe Bryant to guide the Los Angeles Lakers to three NBA crowns, and he added another in 2006 with Miami, two years after having been transferred to the heat.
"his retirement, im" O'Neal posted on his Twitter microblogging site, which also included a video link, in which he thanked his followers on the social media site.
O'Neal, 39, was seems by injuries in the seasons later in his career, including having stranded stays to help bring titles to Phoenix, Cleveland, to the sides of LeBron James and the Boston Celtics this season.
A nagging right Achilles tendon injury proved more "shaq" could overcome and he said to ESPN journalist working on a biography of him it intends to make a return, but he did not want to disappoint fans of the Celtics.
"I really thought about his return, but this Achilles is very damaged and if I had the recovery could be long US aircraft have the same result in the last year, everyone is sitting and waiting for me," said O'Neal.
"I didn't let people down in two consecutive years." I didn't take hostage of Boston again.
"Everyone I know now... so the organization can try to get young talent." I would like to return, but they say once the Achille is damaged it is never the same. I don't want to take this chance. ?
O'Neal is ranked fifth in the record NBA scoring list with 28,596 points, and its three final NBA most valuable player Awards not trail than Michael Jordan on the all time list.
"shaq" is outside opportunities offered his NBA career, playing a genie in 1996 "kazaam" film and the film of 1994 "Blue Chips", where he played a young basketball star.
O'Neal also made rap albums, including talk about growing up with his mother and his stepfather in the song "biological has not disturb".
The Magic of Orlando has made O'Neal choice of handguns in the 1992 NBA Draft and "shaq" was the NBA 1993 Rookie of the year.
He won the NBA scoring title in 1995 when he helped Orlando reach the NBA Finals, only to be swept by Houston and in 2000, when the Lakers beat Indiana for first O'Neal NBA title.
O'Neal announced celebrating its joining the Lakers in Los Angeles in 1996 at the Atlanta Olympics, where he was member of the United States Olympic "Dream Team III" that a gold medal.
O'Neal wore a tattoo on one arm and another Superman logo which included a giant hand seen behind the Earth with the TWISM abbreviation, which stood for "The World Is Mine".
A Boston Celtics spokesman said that the club had not received official notification of the plan of O'Neal to end his career.
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