Nobody actually thought that Shaquille O'Neal would ride off into the sunset after he retired earlier this summer, right?
In a Shaq original excerpt, he suggests that a meeting between the Boston Celtics and President Obama may have crushed the young point guard's confidence.
In this quote from CSNNE.com, which I first saw on the Huffington Post, Shaq explains the encounter with the Commander In Chief.
"In early March some of the guys went to the museum of Fine Arts for a fund-raiser and got to hang with President Barack Obama. Everyone was a little bit in awe. The President turns to Ray, points at Rondo, and says, “Hey, Ray, why don’t you teach this kid how to shoot?” Everyone starts laughing.
KG told me he saw the look on Rondo’s face and the kid was devastated, embarrassed. Dissed by the President, even though I’m sure Obama didn’t mean any harm. Rondo smiled and went along with all of it, but KG told me he could see it in his eyes. It bothered Rondo. It killed him."
Wow.
Anyway, let's not get ahead of ourselves and say that it's Obama's fault that the Celtics didn't win the NBA champions ...
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