Shaquille O'Neal's arrival to Los Angeles Lakers in 1996

Peter Vesey spoke with the new Lakers superstar yesterday in Los Angeles. I know you've been a Lakers fan most of your life. Big Jerry West fan, big Magic Johnson fan. the offer came down to money Jerry West gave me the best deal maybe the best offer he didn't accept being the young businessman I'm the best the Bulls are calling that one of the biggest, if not the best, comeback in their history, What would the Lakers do? Call it a dismal fourth-quarter performance. We, no less, no more, no less, defeated ourselves and they know it too when you were in Chicago the other day.

Dennis Rodman said if I owned the NBA, I wouldn't give this guy a hundred and twenty. The man Charles Barkley since the season started says, "Hey, I'm ruling out the Lakers because they can't get the ball to Shaq in the last two quarters because he can't make free throws, so you're always under attack, but you do it." . answer them, obviously those guys are jealous, they can't do things that I can do, it's funny when guys like Dennis Rodman was with, you know, on a lesser team, he didn't talk as much, but then when you get behind Jordan and Pippen and they do it. all the work and he only did a little work and he wants you to know that if he wants to spread the smile there is no if he wants something to say, make you tell me, but he never tells me on the court, there is no answer.

Charles on the free throw because that's a legitimate criticism about free throws. I've actually beaten more teams in Los Angeles and I've lost games to my team Seattle Milwaukee, you made your first seven against them and what. I went 11 for 15 in games 14 almost three Mr. Betsy thank you selfies I'll look for him at your house I'll see the only guy in the league right now who's in all four of the top five categories blocked shots field goal percentage rebounds I Me I've been worrying, I've been like that for years, traitor, he said modestly and you told me that you know you have your punctuation title, that that's not the most important thing anymore, right, right.

I have won at every level except college. level I won at the international level but the young level the children's level DUI your level so now it is essential that I have followed this note but it took the great wonder Jordan seven years I'm going to cook the great one continue I hope so It won't take me that long , but I'll keep trying until I get one and I'll get one word left. I'm going to get a Shaq. This is the first Christmas you spend with your daughter in your first year as a father. That? What's it like coming home with a little girl?

I mean, it's me, it's funny, you know, I've calmed down a lot, you know, usually, you know, 22 yards, I said, you know, I had to practice walking around listening to music with a lot of jewelry I party a lot but you know now it says I'm the father you know I have to come home what is she about 6-4 190 now at six my name is tiara Sheree O'Neal the first one okay now buy a bunch of clothes buy Bonner toys are those things she could chew on and Buy it, get him away from Kobe, yeah, take over