Shaquille O’Neal announced via Twitter that he is retiring from basketball after 19 years in the NBA. Shaq is leaving the game only a few years after his idol: his own body.
Shaq made the Twitter announcement in a video. It was his first believable performance in a video.
In retirement Shaq won’t completely disappear from the world of basketball. In fact, he plans to spend much of his time learning how to sink a free-throw.
After an Achilles tendon injury in January, there has been a fear that Shaq could re-injure himself if he did come back next year. And the only thing more frightening than an aggravated injury is Shaq’s movie acting.
