George Mikan
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George Lawrence Mikan Jr., nicknamed "Mr. Basketball", was an American professional basketball player for the Chicago American Gears of the National Basketball League and the Minneapolis Lakers of the
Mikan in 1945
Mikan in a game against Long Island University at Madison Square Garden, 1944
Mikan as member of the Chicago American Gears
Mikan (far right) and the 1950–51 Lakers
Shaquille O'Neal
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Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal, commonly known as Shaq, is an American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA. Nicknamed, among others, "Diese
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…players. Many felt that the players of the big-money generation should rally for larger pensions for the pre-1965 predecessors in labor negotiations. Shaquille O'Neal paid for Mikan's funeral, saying: "Without number 99 [Mikan], there is no me." Before Game Five of the 2005 Eastern Conference Finals between the Heat…
O'Neal in 2023
O'Neal DJing at the All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., in July 2018
In eight seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers from 1996 to 2004, O'Neal won three consecutive championships from 2000 to 2002 and appeared in the 2004 NBA Finals.
O'Neal with the Miami Heat in February 2007