Shaquille O’Neal has spoken out to reflect on the Miami Heat team’s decision to hang legendary Michael Jordan’s jersey in the hall of honor.
Michael Jordan is one of the legends of the NBA and many teams in the league keep his jersey number 23 (Jordan’s familiar number) as a cherished item because of this legend’s contributions to the basketball career. . But this work also faced criticism from some stars at the solution including Shaquille O’Neal.
Legend Jordan plays for the Chicago Bulls
Sharing with The Big Podcast with Shaq, the former Miami Heat star and an NBA legend spoke up: “I don’t want to show disrespect to anyone. But what’s fair to say?” Miami Heat is partly built by our team. Michael Jordan or Bill Russell have never played for the Heat. These two names have built achievements with the Chicago Bulls and Boston Celtics as one of the players The first-generation player won the championship with the Miami Heat, I don’t like this.”
NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal
With his fame, Jordan became a globally famous figure and his greatness is still respected today. Jordan is considered by many to be the best player in NBA history and the Bulls retired his jersey number as a tribute. Not only the Bulls team, Jordan’s jersey number is also in the Miami Heat team’s room of honor.
Miami Heat also expressed so much respect for Jordan that they wanted to retire his shirt number so that no other player could own it. However, some players disagree with this move. According to O’Neal, if you have never played and played for the team, hanging a jersey of a player outside the team is unacceptable.