Thank You, Shaq

After 19 memorable years, Shaquille O'Neal is finally hanging it up. As you can see in the video above, he announced via Twitter earlier today that he is retiring. You had to figure this was coming soon due to limited playing time this past season because of injury. He was the most dominant center in the league during my lifetime and he provided some of the greatest laughs as an NBA player. For that, I say thank you. Take a look at some of his career stats, courtesy of ESPN:


• 15-time NBA All-Star
• 28,596 career points (5th all-time)
• 2000 NBA MVP
• 3-time NBA Finals MVP (2000-02)
• 1993 NBA Rookie of the Year
• Notable nicknames: The Diesel, Shaq Fu, Superman, The Big Daddy, The Big Shaqtus,
The Big Shamrock
• 13 seasons with 20 PPG and 10 RPG (most in NBA)
• 5,250 postseason points (4th all-time in NBA)
• 216 postseason games played (3rd all-time in NBA)