Shaquille O'Neal：後悔當年離開魔術

美國時間星期五，Shaquille O'Neal 繼Pat Williams 和Nick Anderson後，成為第三位登上奧蘭多魔術的名人堂球員。
Shaquille O'Neal 19歲時在奧蘭多展開其職業生涯，可是經歷了四個球季後，他以自由身加盟洛杉磯湖人，自此也成為魔術球迷心中永遠的痛。儘管他的離開對魔術傷害極大，可是事隔多年後，魔術決定把O'Neal加入球隊的名人堂當中，以表揚他的貢獻。

在出席成為魔術名人堂儀式的時候，O'Neal接受了記者的提問。他被問到有否後悔當年離開魔術的決定。他表示自己偶爾也會後悔當年的決定。他認為當年的魔術十分年輕，在那時仍有很多機會挑戰好成績。然而他自己當年欠缺耐性，所以選擇了離開。他也認為，自己應該留效一支在選秀大會中選中自己的球會。

O'Neal離開魔術後，也影響了NBA的規則。當時，聯盟改制，當新秀完成第一張合約後，將會變成受限制自由球員，避免像魔術般一無所有。

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“Do I regret it? I never fully answer it. I regret it sometimes. Is this where I started and should have stayed? I actually wish they made it a law that whoever drafts you, you gotta stay there your whole career.”

“That’s why I kind of regret it, because we had a young, fabulous team. We really did. And it’s a shame that we got torn apart. But I think about that all the time. I try not to live my life now on ‘ifs’ or ‘would’ve, should’ve,’ but do I regret leaving here in ’96, yes I do.”

“I wish I would have had more patience. I wanted to be protected from the bashing. What I mean by that is I wanted to win then. Even when I got (to Los Angeles) I still got bashed, it took four years to win. But I was very impatient. I was very young and I thought that if I go there, with those guys out there I could win right away and that wasn’t the case."

O'Neal在離開魔術後，四度奪取NBA總冠軍，更拿下了三次總決賽MVP和一次常規賽MVP。

到底是否因為年紀大了影響了想法，又或是因為多謝魔術而作出客套說話，那就只有O'Neal自己才知道了。

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