Orl Sentinel-Retire Shaq and Penny's Numbers

[Marc Acres 3:16]

Though Hardaway and Shaq didn't reach the peak, they were the first to take Magic toward the mountaintop.

 

They created a buzz with a young franchise in a city with exactly one street block of entertainment, ironically called "Church Street."

 

They made an NBA city out of a Mickey Mouse town.

 

They created a benchmark for Dwight Howard and Co. to measure themselves against and surpass.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com...0723,0,3270006.story

 

We now take a break from your regularly scheduled Chris Paul talk to bring you something different.

 

When I saw the title I immediatley thought that I would hate the article. The writer takes a little bit of a different take on the subject but, I'm still very against the idea. What do you all think?

[Chase]

Penny-Maybe

 

Shaq-HEEELLLLL NO

[Captain Hi-Top]

Not a bad take, but I would never want to retire Shaq's number. Not when he has taken so many shots at the organization, Dwight, Stan, the town.

[chosen12]

I am all for Shaq, penny however I struggle with!

[BRich]

Let's wait and retire somebody who deserves it. Retiring Shaq and Penny comes off as just doing it to get a number up there.

 

Shaq bailed the first opportunity he got. Why honor that?

[i HATE Rich DeVos]

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Originally posted by BRich:

Let's wait and retire somebody who deserves it. Retiring Shaq and Penny comes off as just doing it to get a number up there.

 

Shaq bailed the first opportunity he got. Why honor that?

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[Magic Win]

Had Penny not gotten hurt and spent his entire career in Orlando, there would be no discussion here. Number 1 would have been in the rafters already.

 

Shaq?? Now that's gotta be a joke right?

[Maestro]

I'm all for Penny.

[the notorious S.A.C.]

Whattttt? They played here for a short time and didnt even win one title (or game in the finals). If that is the standard to retire a jersey then boston or LA wouldnt even have a number left to use on an active player at this point. Those guys were just good players that laced up on our team over the years...no more.

[ninjapj]

we should have retired shaq in the foundation of the new arena..

[Secretly Space Jesus]

This is the reason that a lot of pro sports franchises have "Walk of Fame" type things in addition to retiring jerseys. But I've said that already.

[Magicfan57]

I would retire Nick Andersons jersey if we were to retire a jersey.