Shaquille O'Neal's Hall of Fame speech (video), plus Shaq says he was a hypocrite to Celtics fans

Shaquille O'Neal, who retired from the NBA as a member of the Boston Celtics in 2011, was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame this weekend:



From Jay King of Mass Live:

"I was a hypocrite when it came to Boston fans," said the big man, who spent his best seasons with the rival Los Angeles Lakers. "Before I got there, I really didn't like you guys. But when I got there you guys welcomed your arms. One thing about Boston, you guys appreciate hard work. Even if I wasn't the Shaq-Shaqity Shaq, I (gave what I could) and I think they appreciated it."

And from Kevin Garnett's Instagram:

SHOUT TO MY BIG BROTHER SHAQ and A BIG OLLL CONGRATULATIONS TO EM AND THE OTHER MEMBERS TO JOIN.. IT WAS A PLEASURE AND HONOR BRO ...ONE OF THE COLDEST TO EVER DO IT. MY NIzzle for life. Love u bro ..... 🐐⬛💯

A photo posted by Kevin Garnett (@tic_pix) on Sep 8, 2016 at 8:24pm PDT

Congratulations @SHAQ on your @Hoophall induction tonight #16HoopClass pic.twitter.com/iOF1F4wUOm

— Boston Celtics (@celtics) September 10, 2016

Shaq scored 28,596 points in the NBA (7th all time), 341 of them were for the Celtics. https://t.co/gHF8MmJpmh

— CelticsLife.com (@CelticsLife) September 10, 2016

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