The La Lakers retired Shaquille O'Neal's No. 34 jersey at halftime of the Lakers' 101-81 win over the Dallas Mavericks, and everything went in accordance with plan. Except that Shaq's jersey was all wrong. From start to finish, all eyes were on Los Angeles ' unveiling of Shaq's tremendous hat, and people found the tiniest bits to criticize all throughout the night. For the absolute most part, it had been a great and enjoyable evening. Phil Jackson talked about Shaq arriving everywhere naked, a formulaic, heartfelt speech was given by Jeanie Buss to the big person, and a thumbs-up were even given by Kobe Bryant to The Big Aristotle. Even on the list of "We want Phil!" chants, there still was not a huge hiccough through the entire evening so far as the devotion to Shaq went. The jersey was unmasked, and everyone clapped, and Shaq shouted "Can you dig iiiiittttt!" Everything had opted according to plan. The only problem was that the jersey was backward. Shaq's name was spelled out good, the number was right, but the number and name were applied across the top of the jersey, not the trunk. Among the other number of jerseys up on the wall it becomes painfully obvious. All the other tops hang with the swoop-necked right back facing the crowd, while Shaq's displays the V-necked front toward the crowd. It was never discovered that something was wrong before Internet got ahold of the image, and individuals in the know were eventually notified and are already planning to repair it. With how out-of-place and goofy Shaq was in his times in the NBA, it seems that it'd practically make more sense to leave it as-is.
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