Another Reason Why Shaquille O'Neal Is A Great Guy...
The guy is all class. This is just more proof...
Shaquille O'Neal wants to pay more than respects to the family of George Mikan.
O'Neal said Thursday that he wants the Mikan family to contact the Miami Heat offices, so arrangements can be made for him to handle funeral expenses for the league's first dominant big man.
Mikan died Wednesday night at a rehabilitation center in Scottsdale, Ariz., following a long fight with diabetes and kidney ailments. He was 80.
"I'd like to send my condolences to the Mikan family," O'Neal said after Miami beat Detroit 88-76 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals on Thursday night. "I heard they were having some trouble, some problems, so if you contact the Heat office, I would like to pay for the funeral."
O'Neal credits Mikan as someone who helped lay the framework for what the NBA is today.
"Without No. 99, there is no me," said O'Neal, referring to Mikan by his jersey number.
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