Former NBA star
Shaquille O'Neal has stated that if it was
up to him, he would’ve switched his team to play alongside legendary Michael
Jordan at the
Chicago Bulls.
The 51-year-old remains one of the most successful players
in the history of the NBA, having won as many as four championships during his
illustrious career.
O'Neal was recently quoted in a report where he stated that if
it was allowed to have a super team during his time, he would’ve definitely switched
and played alongside Jordan.
"If we knew that was acceptable, probably a lot of us
would have switched up," said O'Neal. "If I knew that was acceptable
I would have just went to Chicago. If I knew that was acceptable, I would have
went and played with the Spurs. If I knew that was okay I would have went and
played with a team that was almost there, like Utah."
The New Jersey-born, who played for four different franchises
in his career and was the league’s Most Valuable Player in 2000, further went
on to talk about how the culture has changed in the NBA where before, players were
focused on staying and finding a way to win rather than moving to another team to
get more success.
"We always thought like, 'No, you're the man. You the
guy. You gotta get it done. You gotta say, you gotta make trades, you got to do
this. You can't (leave)',” he said. “And I think he (Kevin Durant) did it
before it was acceptable.
"It's acceptable
now, people just 'I want to go here, I want to do this. Oh hey, you play on
this team, you play on this team, let's get on this team and create a Big
Three. But again, if I knew that was acceptable, I just would have went and
played with Mike."