Shaquille O’Neal Announces That He Will Retire From Basketball
Translation: Shaquille O’Neal (Shaq) is one of the biggest, most dominating and overall best professional basketball players of all time and has one of the biggest personalities in pop culture history. Shaq has played in the NBA (National Basketball Association) for 19 years and was a part of 5 championship winning teams. He also has a music, film and television career in addition to being a member of the Miami police force and is currently working on a PhD. He will announce his retirement officially on Friday.
Conversation Starter: “Did you see that Shaq is retiring? He is a legend.”
The Heat Win Game One of NBA Finals
Translation: The Miami Heat defeated the Dallas Mavericks last night, 92-84, in the first game of the professional basketball championship series. The series is a best-of-seven-games series which means that the Heat now only have to win 3 more games to win the series and the championship. The last time that the Heat won the championship, Shaquille O’Neal was on the team and the defeated the Mavericks that year too.
Conversation Starter: “Did you catch the basketball game last night?”
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