Shaq was at Magic City when he got a call from Jerry West about a new contract #nba #lakers

So you went so hard for Penny, for Orlando to get Penny. Do you regret leaving Orlando as soon as you did and not seeing it through with Penny the whole way?

Here during the Olympics, '96, me and Uncle Jerome, we had Magic City, doing what we do at Magic City. And my agent called, it's like 2:30 AM. He said, "Man, I got a call. I need you to come to this hotel." I said, "For what?" He said, "Come." So I get there and it's the great Jerry West. He said, "You want the good news or the bad news?" I said, "I want the bad news." He said, "I couldn't get you the 150." I said, "What's the good news?" we can get you $120,000. But he was like, you gotta sign it right now. So I was like— and then I told Leonard, I said, call Orlando. He said they weren't even close. So, hey, my mom need a new house. Even though she didn't, that's how I'm thinking, man. So even though I always think about what me and Penny could have done, it's not a decision I regret. Because when it comes to family and it comes to making decisions, I make the decision as a leader, as a general. And if it happens to be the wrong decision, that's something that I can live with.