My First Orlando Magic Game In Twenty Years - Shaq Returns Home / Shaquille O’Neal Number Retirement
Orlando Magic Shaq Retirement
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here as
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the recording of This is Tuesday
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February 13th
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2024 I will be going to my first
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professional basketball game in decades
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the last one I attended was at the oena
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the Orlando arena that was
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imploded I don't know 10 15 years ago
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give or take but I went to games there
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in the early 90s when guy by the name of
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Shaquille O'Neal was a rookie and play
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play for three four years for the magic
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before going on to other teams but I
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always when I think of Shaq I think of
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him with the magic wearing number 32
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tonight they will be retiring his number
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and I believe he is going to be in the
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new stadium the K Kia Center no longer
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called the Amway very confusing I have
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not kept up with basketball seen too
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many games over the years and but I've
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been thinking about wanting to go to
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Orlando Magic game and I think tonight
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is the night if I'm going to kind of get
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back into it tonight's the night I
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should be there because I have a little
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bit of a soft spot for Shaquille O'Neal
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being here in Orlando first moved here
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in ' 91 with my family the next year
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Shaq was a rookie with the magic you can
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see him driving around the streets of
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downtown Orlando in his big truck the
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Superman tattoo he got he got on a
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tattoo shop back when tattoo shops were
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not plentiful over on Orange Blossom
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Trail just past the Florida Mall so kind
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of a HomeTown boy in a lot of ways so
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it' be kind of neat to be there to see
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Orlando celebrate their former
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basketball son I'm inviting you to join
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me long intro shall you and I am wearing
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an appropriate t-shirt my Walt Disney
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World Mickey shirt in fact there were
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three or four chosen names that were in
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kind of a pool of what the team was
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going to be called they went with magic
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in a roundabout way based on Magic
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Kingdom so there a little bit of a
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Disney tie-in to the team as well and
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they're also celebrating their 35th
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Anniversary team started in ' 89 just
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like Disney's MGM now Hollywood Studios
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also celebrating their 35th this year
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and while cruising over listening to
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this album that he released while he was
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on the team here sha diesel his first
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album as a rapper also
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traffic not the most fun at this hour
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tip off is at 7:30 it's 5:45 I'm not
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going westbound if I go to raay games I
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go westbound on I4 going eastbound and
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still not very kind but it is at least
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it's moving made it downtown now I'm
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over here off of
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Livingston and I want to pull in here to
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what is the old
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Edge parking lot home of the edge
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concert field formerly The Edge and then
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was the 8 seconds and then the Ace Cafe
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and then it closed but I saw one my
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first concerts I ever saw in early 9 93
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spring of 93 I think it was early winter
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of '93 early '93 I saw Na Na by Nature
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back here and the reason I bring that up
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I mentioned it before I did a whole
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video about seeing Green Day on this
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property and seeing Penny wise and
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Offspring and all that but one tickets
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on XL1 6.7 very early 93 I think it was
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Shaquille oil's second
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season and he just walked over I mean
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the the old arena was like a block from
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here the new Arena the Kia Center is a
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little
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farther maybe he had someone drive over
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but it be it would have been easy to
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just walk across underneath the
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Interstate 4 at the time was not as
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hectic and there was a shed right here
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called The Edge shed The Edge was right
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over there which was an indoor venue but
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then they had an outdoor section here
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which is now a lighted tennis court that
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is no longer being utilized but was
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right here the shed was and sha was
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there in the in the pit throwing people
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around Slam Dancing a little bit getting
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his groove on of course that was before
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people were filming everything and cell
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phones and all that but that a little
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little Shack
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memory all right moveing on I also want
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to show this empty parking lot just cuz
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it pertains to the subject matter this
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was where the Amway Center was that was
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imploded before that I think they just
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called it the Orlando arena short the
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oena Orlando arena and this is where the
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last Magic game I ever went to in the
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early 90s went to a couple of them
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saw Shaquille O'Neal play at a
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couple but it was right here before they
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imploded it I don't know 10 15 20 years
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ago right here behind Lake
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dot they haven't built any they built
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stuff around it but the front entrance
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was right here now there's just a little
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grassy
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burm and this is about a block two
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blocks two or three blocks away from the
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edge sh shed where that concert was that
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really small intimate nauy by Nature
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concert found parking for
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$15 not too far from the stadium Kia
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Center I don't know if this will renew
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my love of going to games but I going to
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have a good time
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the retiring of his jersey number
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happens after the game there a few
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people wearing some Lakers jerseys so
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here's the Orlando Magic office there OB
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Shack plate for the Lakers and a lot of
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people know him from that team but he
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got to start here it All Began here sha
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diesel sha
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attack man I think NBA Jam how much NBA
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Jam I played with Shack in there boom
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shakalaka got some Throwbacks tonight to
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my my Noggin today and right there on
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the side oh bus going
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by right there on the side celebrating
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35 5
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years of the Orlando
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Magic the Kia center located right off
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I4 you fact you can kind of see the I4
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traffic going by all right heading in
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this place is impressive I want to say
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it might be a little bigger than the old
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arena now I did come in here for an
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event once I can't remember what it was
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it wasn't a magic game but I've been
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here one one time before all right I am
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in Magic and Mickey check it out there's
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stuff if you look over here you got
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spaceship earth right up top there you
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even got Mickey even got the cruise line
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even got some Disney characters a little
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magic
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all right I've already starting to get
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the get the get the mood all right got
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to start off with a little piping hot
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caffeinated beverage from
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Bones Coffee
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Company yeah
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Bones on opening night O'Neal torched
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the heat with 42
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points
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nice oh remember those The Shack
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Pepsis even got the little pop figure
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there there he is number 32 and get a
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shack size shoe signed by the big guy
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himself well you stop by the kiosk here
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all right this is The Fan Experience
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over
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here man of the
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hour
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first playoff April
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1994 magic draft May of 93 having just
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66 Pingo balls in the cyinder orl number
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comes up and gives a magic first draft
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selection oh man can't forget about
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pinning this brought back memory seeing
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seeing this jersey oh here we go here's
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the O'Neal
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32 a pretty good little Museum they got
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here going down the line Nick
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Anderson oh Anthony Hardaway damn
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haven't heard that name in a while Tracy
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McGrady
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Dennis
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Scott this is awesome too there he is
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right there in the
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name oh my gosh Scotty
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Skyles it's amazing how something I
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haven't followed in so long St just
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comes like jars back in your memory yeah
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there's the arena the one they got that
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looed right there that was it the
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property I drove by a moment
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ago magic moments on
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VHS power behind the magic the
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Louisville Slugger there for some
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reason even have lockers from the
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original Arena right
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here
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just all kind of all kind of stats being
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posted twice with Orlando we score 49
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points Ty for his fourth highest scoring
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total of his career and this is what the
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newscaster was showing a moment ago
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signed sha Jersey right
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there the size of his
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shoe sign right there by Sha signed all
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this stuff I recently watched Kazam not
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Shazam which is not a real but Kazam the
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starred Shack it's on Disney plus
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watched it recently pretty cheesy and
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corny but a lot of fun I used to have
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one of
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these consumed a couple of these Pepsis
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back in the day and I used to have one
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but I don't know what ever happened to
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awesome nice little basic shirt here I
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like that a
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lot I don't know maybe this will renew
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my interest in the game and you know
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that I I'm a home homeowner in the
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general vicinity be kind of nice to have
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a another sport to occasionally pop in I
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mean baseball's
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my baseball's really the only sport I
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really truly love but you never know
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maybe this will be start of
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something something
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renewed and if that happens I'll have
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to think Comm man himself I think a lot
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of it's just Nostalgia I'm big on
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Nostalgia
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obviously $159 for this
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one look at that it's got the O'Neal on
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the back too I mean it should it's
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number 32 but
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that's killar oh was even a little leg
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gold Legends figure up
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there man I was mentioning this a moment
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ago they actually have an NBA Jam
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machine can't buy a bucket you know how
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many quarters when I worked at Publix in
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the early '90s I would get my entire pay
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just a Liv at hes I have to pay rent or
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anything like
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that early 90s was like 17 I would have
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been 177 years old first got my car that
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first year in
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'93 I spent a lot of money on NBA
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Jam boom Shak
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Novelties
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wuzzies
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pennet lanyards
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socks
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buttons then over here all like this uh
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this style
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here oh here's another another one over
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here these are Under the best sellers
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sign a pretty long line over here for a
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magic magic button station you can get
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whatever player you want on a button
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another one I didn't see just kind of
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make walking around the perimeter of
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this awesome stadium and I was just
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informed that they have a
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specific ticket for tonight a souvenir
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ticket is selling fast next to one of
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the gift shops there was a mural like
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put on by Walt Disney World kind of
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interesting they have a whole cast of
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characters wearing shirts with different
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attractions at Walt Disney World that
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are going to watch the Magic game which
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is kind of neat I didn't know they had
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this in here they really put really Walt
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Disney World has a really big push in
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the arena itself and uh one of the
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workers at one of the booth said hey you
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really need to get this because there is
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a limited amount of these being made so
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she said by the end of the night they'll
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be sold out so I went ahead and grabbed
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one now this is a commemorative ticket
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of the evening it was $35 so I went
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ahead and purchased I got myself a
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little souvenir I don't think I'm going
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to buy a t-shirt or a foam finger or
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anything like that but they did have
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some specialty for $45 I had a specialty
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date stamp shirt for the night too that
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had like the cartoon character Shack on
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it but I opted to get this doesn't take
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up a lot of space and it's kind of a a
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good little memory of tonight and a
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memory from the '90s when I would see
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him play you know back in the early 90s
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at the other at the other Arena
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nice all right I ended up drinking the
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coffee I got a water for my seat
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interesting you
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cannot walk away with a water with the
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cap on they make you they make you take
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the cap off in front of them and throw
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it away because they do not want the cap
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being thrown on the court Oklahoma City
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Thunder not bad
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suits
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J
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chair this moment because this is
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something first a jersey retirement
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ceremony for NBA and Magic Legend
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sha
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all this here man
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t-shir I'm noticing pretty much the any
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time that there's any any quiet without
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the music play there's always music
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during the plays music after the plays
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the only time is when they're doing free
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throws that's the only time there's no
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music like it's like a full-on party in
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here this is the only time there's no
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at and that's it magic lost
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113 to
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127 violation
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mag well almost over and Shaquille oal
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becomes the first magic player to have
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his jersey retired and number
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32s
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baby chy retirement
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ceremony it's time to celebrate a legend
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a Hall of Famer that put Orlando on the
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map and tonight becomes the first magic
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player to have his jersey retired as
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number 32 finds a permanent place in the
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Raptors of the Kia
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Center we're honored to welcome former
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teammates coaches and Executives who
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shared the court and the journey with
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number
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325 next
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and now we off tonight's host 2019
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Orlando Magic Hall of Fame and duck KN
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and the voice of the Orlando Magic were
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all 35 Seasons David
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Ste we're grateful that so many of
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Shaquille's former teammates were able
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to come out and celebrate and from there
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The Legend on and off the court
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skyrocketing the media attention that
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surrounded sha our franchise immediately
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brought International claim to our city
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G magic games broadcast on International
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television you were Global icon and you
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brought the world to our land of course
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this city this city will never forget
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you leading us into the
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1995 NBA
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FS magic jacket designed by Jeff
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check
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congratulations so happy to be back home
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this is home to me so thank you guys so
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much but now I want to thank first and
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foremost the Boss family they were so
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influential in making all this happen so
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thank you guys so much everything
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Fork my brother this sh family
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Beau it you there no way I make First
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Team all there's no way I make allar
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team there's no way I want to go M 96
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with you without you being there to help
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thrust me and keep driving me to that
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next level so I I owe my entire career
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to have you
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I just hope that you cherish this day
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your family your former teammates myself
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it was an honor to be here I'm missing
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for the world I have to leave tomorrow
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to have a game I'm the coach at M now if
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you guys don't
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know I want to say thank you so much
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have many Wonder wonderful magic magic
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memories there's no other place I would
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have wanted to start my
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career
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I when I don't never have a special
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place in my
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heart it's a real it's c i here
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right it's a real H to be the first play
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time
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said I can say the
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same C this is definitely our night you
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guys uh Trac MRE is
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another
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we could tell we Denis Wasing we could
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tell he was a little drunk but that's
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okaye was a
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Guyer Believes In Me even I struggled to
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believe in myself gave me guidance gave
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meour all the former teammates that I
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play with
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coach stand because there never around
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as about us I couldn't be me without you
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guys especially jtmf money and the MF
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stand for exactly what you think it's
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stand
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for I to appreciate you guys
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than add to the divos family whenever
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want me to quit TN and come back home
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you and got to see Shaquille and the
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other players that he was with during
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his tenure
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now that was pretty pretty
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cool I don't know how many games I don't
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really know how many basketball games
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I'll go to wasn't super into the
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experience I did enjoy the game and I
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enjoyed the hype and I enjoyed
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you know just watching the game
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play the only thing I didn't really care
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for is the fact that there's very little
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quiet time at all you couldn't really
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even hear the
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players
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the you want just trying to think like
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you really couldn't it didn't really
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feel like I was out of basketball game
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so you know how sometimes when you're
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like at a Barcade playing a video game
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and there's like music blaring you don't
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actually get to
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hear the games now there were some
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giveaway
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jerseys and a lot of people left
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early y already know when they out free
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you already know people going to
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double
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back so the people that left early
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before the ceremony was over got the the
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end of the night they were supposed to
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give out free jerseys to everyone the
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free Shack
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jerseys with the 32 on them but I guess
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people were getting more than one each
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it's it's fine I didn't really need I'm
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sure people are probably pretty
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disappointed I guess
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they I noticed a lot of people though
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ceremony went pretty ran pretty long and
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a lot of people were leaving before the
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ceremony was over so I guess the people
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who stuck around to the end of the
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ceremony who were supposed to get the
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jerseys didn't get the
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jerseys you know always buy one but yeah
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I think that was part of the is included
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in the deal with getting the tickets
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well that's going to do it for today had
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a good time really enjoyed watching the
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game I will say I don't know how many
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more of these I would go to maybe if it
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was like a postseason run or something
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like that but the hype is real in there
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and a lot of it comes from the feeding
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of the music that's happening the whole
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time I was kind of shocked I don't know
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if it used to be this way but I was kind
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of surprised that they they play music
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during the game play even during
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timeouts it is like a part it's like the
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Party Zone in there I don't even know
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how the coach can talk to the players
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when they're doing those lengthy
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timeouts the only time there was any any
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stop in the music it was like constant
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music being pumped in loud music and
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like dance music was when there was a
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free
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throw interesting I don't know if it
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used to be that one that's going to do
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it for today Orlando Magic yeah I
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definitely am more of a going to a
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baseball game experience I did it was
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definitely very
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fast-paced but I don't know if I'm I
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don't know if I'm a going to a
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basketball live kind of guy it was fun
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every once in a while it' be fun but man
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I am ready for spring training and
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baseball season to kick
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in I do love some sha though I'm glad I
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came and I'll see you in the next video
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the Vlog
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is