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Leaving L.A.? Shaq
puts home up for sale
O'Neal asking $7.5 million
for L.A. area mansion
Los Angeles Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal and his wife Shaunie Nelson have put their house up for sale.
NBCSports.com news services
Updated: 8:19 p.m. ET June 27, 2004
Still think that Shaquille O'Neal might rescind his trade demand and return to the Los Angeles Lakers next season? In the latest evidence that O'Neal is ready to leave for greener pastures, the 32-year-old All-Star center and his wife, Shaunie, have put their home on the market, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.
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The home, in a gated community in the Beverly Hills area, is listed for $7.5 million, the newspaper reported.
Days after the Lakers lost to the Detroit Pistons in the NBA Finals, O'Neal demanded to be traded, saying L.A. has lost its family feel and willingness to do anything to win.
O'Neal bought the home in 1997, the year he signed a $120 million contract with the Lakers.
The family just completed a huge remodel, the L.A. Times reported. The 12,500-square foot house has seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms, a movie theater and wet bar, the newspaper reported.
Other amenities of the house include an elevator, office, built-in fish tanks, a recording studio and a gym, the newspaper reported.
The house previously had a tennis court, which was converted into a sport court and parking area for O'Neal's extra cars. The court can be turned back into a tennis court if the buyer requests, the newspaper reported.
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