Jermaine O'Neal

It's going great.

What Jermaine O'Neal is building over here is mind-blowing.

He's just getting started.

And so I'm happy he was able to see what I bring to the table and say, hey, we need you over here.

Penny Hardaway left the Magic after six years and joined the Suns.

Jermaine O'Neal signed with the Pacers, while Scottie Pippen joined the Portland Trailblazers.

Elton Brand was the first overall pick in the draft, followed by two point guards, Steve Francis and Baron Davis.

Lamar Odom, Richard Hamilton, Andre Miller, Sean Marion, Jason Terry, Ron Artest, and Andre Kirilenko were also selected in the first round.

But then, a very precise fan hit Artest with a beer, And that's when all hell broke loose.

Artest and Steven Jackson ended up fighting various fans in the stand, in a melee that will forever be known as the Malice at the Palace.

This resulted in record-breaking suspensions, with Artest getting suspended for 73 games, Jackson for 30, Jermaine O'Neal for 15, and six other players getting suspended for a total of 15 games.

After the incident, the NBA overhauled its security policy and took a much harder stance regarding the on-court fights.

Mm.

Jermaine O'Neal.

JO for sure.

Shammond Williams.

Claxton's from there, yeah.

He from, he from South Carolina?

Jermaine O'Neal you said, Willie Anderson.

Yeah, no, I said Jermaine.

So, um, Spo's had to figure it out in the caree- in his career with a lot of different types of teams.

Um, you know, people forget about pretty good success he had before LeBron and Chris Bosh came there where it was Jermaine O'Neal and, and guys like that.

I mean, he, he's, I, I, I think he does so many things so well, but one of the things he does is just finding the ways to maximize the talent that he has.

He's not tied to a system or anything else.

It's just very, very unfortunate.

And yeah, I feel from, if we do want to end on a more positive note, It is Jermaine O'Neal's birthday.

Hey! It's late.

It's 11.20 p.m. We're recording this.

I love you.

Happy birthday, man.

I may or may not have gotten the text from David Cole that said, do not remind Fauci that today is Jermaine O'Neal's birthday.

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