The family of George Mikan accepted Shaquille O'Neal's offer to pay for the late center's funeral expenses. O'Neal said arrangements were finalized Friday. "Everything's going to be handled," O ...

How George Mikan paved the way for Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Shaquille O'Neal. One year before the NBA was known as the NBA, the Minneapolis Lakers entered the Basketball ...

Shaquille O’Neal gets it. Gets that there is a line connecting yesterday’s basketball pioneers to today’s basketball superstars, gets that without the late George Mikan there might not be a ...

He had met the old man at various honors functions, and Shaq was sensitive enough to understand that he is part of the legacy that George Mikan founded that allow the big man to proudly stand tall.

George Mikan was the NBA's first superstar and led the Minneapolis Lakers to five titles from 1949-54. ... Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O’Neal, Yao Ming and Dwight Howard. ...

Shaquille O'Neal’s 1992 Reebok ad united NBA icons but left him feeling disconnected. advertisement. ... While many of his peers may not know the legendary George Mikan, ...

Shaquille O’Neal said Mikan “made basketball bigger.” “You made me, me,” O’Neal said in a 2022 Mikan tribute video . “Because of you, there’s no limits to where we can play.” ...

Five pictures came back and the message said, ‘To George: Without you, there would be no me. No. 34: Shaq.’ Patrick: I loved bringing that up at the ceremony.

Shaquille O’Neal is widely recognized as one of the most dominant players in modern NBA history, ... Meanwhile, George Mikan won five NBA/BAA titles and was a three-time scoring champion.

Shaq followed in the footsteps of Lakers legends George Mikan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar—big men who led the franchise to multiple championships. Olympic Gold Manny Millan/Sports Illustrated ...

George Mikan may hot have played his home games in the state of California, but he is, without a doubt, one of the most important figures in Lakers lore. Over the course of the Lakers' 75-year ...