Jermaine O’Neal’s Tweets Suggest He Is Considering Mavericks?
By Mike Dyce
Does Jermaine O’Neal’s Tweets suggest he is strongly considering the Dallas Mavericks?
The Dallas Mavericks became contenders when they traded for Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo. They still need a big man to replace Brandan Wright behind Tyson Chandler and Dirk Nowitzki after he was shipped off to Boston.
There have been rumors that the Mavericks could go after big man Jermaine O’Neal, who could fill that void. He took to Twitter to talk about his future and said he’d consider his family heavily.
O’Neal lives in a Dallas suburb, so Mavericks fans can find reasons to get excited by reading into his tweets a little.
So I know it's been some talk about if I will play again or not and if so then what team will I choose. So I thought I would speak on this.
— Jermaine O'Neal (@jermaineoneal) December 23, 2014
For 18 long years sports has dominated my families life to a point that they have had to sacrifice things that was important to them.
— Jermaine O'Neal (@jermaineoneal) December 23, 2014
So you can believe now whatever decision I make will be a pure family decision that my family will have a huge part on making with me.
— Jermaine O'Neal (@jermaineoneal) December 23, 2014
Do I still love the game of basketball? Yes without a doubt!
— Jermaine O'Neal (@jermaineoneal) December 23, 2014
Can I physically still play?Probably better than 60% of the bigs in the league today! That's not a knock on anyone but more about how I feel
— Jermaine O'Neal (@jermaineoneal) December 23, 2014
My decision will not be based off any personal relationships with a cityor organization which will be tuff because Ofthe love I got for them
— Jermaine O'Neal (@jermaineoneal) December 23, 2014
I've been blessed to have the opportunity to play for some great coaches, organizations, and cites and I will always have love for them!
— Jermaine O'Neal (@jermaineoneal) December 23, 2014
But I love my family more than I love life itself and they will have the final say on my playing career or the closing of my bball career!
— Jermaine O'Neal (@jermaineoneal) December 23, 2014
I will say this, if the decision is to play I promise you that when I hit the court I will be ready physically and mentally to help a team!
— Jermaine O'Neal (@jermaineoneal) December 23, 2014
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