Shaquille O’Neal is one of the wealthiest basketball players of all time. His earnings throughout his basketball career and later as an ace investor and top-level commentator have given him this title. As everyone knows, Shaq is a very jolly person and likes to keep himself happy.
He does not even think twice before spending if he gets his eyes on something. If he wants it, he wants it and he gets it as well, no matter what the price. Stories about his spending are very famous because of his fondness of things. Who doesn’t know the story about how he spent his first salary? This time as well, this is a story about him spending $10 million without second thoughts. Continue Reading.
Shaquille O’Neal and his former Orlando House
Shaquille O’Neal owns multiple properties and even companies. With a net worth of about $400 million, Shaq is very open-hearted when it comes to spending money on things that catches his attention.
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A similar thing happened with his Orlando house which he had bought for a whopping price of $10 Million. Although he did earn $1 million by selling it later, but buying a house of that price in which he isn’t even gonna stay is what people might call ‘Madness’. Let’s get into the details of the deals and know what had attracted Shaq to buy the house.
So what had actually happened was, Shaq had once gone to Aaron Spelling’s house. Spelling was one of the most successful TV producer at the time. He had the most beautiful mansion as well. As soon as Shaq entered his house, he fell in love with it. He decided to buy a house like that for sure in the future. When he came across the Orlando mansion, he couldn’t stop himself and went ahead to buy it for a whopping price of $10 mil. Even when he knew he wouldn’t stay in the house, he still went ahead and bought the house just because he loved it. His reasoning to it was simple “I’m Well Off, I Can Afford It.”
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This is just one of the many reasons that we love Shaq. The guy is too good when it comes to these things and makes others understand the real meaning of ‘living the life.’ Let us know in the comments how did you like this story.
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