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ORLANDO, Fla. — This wasn’t just any jersey retirement. This may have been the most surreal, complicated jersey retirement in the history of sports. When Shaquille O’Neal became the first player to ever have his jersey retired by the Orlando Magic during Tuesday night’s nationally televised game with the Oklahoma City Thunder, it wasn’t just a franchise celebration; it was a franchise catharsis. On the surface, it was a celebration of the most memorable time in Magic history (Shaq’s arrival), but below the surface it was a cleansing of the franchise’s most forgettable moment: Shaq’s departure….

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