Shaq Buys $235K House In Florida, Details Of New Mansion
Shaquille O'Neal has just purchased a new Florida home for $235,000.
The 7-foot-1-inch retired basketball star bought the 3,900-square-foot estate in Mount Dora, Fl., and it includes five bedrooms, four bathrooms, granite counter tops and a wet bar, according to the Daily Mail. Additional features of the ball player's new home include an entertainment room and cherry cabinets.
Features of his new home does not match the features of his other home and whether the 40-year-old NBA legend purchased the house as a gift for someone near and dear or just a real estate investment remains unclear.
According to TMZ, the new house is located 30 miles away from his 70,000-square-foot mansion.
O'Neal currently owns a $250 million lakeside resort with 11 bedrooms and 13 bathrooms in Isleworth, just outside of Orlando. Features of that house include a 20,000-square-foot basketball court and a large garage for the player's collection of sports cars.
Vanity Fair reported that O'Neal's property in Isleworth also has a sunny rock pool on the grounds that he's nicknamed "Shaquapulco."
According to the Mail, the former LA Laker player also owns a third home in Sunbury, Mass., which has 13 rooms. They also added that the player is worth $250 million.
Prior to this, O'Neal owned an eight bedroom Moroccan fantasy estate, Villa Stella, on Star Island in Miami. He sold that home for $16 million in 2009.
O'Neal is best known for helping take three NBA teams to the finals. He won four championships, completed 16 NBA seasons, won one Season MVP, three Finals MVP and two scoring titles. He also won four out of the six final games he played. He started off with the Houston Rockets in 1995, then moved on to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2000 and the Miami Heat in 2006.