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Shaq says he'll play until he's 38 or 39

By Marc Stein
ESPN.com

Wednesday, October 8, 2003

HONOLULU -- They are the last team that needs more drama. They also apparently don't get a choice. Something is always simmering with the Los Angeles Lakers, and there is already something new. That would be Shaquille O'Neal's increasingly loud push for a contract extension, which pretty much drowned out everything else that happened here in L.A.'s preseason opener. Gary Payton and Karl Malone wore gold uniforms for the first time, and the new guys functioned reasonably well in basic configura ...

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