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NBA: former star Shaquille O’Neal sold his impressive mansion for … $ 16 million

To an impressive athlete, remains impressive, of course. Former NBA superstar in the 1990s and 2000s, the colossus Shaquille O’Neal (2.16 m, 147 kg), sold his huge villa, which covers more than… 2,880 m2, located in the heart of ‘a one-and-a-half hectare lot facing Butler Lake, on the outskirts of the Florida city of Orlando.

Retired from the prosecution for ten years, the American basketball player, now 49, acquired this property in 1993 for the modest sum of $ 3.95 million at the time, according to GQ. 28 years later, he has just sold it for more than four times as much: $ 16 million!

The house covers 2880 m2 and is located in front of a lake. Christian Pestana Rodriguez

This mansion located in the small town of Windermere is quite simply monumental, with twelve rooms, a living room of over 100 m2 with two floors and a soundproofed home cinema, or a dining room that can accommodate sixteen guests around the table.

Basketball court, gigantic garage, 28 m long swimming pool …

This property, which gives access to a huge golf course entirely reserved for the inhabitants of this private residential area, is embellished with a 550 m2 indoor basketball court – a minimum for a quadruple NBA champion (2000, 2001, 2002 with the Lakers, 2006 with the Miami Heat). But also a swimming pool 28 m long and 4.50 m deep, a hot tub, a summer kitchen, a temperate wine and cigar cellar, or a cabin Tiki style for summer evenings.

The quadruple NBA champion could stretch his legs on this private basketball court.
The quadruple NBA champion could stretch his legs on this private basketball court. Christian Pestana Rodriguez

The garage can hold up to seventeen cars, just that. Enough to easily change the car every day of the week, to vary the pleasures. And not to take away from the charm of this XXL residence, its land directly overlooks the magnificent lake, with a pontoon allowing a small boat to be moored there. Well, not that small, if you want to go up there with “Big Shaq” in it.

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