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Jermaine O'Neal Unaware He Was One of League's Highest Paid

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Lol, what an idiot... Via RealGM: "Celtics center Jermaine O'Neal is coming off a max-level contract that he claims he didn't know put him among the NBA's highest-paid players. O'Neal signed the seven-year, $126 million contract with the Pacers before being dealt to the Raptors and then the Heat. "I didn't even realize until this summer that over the last seven years I was one of the top three paid players in the entire NBA," O'Neal said. "I never knew that. I never looked at that money as being pressure. To be honest, towards the last two or three years, I felt like I wasn't doing enough to earn my money. I'm very critical of myself."