UCLA Basketball: Shareef O’Neal to Transfer

Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports Shareef O’Neal apparently was tired of sitting on the bench and not playingThis evening, Shareef O’Neal announced on Twitter in a classy statement that he is the UCLA Bruins men’s basketball team and transferring out of UCLA.

Just wow. This is the most amazing transferring statement I can remember seeing. The line about “part of his heart” makes me like the kid even more. Giving credit to Coach Cronin for developing him is a class move.

Now what does this mean? Shareef was in a strange spot. He was a good outside shooter for his size, but too slow to play small forward. On the other hand, he was tall enough to play power forward, but too weak to rebound inside.

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