How big was Shaq's 5 year deal he signed with the Heat in 2005?

Shaquille O’Neal signed a five-year, $100 million deal with the Miami Heat in 2005.

The agreement was a contract extension announced in August 2005, rather than the original deal that brought O’Neal to Miami. The Heat had acquired him from the Los Angeles Lakers in July 2004, sending Lamar Odom, Caron Butler, Brian Grant, and a future first-round pick to Los Angeles.

O’Neal’s arrival immediately transformed Miami into a championship contender alongside young star Dwyane Wade. In the 2004–05 season, the Heat won 59 games and reached the Eastern Conference finals, where they lost to the Detroit Pistons.

The new contract kept the veteran center in Miami through the team’s breakthrough season. In 2005–06, the Heat defeated the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals, giving the franchise its first championship. The deal is sometimes confused with O’Neal’s much larger Lakers-era contracts, but the five-year Miami extension was worth $100 million.