Shaq Cuts Asking Price For His Star Island Mansion

Poor Shaq. He has been trying to unload his Star Island mansion for nearly five years with little success. Is there no one out there right now who wants to buy a 200,000 waterfront mega-palace on a 2.5 acre lot? He's cut his asking price by about 10% to a...

By Kyle Munzenrieder

April 10, 2009

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Poor Shaq. He has been trying to unload his Star Island mansion for nearly five years with little success. Is there no one out there right now who wants to buy a 200,000 waterfront mega-palace on a 2.5 acre lot?

He's cut his asking price by about 10% to a cool $22.5 million, according to The Wall Street Journal. Which is still a few million more than the $19 million he bought the place for back in 2004. At its peak price, Shaq's shack had a price tag of $35 million in 2007.

So far, Shaq has not twittered about the decision.

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