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Free-agent center Shaquille O’Neal will likely sign with the Boston Celtics, as soon as Tuesday night or Wednesday, sources told ESPN The Magazine’s Chris Broussard.

O’Neal had said earlier Tuesday that he hopes to make a decision about his future soon, and both NBA.com and Comcast SportsNet New England indicated that the Celtics were “close” to signing the four-time NBA champion. Later Tuesday, The Associated Press cited a person with knowledge of the negotiations as saying the Celtics were making progress on a deal for O’Neal.

The Atlanta Hawks had been the front-runner to land O’Neal last month and are not completely out of the picture, sources told Broussard, but they have fallen behind the Celtics.

O’Neal was not willing to reveal which team he was leaning toward.

“For me, it’s been a real thinking process,” O’Neal told The Associated Press on Tuesday from Orlando, Fla., where he was promoting his television series, “Shaq Vs.,” with teen pop star Justin Bieber. “I came into the league very graciously and want to go out very graciously. My main thought was I would like to play for a winning franchise, somebody that’s used to winning, somebody that keeps winning. Hopefully, I’ll make my decision here in the next one or two days.”

The Celtics can offer only the veteran minimum salary ($1.35 million for a veteran of 10-plus NBA seasons), but Cleveland could facilitate a sign-and-trade with Boston if the 38-year-old center requires more money. O’Neal has made nearly $291 million in basketball contracts alone, including $20 million with the Cavaliers last season. (more…)

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Fujifilm introduce an all new model into their cheki line of cameras with the forthcoming model dubbed the instax mini50s. The initial colorway of the instax mini50S comes in “Piano Black”. Special features include a double self-timer, double shutter buttons for different orientations and a slow sync flash, all in a compact camera body. The Fujifilm instax mini50S will release starting September 4th, 2010 in Japan.

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