Wade Calls Out Shaq

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[*]Dwyane Wade called on Shaquille O'Neal to do more to help the Heat out of the funk that has it 1-7 to start the season after its 104-95 loss to previously winless Seattle on Wednesday night.

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"Probably this year more so than any year I have been more vocal with Shaq, talking to him and trying to motivate him," Wade said Thursday before the Heat left for a game at Boston tonight. "But the main thing is Shaq has got to be self-motivated. He has got to be willing and ready to do it." -- <font color="#000000">South Florida Sun-Sentinel</font></p>

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[*]If he wants to jostle the Heat -- and he insists he does -- nothing Pat Riley could do would have the impact of bringing Shaquille O'Neal to the bench. He could take starters Udonis Haslem, Jason Williams and Ricky Davis out of the lineup in combination and it wouldn't carry the impact substituting Alonzo Mourning for O'Neal would when starters are introduced. -- <font color="#000000">Palm Beach Post</font>

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[*]Don't use O'Neal for tonight's opening tip. Start Alonzo Mourning in his place.

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That's right. Sit O'Neal. Bench him. Not for the entire night, but for the first six minutes, three more than it takes the veteran center to accrue a couple of careless fouls, anyway. Take a stand against O'Neal's increasing tendency to stand still while rebounds carom away and opponents blur by. -- <font color="#000000">South Florida Sun-Sentinel</font></p></div>
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This is deja-vu for us Laker fans. Kobe called out Shaq and that's when their relationship went into the toilet. It will be interesting to see how Shaq deals with Wade being publicly critical of him.</p>

 

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Shaq should be a man and retire. He's set for life with the money he's got already.</p>

Go be a sheriff. haha</p>

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I don't think he needs to hang them up yet. Shaq is still effective when he wants to be. He's always gone through a funk during the regular season and loses interest in the games. A lot of internal strife comes out when your team is losing and Shaq can handle it two ways. Make a smartass remark back at Wade or shoulder the blame and then work harder on the court.</p>

The Heat have a lot of cap room next summer to retool the roster around Shaq and Wade. They just need a shakeup with the starting lineup and Riley needs to start cracking down on the knuckleheads on his team.</p>

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