Shaq Should Retire

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by ABM, May 13, 2010.

  1. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    He is a shill of himself.
     
  2. Nikolokolus

    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Shill or shell?
     
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    Pinwheel1 Well-Known Member

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    I thought the same. He has to be embarrassed
     
  4. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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  5. KingSpeed

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    Agreed. He MUST retire. I don't think he's worth anything to any team in the league right now. He's certainly not a starting center and I can't think of any team that would really benefit from him being a back up center. He's done. The Suns had him and missed the playoffs. Once he left, they raced out of the gate (didn't they have the best record in the league during the first month of the season?) and then made it to the WCF. Shaq. Is. Done. I have no idea why he'd wanna play on Cleveland with Mo and Jamison.
     
  6. The Professional Fan

    The Professional Fan Big League Scrub

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    Agreed. He needs to hang it up. He's worthless.
     
  7. 44Thrilla

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    I would take him on the Celtics in a second.
     
  8. The Professional Fan

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    I'd much rather have Perkins. No joke.
     
  9. tlongII

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    Good job on picking the Celtics ABM. I had this series completely wrong.
     
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    If someone was willing to pay me multi-millions to play basketball I'd probably could be coerced into it... especially since I'm currently playing pick up games 2-3 times a week for free. With the endorsements he pulls as a known athlete I'd guess he'll make close to 10M per next year. Dude was 3rd team All NBA just a year ago and had a 17.9 PER this year. Regardless of him not being what he once was, I seriously doubt he'll turn his back on that sort of cash.

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  11. Mamba

    Mamba The King is Back Staff Member Global Moderator

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    LeBron should have gotten the fuck out of his way so he could have operated. Shaq knows how to win shit, LeBron knows how to suck a fuckin' dick.
     
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    Wheels Is That A Challenge?!?!1! Staff Member Global Moderator

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    here here! :cheers:
     
  13. KingSpeed

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    Shaq knows how to lead the Suns to the lotto. Once he left, the Suns reached the WCF.
     
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    Psh, are you kidding? Shaq led them there with the advice he gave them all before he was traded. If it wasn't for those words, the Suns would have had the 1st pick this year because they would've only won 3 games. The Suns would've sucked so bad without Shaq's motivation. Learn how to analyze shit, dude.
     
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    You're right. My bad.
     
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    Can you believe that some Laker fans actually wanted Shaq over Kobe? Do you know anyone like that?
     
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    The Cavs were a better team when Hickson was starting. Partially because Brown doesn't know how to use the players he has effectively. Partially because when Hixon was in, he didn't need anything ran for him. He just hustled and was super agressive.
     
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    They should've used Leon Powe more off the bench.
     
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    Obviously.

    But we're not allowed to have both?
     
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    I thought Lebron was a big enough star to tell Shaq that he needs to lose atleast 100lbs. With Shaq's work ethic and age, I agree that he should just hang it up. I could see a team like the Clippers or Mavs being stupid enough to sign him to a big deal though.
     

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