OT Shaquille O'Neal: I Only Played 30 Percent Of My Real Game

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  1. Blazers Roy

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    30% sounds about right. He never "played his game" in the offseason, preferring to work on rap albums and his acting "career", and then he generally coasted and took long stretches off prior to the all star break. He generally, only played his game for the last two months of the regular season and the playoffs.

    He never developed a go to move, other than knock his defender into the first row, not get called for the obvious offensive foul, and dunk. He spent no time at all working on improving his game during the offseason, as evidence by the fact that he never improved his FT shooting and never developed a go to move. He idolized Hakeem, who had all kinks of low post moves, but never tried to emulate him.

    Imagine how dominant he could have been if he had been ultracompetitive like Jordan or his asshole teammate Kobe. Most dominant ever? Nope, Wilt, Jordan and Kareem in his prime were all more dominant.

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    Good. Couldn't happen to a more boorish jerk. I hate that fucktard. Worse than Kobe.
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    Wish I could like this 10 times.
     
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    I've always thought he was the biggest underachieving NBA player I've ever seen. He let himself go physically & played most of his career at least 50 lbs overweight & he never developed any skills that didn't come naturally. If he'd had an average NBA player's drive to succeed/compete, he would have easily been in the GOAT discussion.

    Of course I hated the way the refs bent over backwards to cater to him & the way the National Announcers were constant apologists for his pathetic antics. Yeah, his hands are too big for him to shoot FTs, sure... Fuck him is right

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    Yeah Shaq got away with a lot of shit...should have fouled out every game the way he played. I remember no one could even come close to touching him or they'd get a whistle.

    I like Dudley standing up for himself. Shaq shoved him down pretty hard
     
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    and people want to hate on my boy sheed for calling out the refs when we played the l*kers.
     
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    Maybe Shaq really meant that he only claims 30% of the children he's fathered.
     
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    I still remember when he followed that ref out to the parking lot....yeah the refs screwed us so bad against the boys in yellow
     
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    Dick Bavetta went to work in that 4th quarter helping the Lakers outscore the Blazers 31 to 13.
     
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    He did that game by himself? When did it go to a one man crew?
     
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    god sheed was so dominant when he was pissed at refs/cheaters
     
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    He was looking at me.....................oops, pardon me he was staring at me. Boo fricken hoo.

    Hey, note to all refs. The players are the ONLY ones who EVER want to look at you. We don't care that you are there as long as you do a good job, otherwise you can be anonymous.

    Where in the hell are robot refs when you need them?
     
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    Ron Garretson should have gotten down on his knees and THANKED SHEED for being the only person, other than the leaders of the crappy Sheed-hating Oregonian, who could STAND to look at him.
     
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    And now Ronny's nephew Darrell is the QB at OSU, and I'm supposed to NOT associate the two every time I see/hear his name?
     
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