<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Here we go again. He shows up this season a little lighter than usual but could drop a few more pounds. Last season, a bad toe kept him out of a lot of games, and his teammates carried him. Now, although he was medically cleared to play more than a week ago, we are still Shaq-less. He has always dissed his teammates by not following the rules everyone else has to and pampering himself for every little injury to the detriment of the team. And, OK, he hates Kobe, but Kobe tries to lob balls with his left hand when he rips his right shoulder up. Gary Payton and Karl Malone took huge salary cuts to play in purple and gold, and not without Shaq's prodding. By playing his mind games with Phil and Jerry Buss and everyone else who doesn't bow to his every whim, he's dissing those guys who came here for a title. So far, they're more than earning their keep. Can Shaq say the same? If Shaquille O'Neal, the self-declared "Most Dominant Ever," is such a great player, then why doesn't he play like it? Unlike great players who were mentally tough such as Jordan, Bird, Russell and Isiah Thomas, O'Neal's "I'll play when I feel like it" attitude is on a par with Benoit Benjamin's. Let's see if His Highness can pull a back-to-back and once again miscalculate his conditioning and blow another championship for the Lakers. </div> Link That's the full article, just put the link for LA Times. Big Nasty, you'll love this one. :mrgreen:
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Purple N Gold:</div><div class="quote_post">Link That's the full article, just put the link for LA Times. Big Nasty, you'll love this one. :mrgreen:</div> <div class="quote_poster">Quoting Purple N Gold:</div><div class="quote_post">He has always dissed his teammates by not following the rules everyone else has to and pampering himself for every little injury to the detriment of the team.</div> Man,contrary to popular belief,I don't hate Shaq...I've always liked his power game because when he's motivated and in proper shape it'd take Godzilla to stop him HOWEVER What I can't stand about Shaq is his attitude,holier than thou perception of himself and the way he carries himself. His whining goes all the way back to college when he whined and whined and whined when USA Basketball chose Christian Laettner for the Dream Team instead of him. It didn't matter that in their two meetings Laettner took him to school,it didn't matter that in big games Laettner rose to the occasion while Shaq vanished..it didn't matter that Laettner took his team to four consecutive final fours(winning two)..none of that mattered because Shaq has been pampered and his every whim catered to..I have no doubts that Shaq surrounds himself with yes men so he can always feel supreme. The biggest thing about Shaq that gets me is he has said its all about the team and all about winning gold,yet where is Shaq when he is needed most? God only knows...he's nursing an injury that most players would play thru but with Shaq it becomes a big ordeal with lots of drama... Bottom line.. Shaq is the primadonna type of player that gives other players(pro athletes in general)a bad name....
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting notMuchgame:</div><div class="quote_post">Who wrote this article?...sounds like Simers but i could be wrong</div> Nah, Joe Lynch wrote this article.
