<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Shaquille O'Neal practiced with the Phoenix Suns for the first time Monday, showing no sign of the hip injury that has sidelined him since Jan. 21. ''It was different. It was very intense,'' he said after the one-hour workout. ''I learned a lot. Now I can see why they can go at the pace they play at. When you just do short bursts like this, then you can save it all for the game.'' Just when he will play in a game remained undecided. ''I haven't done anything in a month, but I'm in pretty good shape,'' O'Neal said. ''It will probably take me a few more days to get in tune. The good thing about these guys here is they told me when I'm comfortable, when I'm 1,000 percent, then I can join them.'' Phoenix has two games before the All-Star break -- at Golden State on Wednesday night and at home against Dallas on Thursday. The first game after the break is at home against Shaq's old team, the Los Angeles Lakers, his former coach Phil Jackson and his old teammate Kobe Bryant. ''I think it's going to take a little bit,'' coach Mike D'Antoni said. ''It's going to be an adjustment for our guys and for him. It's hard to think and play basketball at the same time. Right now, he's got to think where he's going to go and all that. But it's going to be good chemistry and it's going to change things up, hopefully for the better.'' D'Antoni said the Suns will ''not rush him back for any reason.'' The coach said he will meet with O'Neal and trainer Aaron Nelson after today's practice to map out plans.</div> Source: The Morning Call
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