Shaquille O’Neal is doing everything possible to keep himself in the news everyday until the 2009-10 NBA season begins. He tweeted up Kobe and the NBA Finals, he’s been mentioned in trade rumors, and now he claims he wants to fight 7-2 mixed-martial artist Hong Man Choi. The same Hong Man Choi that took out Jose Canseco. But as Shaq asks Does he look like Jose Canseco? Read the full story
The Internet is such a lovely thing. Think about it, almost anything you can ever want is a mere tapping of a few keystrokes away. From some brand new exclusive shoes or clothes to the latest albums, movies, TV shows and blogs covering everything from Antsto Zucchini. Chances are that if you love something, it’s probably online. And if you’re an NBA junkie like me, its latest gift is the wonderful world of Twitter, or as Shaq calls it, “Twitteronia.”
For those who still aren’t hip to Tweeting, let me break it down.
Grab your drinks and raise them up to toast another memorable birthday for the most well-known “big kid” in the world: the NBA’s unstoppable Diesel, Shaquille O’Neal. The celebrated center turns 37 this week, (March 6) although it’s hard to tell with what he’s done this season.
As his career nears its end an impressive 16 years after it started, Shaq has been able to enjoy a public revival in both his game and his image, putting up numbers this year (18 points, 9 rebounds & nearly 2 blocks a game in only 30 minutes) that are higher than in recent memory and treating fans everywhere to his trademark antics along the way. Read the full story
Shaquille O’Neal is the biggest ambassador for the NBA due to his size, and also to the amount of goodwill he tries to spread for the league. Here Shaq is teamed up with the Jabawockeez for some pre-All-Star game dancing.
Shaquille O’Neal is a large man and one of the most difficult players to officiate in the history of the NBA. Players bounce off of Shaq leading to non-foul calls for him, and some cheap foul calls against him.
O’Neal was ejected from the Phoenix Suns game against the Detroit Pistons on Sunday for committing a flagrant two foul on Rodney Stuckey. I think the refs made the wrong call.
Shaquille O’Neal has missed over 25% of the Miami Heats’ games this season, and he’s gonna miss the all-star game for the first time in 14 years. All of the people that didn’t like Shaq from jump are finally getting their chance to say I told you so… Yes. 16 years and 4 championships later, you finally told us so.. Since Shaq can’t get on the floor with the Heat, he’s helping another one of his teams off the court. Read the full story