The Los Angeles Lakers stomped the Phoenix Suns 121-102 at the Staples Center in a battle of Pacific Division leaders. Steve Nash had 13 points and five assist in 24 minutes which led him to take out his frustration on referee Violet Palmer. Nash gestured to Palmer that she needed glasses after he was whistled for a foul on Derek Fisher in the third quarter. Read the full story

The rumor about the Phoenix Suns trading Shaquille O’Neal to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Sasha Pavlovic and Ben Wallace is now a reality. The Big Shaqulier is packing his bags once again, and will team with LeBron James to hopefully get the king his first ring like O’Neal did for Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade. Read the full story

Steve Nash is spending his summer vacation twittering, traveling in South America, and twittering about traveling in South America. When he isn’t drinking beer, helping the needy, or looking for good music, Nash is playing soccer with Club Olimpia in Paraguay and conducting interviews in Spanish. Read the full story

On Thursday night LeBron James won in Phoenix for the first time, killing the Suns’ playoff hopes in the process. James also picked up his third consecutive triple-double and had incredible blocks on attempts by Leandro Barbosa and Jason Richardson.

First up is Barbosa getting his ish smacked off the top of the backboard:

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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 likes to have fun. He’s the Big Kid. He’s dancing at the All-Star game, he’s rapping about Kobe Bryant. He even breaks up with his wife as a joke.

At the end of the Phoenix Suns’ practice O’Neal showed of his soccer skills by playing keeper while his teammates took penalty kicks. Leandro Barbosa faces off against Shaq in the video.

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Shaquille O’Neal is ballin’ like he spent the summer swimming in the Fountain of HGH Youth; averaging 18 points and nine boards and not playing like the washed up center he looked like last season. The Big O’Nealovich dropped 29 on the Washington Wizards on Monday including a nice 9-10 from the free throw line, and was feeling so good about his performance that he kissed Caron Butler.

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