afobisme

was shaq that fat when he was with us? http://www.latimes.com/sports/basket...1,419957.story

if you play basketball, ie you run and exercise every day, how can you get that fat? maybe he was coming back from an injury?

Showtime87

Oh yeah, I remember when Shaq was pushing 4 bills as a Laker. That was probably taken though when coming off an injury, he looks especially chubby in that picture.

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elcap15

Um yeah, that was the problem. He wasnt willing to get into good shape for the Lakers anymore. He lost like 75 pounds when he went to the Heat, it pissed me off that he has to get traded to find motivation.

Showtime87

I know, that's when I started to really lose respect for him. He all of the sudden found a reason to get in shape once Riley brought him to Miami: what a ****. But, just like always, his motivation waned and he went back to pounding Crunch bars and pizzas.

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“Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war and until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any nation, until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes. And until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race, there is war. And until that day, the dream of lasting peace, world citizenship, rule of international morality, will remain but a fleeting illusion to be pursued, but never attained... now everywhere is war.”
- Haile Salassie

REMEMBERING #44: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Gathers

P-Rez25

who care about Shaq, i just think this is funny:

It has been 10 days since the Gasoltrade, but reactions are still trickling in. Count San Antonio Coach Gregg Popovich among those who disapproved of it.

"What they did in Memphis is beyond comprehension," he told SI.com "There should be a trade committee that can scratch all trades that make no sense. I just wish I had been on a trade committee that oversees NBA trades. I'd like to elect myself to that committee. I would have voted no to the L.A. trade."

Popovich was then told that Memphis General Manager Chris Wallace had challenged NBA executives to criticize the deal publicly instead of spreading unattributed opinions comparable to what Wallace called "pillow talk."

Said Popovich: "Well, there you go. I'm on the record."


sounds like someone in San Antonio is getting a lil nervous

KillWill

quite possibly the greatest underachiever of ALL TIME. and that's w/ 4 rings and 4 mvps (obviously three of those were in the finals).

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Silk D

quite a statement, but I have to agree, and I've said this to my friends several times. If shaq had half the dedication of a MJ or a Kobe, he would've been the GOAT, hands down. The fact that he will still go down as one of the greatest speaks volumes to his natural ability.

ceejaynj

Some of the posters in the Suns forum think he looks skinny!!!

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KillWill

you took the text right out of my keyboard.

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