Shaquille O’Neal loves to give nicknames and enjoys tossing around slogans. The latest gem from the Big Quotatious was the comment he made about him and fellow Cavaliers center Zydrunas Ilgauskas. When 7-foot-1 O’Neal was asked about his relationship with 7-foot-3 Ilgauskas, the Cavs’ longtime center until this season, Shaq said, “Myself and [Ilgauskas], we … [Read more…]
Don’t blame Shaquille O’Neal for the Cavaliers’ slow start. Kevin McHale talked about Cleveland’s early-season woes during TNT’s postgame show on Thursday and hopefully Cavaliers coach Mike Brown was listening. McHale said the Cavaliers’ biggest problem on offense is spacing. McHale pointed out that power forward Anderson Varejao does not have the shooting range to … [Read more…]
I’ve always believed that if LeBron James ever got another superstud to play alongside with, the Cleveland Cavaliers will be NBA champs. Since 2003, when the Cavaliers made James the face of their franchise, the Cavs are still searching for LeBron’s super sidekick. Carlos Boozer would have been that superstud, but he didn’t stay long … [Read more…]
Shaquille O’Neal recently called out Stan Van Gundy for being a “nobody” and his whole coaching career has been one big “flop.” We all know Van Gundy is the Orlando Magic coach and is the brother of Jeff Van Gundy. Dig a little deeper and you find out that he was a longtime assistant for … [Read more…]
After being selected to his 15th – and possibly his final – NBA All-Star Game, Shaquille O’Neal began reflecting. It is something athletes do when they get to be a certain age and they start to see the finish line, and O’Neal is at that point now. Regrets? Oh, yeah. Shaq’s had a few of … [Read more…]
Patrick Ewing and Hakeem Olajuwon were always considered two of the best centers in the game and their induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008 officially cemented their place in history. But where does Ewing and Olajuwon rank among the greats? Who is the best center of all time? Wilt? Russell? Shaq? With … [Read more…]