Comments on: Shaq is a legend either way

By: JONESONTHENBA

JONESONTHENBA — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 02:55:33 +0000

The Bus (Jerome Bettis?): I feel you on Shaq dominating the league during his time. But are we just talking about his era or the entire history of basketball. Because Kareem dominated the sport for over 20 years. He started playing college ball in the 60s and did not fall off until he finally shaved his head bald around 86..That’s just amazing! I mean Shaq should have accomplished way more than him, but hasn’t because staying in shape has never been a priority of his. And why should it when he has been as good as he has without even being in top conditioning for a good portion of his career.

By: The Bus

The Bus — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 02:18:38 +0000

It’s easy to hate these days, but everyone seems to forget how this man dominated the league from 2000-2002. Every team that had championship hopes was built around stopping him. Who else in the past 15-20 years dominated the league as much as he did in his prime? Jordan, maybe Hakeem, but thats about it. In the early 2000s, the discussion of the playoffs started and ended with his name…

That name was “The Cavalier”.

Shaq has great grammar.

By: Oprah's Minge

Oprah's Minge — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 01:14:36 +0000

No need to bring in a poser such as Kobe into this discussion on great athletes.

By: JONESONTHENBA

JONESONTHENBA — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 00:34:40 +0000

I love Shaq, but Kareem was the greatest center of All-Time. 6 Championships, 6 MVPs, All-Time leading scorer, one of the best college players ever. Invented the most unstoppable shot ever. Plus he was mean and Nasty as ever. Shaq could have been better if he would have applied himself more. But lucky for all of us that this did not take place. Kareem was 38 in 85 and absolutely killed a great Celtics squad in the Finals. Compare that to Shaq, who’s 34 and not making even close to the impact that Cap made in the 85 Finals. Could you imagine what Shaq with the work ethic of Kobe Bryant would have done to the NBA? I think he would probably have 10 rings by now.

By: not mavs zack

not mavs zack — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 00:17:00 +0000

This is one of the enduring issues with athletes who have otherworldly talent…do we appreciate what they can do, or does it bother us when they choose not to do things? I don’t have an answer, I just enjoy pretending to be intelligent by posting open ended questions. Why do I do that?

By: Elliot

Elliot — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 23:51:22 +0000

Don’t worry The Cavalier, starting a sentence with and is perfectly acceptable. However, it might be frowned on to end one with an “and”.

By: The Cavalier

The Cavalier — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 23:44:21 +0000

I wish more things were about me.

By: Nels

Nels — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 23:38:04 +0000

I think you’re kind of funny looking. Why is everyone writing comments about Shaq? I though this post was about The Cavalier…

By: Wes

Wes — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 23:15:50 +0000

I love misusing commas and hyphens - it’s great.

Those old clips remind me of Amare Stoudemire.

By: Exodus

Exodus — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 21:44:42 +0000

Well I read that article from the paper and agree with the guy for the most part. I don’t think that Shaq is the best Center who played period. Wilt is still the greatest and probably will be for a long time. Not to mention I look at the older players that are retired now and see them in a different light then the superstars that are still playing now or play now. Basketball, in my opinion, is turning into a sport where you can’t even touch a person without getting a foul or someone flopping. I played basketball in school and streetball. We played pretty physical and that’s the way it is. I feel the NBA is doing what NHL did after the year long lock out. They are giving everything they can to the offense to make the games appeal to more people. Which will cater to teams like the Suns and somewhat cripple teams that are like the Pistons. I realize that Hockey and Basketball are completely different but it’s the same concept in my opinion. The rules helped Hockey but I don’t think it will help the NBA as much. I’d go as far to say that NBA Basketball is going to really become a wimpy sport in the next 5 years if they don’t stop changing rules and favoring the offense instead of doing an even balance between the two.

Yep I seem to like to type.

Mavs all the way!