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Damn I forgot all about Anderson missing the 4 free throws. I knew he missed the first two. Then Nick didn't take the delay of game. If someone had fucked up that bad today they would be on suicide watch due to social media.
shaq was straight cut in them LSU & orlando first years. I mean like lean muscle and pure quickness, he put on more mass and then later got fat after post laker era.
Didn't Shaq say Phil Jackson wanted him to put on weight?
Didn't Shaq say Phil Jackson wanted him to put on weight?
Very good point!Amazing when you realize how oppressed these owners have the market today. Shaq got over $20million per year offer over 20 years ago. And thats near max money today.![]()
I died laughing when Charles Barkley was talking about the Orlando Sentinel poll that said 85% of their readers thought Shaq wasn't worth th e money.
"I read in an Orlando poll that 85% of people don't want to pay Shaq that means y'all got 85% stupid idiots down there"

No he wasn't. He was more toned than he was in his later years but you have never seen him cut. Alonzo Morning or David Robinson were cut. The pic in the OP is from his second year in the league and he's nowhere near cut.He was
Didn't Shaq say Phil Jackson wanted him to put on weight?
He came in the league at like 275.He came in the league at like 275.
That extra weight fucks you up when you get older. All that jumping and running you do is hard on your knees. .
No he wasn't. He was more toned than he was in his later years but you have never seen him cut. Alonzo Morning or David Robinson were cut. The pic in the OP is from his second year in the league and he's nowhere near cut.
He came in the league at like 275.
Meaning, he was already one of the biggests player ever. All anybody talked about was how he was dishing out a beating to other players. Nobody ever told him to put on weight because he was taking a beating.And he was well over 3 bills in LA.
Yeah. That poll was fucked up. Sometimes us fans be feelin ourselves too much. Shaq was direct in saying that shit had him on some ol "oh it's like THAT huh?" Attitude towards orlando/fans


He came into the season with the lakers around 340 or so and would play his way down to 325. Shaq was mad overweight towards the tail end of his laker days.

Meaning, he was already one of the biggests player ever. All anybody talked about was how he was dishing out a beating to other players. Nobody ever told him to put on weight because he was taking a beating.
Trimmed Down, O'Neal Is Still Huge in Miami
Tuesday, November 9, 2004; Page D01
Over one tumultuous, pack-up-and-leave summer, Shaquille O'Neal stunningly switched teams, coasts and, gradually, pants size. The NBA's most indomitable force of the past decade -- all 7 feet 1, 325 pounds of him -- sat down for an extended interview last week and spoke of those changes with The Post's Mike Wise and Michael Wilbon.
From Kobe Bryant to Dwyane Wade, from Phil Jackson to Pat Riley, O'Neal talked bluntly about his Los Angeles Lakers' past, his future with the Miami Heat, his girth and the enduring basketball legacy he hopes to leave.
Your weight became a daily drama in Los Angeles. Why did you wait until now to drop 30-40 pounds?
"I know people don't believe this, but weight has never been a problem. What you've got to understand is, when I got to L.A., they started tackling me and fighting me. So I got with [renowned Thai-Bo trainer] Billy Blanks and we lifted weights, because I wanted to get big and strong. I've always had 14- to 15-percent body fat, even when I had toe surgery and I came back at 365.
"So that's all I did was lift and get big. Instead of somebody being a man and coming to me and saying, 'We want you to lose weight,' no one ever did that. Phil [Jackson] told me to get big, get strong."
Did you feel you were too heavy?
"Look, 355-365 is probably a number too big and too heavy to play basketball, I admit that. So when I met with Pat [Riley], I asked him a question: 'What do you want me to weigh when I come in?'
" 'How much do you weigh now?' he said.
"I said, '358, 357.' He said, 'I want you to be a young Shaq at 325.' And I told him, 'Okay.'
"I've always been the type of player when the coach tells me do something, I do it. I may argue and fight and tussle with you, but I do it. I got it done."
Even for someone over 300 pounds, isn't 40 pounds a lot to drop in one summer?
"Muscle weighs more than fat, so it wasn't tough at all. I didn't touch a weight. I did the treadmill for an hour and a half, twice a day. I woke up at 8, worked out from 9:30 to 12, came back and did the daddy and the husband thing. I put the kids to bed about 10 o'clock and went back out about 11 and did the same thing. Two-a-days, every day."
What really went wrong with the Lakers?
"The Lakers were like, 'You get Gary [Payton] and Karl [Malone], we'll give you everything you want.' I got Gary and Karl to take less money. When [the contract extension] didn't happen for a couple of months, I knew it wasn't coming. I'm not new to this game. I'd been through it before in Orlando. After the season, I go downstairs to get some cereal with the kids. It's like 8 a.m. and the chef wasn't up yet. I'm watching TV and see this report that Phil is out.
when shaq said he used to try and get under hakeems skin but could never succeed. throw that nigga an elbow Hakeem would respond " nice elbow big guy.![]()



disappeared like Arsenio.Until Nick choked and missed 4 straight free throws in the finals vs Houston. He and the Magic were never the same again.

He was.No he wasn't. He was more toned than he was in his later years but you have never seen him cut. Alonzo Morning or David Robinson were cut. The pic in the OP is from his second year in the league and he's nowhere near cut.
Look at those Penny clips, and see how current and polished his game looks still today, 20+ years later. You cant watch late 60's footage in the 90's and still feel like those players games were s current to that period as Penny's is to this one.90s ball was the shit. Not even today's shit could match it
Yep. Fuck was it about the 90s?Look at those Penny clips, and see how current and polished his game looks still today, 20+ years later. You cant watch late 60's footage in the 90's and still feel like those players games were s current to that period as Penny's is to this one.
Kevin ding, Lakers writer, said the training staff guessed he was at 400 at one point nearbthe end... He was refusing to be weighed after officially being 375
Those lbs caught up to his ass in the end.

Look at those Penny clips, and see how current and polished his game looks still today, 20+ years later. You cant watch late 60's footage in the 90's and still feel like those players games were s current to that period as Penny's is to this one.
Shit was pretty damn good..best one I've seen in a while..also I recognized they should've won it againts Houston.. if they won game 1 they had a chance of taking it..the rockets saw that they could beat them after the 2nd half of game 1..also the Nick Anderson free throw situation was kinda sad..he didn't even want to shoot free throws anymore..damn...
