Comments on: Shaq Is A Quitter

By: karsten

karsten — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 18:09:52 +0000

shaq has always and forever will be overhyped. big guy and hardly can shoot a free throw., his attitude sucks. his rap sucks. give me a break. superstarshmupaerstter. long live JORDAN.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 23:50:45 +0000

I don’t believe either of them quit but if you want to be cynical about things, you could say Kobe quit because he’s selfish and was more concerned with proving a point than winning whereas Shaq quit because he was just resigned to losing.

By: Chris R

Chris R — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:51:10 +0000

Okay, I’ll bite:

for such a dominant player, how many times has a team in which Shaq has played been swept?

Three times in Orlando, at least once in LA (I’m forgetting whether San Antonio swept them along with Utah). Four times he’s been shut out.

I’m not saying that’s going to happen in this series, but given the collapse of LA to Detroit and the above, can you really say that Shaq is “unstoppable” or “dominant” when his teams have been swept aside that often?

By: Mick

Mick — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:16:06 +0000

As has been pointed out already, Shaq doesn’t have nearly the control over the ball the Kobe can have.

I watched the second half of the Phoenix/Lakers Game 7 and my conclusion was that he tanked it. It’s not JUST that he didn’t shoot. He was also totally uninterested in the offense. His “passes” out of the pick-and-roll trap were virtually hand-offs to the screener standing at the three point line.

By: JT

JT — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:30:39 +0000

For the people questioning Shaq’s touches, i’ll refer to the once-Shaq’s-bitch Erick Dampier:

“We went back and watched the game,” Dampier said. “I think he got 30 touches and 12 times he passed it out. How many more times does he want to touch the ball? “Regardless of what they do, we are going to make the adjustments.”

By: Bouj

Bouj — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:39:45 +0000

Mildy off-topic, but still Shaq-related: on Sporting News Radio on Sunday night, the host was leading a discussion on Shaq and his dominance. Someone called in to say that Shaq was not the most dominant player of his era because he was never first-team all-NBA or lad the league in rebounding. He said that Shaq was the most dominant offensive player with the ball in his hands 3 ft. from the basket (nice qualifier there).

In the end, while trying to rank the best centers, the host decided on Wilt and Russell ahead of everyone, Kareem behind them, and Shaw as 4th or 5th best (he didn’t say, but I would assume Hakeem or Moses Malone as possibly being ahead).

By: the mighty mjd

the mighty mjd — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:00:47 +0000

I’m not going to push too hard to stick with my comparison, because, as I said, I don’t believe it, either, but… Shaq had plenty of touches. Plenty. Actually getting the ball to him isn’t the problem. The quick doubles are forcing the ball out of his hands.

By: sox9

sox9 — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:52:56 +0000

Crappy comparison.

Kobe handles the ball all the time. If he wanted to shoot, he could have. Kobe brings the ball up… He shoots. That’s how he scored 80 points.

Shaq has to depend on his teamates to get him the ball in position do shoot. They didn’t get him the ball even when he was working to post up.

By: kowannabe

kowannabe — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:00:13 +0000

might as well say SHAQ IS A BALL-HOGGING RAPIST

By: mc

mc — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 06:28:38 +0000

Great point mjd as usual.