Comments on: The rebirth of Shaq?

By: HoopsHype.com NBA Blogs - Roland Lazenby » Breaking the fun machine in Phoenix

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:05:23 +0000

[...] the Diesel. Last year he struggled, but this year O’Neal is showing signs of rounding into form (at least that’s what longtime Shaq critic Tex Winter thinks. Even so, it’s not so much about building around Shaq per se as it is building an organization [...]

By: Giovani Fereira

Giovani Fereira — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:25:53 +0000

He ain’t no Jordan….nobody was or I think will ever be….I think Vince Carter had a shot in the beginning and Tracy McGrady and Vince probably would have had at least one championship if not more especially with the team Toronto had when Tracy punked them but Kobe although he is amazing is not in Jordan’s catergory and this is coming from someone who grew up loving Magic and to me Jordan wasn’t up to the level Magic was. But especailly when Jordan came back after two years in baseball and then won another three in a row…I said you know what after the first few I was in denial but after that second three I believed he is truly the greatest NBA player ever and imagine he didn’t retire that would have potentially been 8 in a row…damn the way he played the last year for the Bulls they could have won 10 in a row I believe….without Jordan they were a .500 team and lost in the first round of the playoff….with Jordan they weren’t wvwn really challenged for that Championship…hey but I still love Magic and his my favourite….not the greatest but at least one of them cause he has that ring from his rookie year and he was the star. There was no other player that impacted his team that much like Magic did….Shaq impacted his team but they had a 41-41 record (no playoffs)…but maybe looking back they should have kept Webber….Scott Skiles even was willing to take a pay cut…no that’s a plyer..although not great saticscally but he was a true team player….like Duncan taking less from the Spurs and I’m sure there are a few others.

By: cttiger

cttiger — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:20:21 +0000

qtlaw.. a lot of ppl care what the title mean…. i dont want to read an article about wanna-be-bulls lakers when i thought i was reading about shaq
until they do something in June sometime in future laker are the 1st loosers..
didn’t u hear shaq saying “Kobe couldn’t do it without me”
this is years.. at least as of today.. if you go 1 to 15 east is better than west ( i know it will change as season progress)

By: Stuckey

Stuckey — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:35:27 +0000

Imagine if the Lakers had not traded Shaq and they paid him what he was demanding.

The Lakers would be paying this guy over $20 million each season until the summer of 2011.

This would also be a team without Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum.

Great move Jerry Buss. I guess in hindsight the Lakers played it really smart.

By: pettweezy

pettweezy — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:18:36 +0000

shaq is the best player ever there shouldve been more about him and phx.. they can take the west theres no doubt in my mind.

By: gmoney

gmoney — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:20:54 +0000

to be the best u have to imitate the best!!!! just like julius did from baylor and michael did from julius!!!! when we were teenagers we all stuck our tounges out just like jordan!!! if any of u would’ve made it to the nba……. fans wouldve say the same thing about u!!! so enjoy the game of basketball and enjoy watching a basketball genious that won 3 championships one mvp and scored 81 pts in one game!!! enough said!!!

By: qtlaw

qtlaw — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:48:42 +0000

Thanks again Mr. Lazenby. Nice to get some insight into Tex Winters. I value his opinion and insights. Only wish he could come to Golden State. Who cares what the article is called? What’s more important is that someone like Mr. Winters is granting us a peek into his brain. Please keep up the unique insights.

By: K Chan

K Chan — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:20:48 +0000

Haha i know right. Shaq is looking good but i think the suns cannot win the west with teams who are younger and more defensive minded like the lakers, houstan, utah. we saw that last week when the lakers played in phx. the suns dont run anymore, still reliant on the 3’s even tho they dont take as much. My lakers are goin all the way thats all i know and kobe aint a copy cat, HES KOBE!!! i hate when ppl compare him to MJ, there’lll be no other like MJ, Lebron’s lebron, kobe’s kobe, just accept the fact that Kobe is great at what he does and live with it…by the way, the lakers dominated every west opponent so far!!

By: kurt

kurt — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:09:06 +0000

Interesting article on the ….Lakers!?!? It said it was a “Suns” article. What a slap in the face of PHX fans. Was that intentional?

By: thebleeptruth

thebleeptruth — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:35:45 +0000

I agree with Chris. I was led to believe that the article was about Shaq. Editors, please change the title!!! Nine-tenths of the article was just about Tex Winters. DUH! And anyway about Shaq having a “rebirth” and performing better than he did during his last year in Miami, when we all thought it was all downhill for him, all I can say is that I feel sorry for Nash and STAT, but more so for STAT. Observing the Phoenix games this season, it bewilders me why Shaq demands the ball too much, and why so many plays are ran around him. I don’t even care if he puts up 18 and 10 a night. I don’t even care about his antics. This guy is NOT supposed to be the no.1 or even the no.2 option for the Suns. And by the way the Suns aren’t even my no.1 team, but more like no.3 favorite team. But it’s enough for me to see how Shaq and Terry Porter’s coaching has doomed not only the production of STAT and Nash, but the entire team. Now that you think about it, it’s so funny how D’Antoni’s style of play with Shaq during the latter stages of last season now appears to be much much better than with how Terry Porter is handling the team right now. Too bad for the Suns. With Terry Porter on board, all of sudden, the way Shaq plays, he seems to think the Suns are his team. This guy’s on a selfish mission right now. And for the record, I’m not a big fan of Kobe. All this stuff I’m talking about are just what I’ve been observing as of late with the Suns, and is no way secretly a Shaq-bashing tirade.

And I don’t even want to add anything more about the Kobe and Jordan comparison. Jordan is the greatest player to have played the game. PERIOD!