Shaquille O\'Neal

See also: O'Neal

Shaquille Rashaun O' Neal known as Shaquille O'Neal , sometimes called Shaq O' Neal (born the March 6th 1972 with Newark in the New Jersey) is a player of American Basket-ball (2,16 meters, 147,4 kilos) evolving/moving in NBA with the Miami Heat.

Biography

Given up by her imprisoned father, Shaquille O'Neal was raised by an American soldier who has many times moved for professional obligations. This explains the complex psychology of Shaquille (small Arabic warrior) O' Neal.

Shaq has a multitude of nicknames, like " Shaq Diesel" , " The Big Aristote" , " The Big Shaq Daddy", " Wilt Chamberneezy" (in honor with another legendary pivot dominating, Wilt Chamberlain, nickname given by Kobe Bryant), " The Real Deal" , " The 8th Wonder" (8th wonder of the world), " Most Dominating Ever" (M.D.E), " Superman " and most recent: " Doctor Shaq".

Beginnings in Orlando

After having achieved a university career very noticed in the rows of LSU (Louisiana State University), Shaquille O'Neal is selected like first choice of the draft 1992 by the Orlando Magic. In 1993, he is elected NBA Rookie off the Year. He explodes literally between 1993 and 1995 passer by of 23.4pts with 29.3pts, over the 2 seasons!

The duet of shock which it forms with Anfernee Hardaway will metamorphose the frankness, which reaches even finales NBA in 1995, lost curtly in four handles against the Houston Rockets of Hakeem Olajuwon. In spite of its undeniable talent, Shaq does not have enough experiment for that which was regarded with this éqpoque as the best pivot of the league.

The Lakers years with Kobe

In 1996, it leaves the Florida for the Los Angeles Lakers, where it forms with Kobe Bryant one of the largest duets of all times. Coaché by Phil Jackson, the former trainer of Chicago bulldozers of Michael Jordan and legendary coach NBA! During its Lakers years, Shaq will confirm that it is surely one of the best players of all times!

Shaquille O'Neal will have to wait until 2000 living the best season of her career, it marks 29.7pts by match, her best average of all her career and becomes the best marker of this season 1999-2000. It beats its record of points by marking 61pts against the Clippers, it is elected MVP of the All-Star Range with Tim Duncan and logically MVP of the regular season. After difficult playoffs, where it will have to go besides until the 7th match to overcome the Portland Trail Blazers, they arrive finally vis-a-vis the Indiana Pacers of Reggie Miller. Lakers gain the series 4-2! Shaq, with 30.7pts of average during all playoffs, and elected MVP of the finales! It is very rare that a player obtains the 3 titles of MVP in only one season, that of the season, the AlStar Range and the finales.

Always forming with Kobe Bryant the best duet of the league, it gains 2 other titles vis-a-vis the Philadelphia 76ers in 2001 and with the New Jersey Nets in 2002. Shaq is elected MVP of these 2 finales, and Lakers realize celebrates it Three-Peat (gained 3 titles of continuation).

Lakers leave favorite in 2003 to produce the Furnace-Peat, i.e. to gain the title 4 times of continuation, which no team succeeded in doing separately the Boston Celtics of Bill Russell which gained 8 of continuation of them! But unfortunately, Shaq will play only 67 matches, being too prone to the wounds, and Kobe Bryant does not manage to carry the team on her shoulders. Lakers arrive finally of conference but they lose it vis-a-vis the San Antonio Spurs of Tim Duncan, David Robinson and Tony Parker.

But in 2003-2004, Lakers carry out an enormous haul on the market of transfers! They obtain the two legends Karl Malone and Gary Payton. One calls the team the 4 fantastic ones, everyone is sure and certain that Lakers will gain the title, the team being composed of 3 Hall off Famers (Shaquille O'Neal, Karl Malone and Gary Payton) and of a future Hall off Famer (Kobe Bryant). But that will not occur thus, Shaq will still miss some matches for wound and will mark only 21.5pts of average during the season. The wound of Karl Malone and the frequent absences of Kobe Bryant due to justice (defendant to have raped a hostess in a hotel) will lead the team spirit. The relations between Shaq and Kobe are strongly degraded, Shaq wants that it makes more master keys, Kobe wants that it is interfered its business! Shaq will gain all the same the title of MVP of the AlStar Range 2004. Lakers will nevertheless arrive finally NBA vis-a-vis the Detroit Pistons, but it will be done rolled 4-1, the collective of the Pistons being too strong, Kobe Bryant being completely perforated during these finales!

Shaq and Kobe do not get along any more, after this calamitous season, Gary Payton leaves, Karl Malone takes its retirement, Shaq claims too much money and Kobe Bryant wants to have the team for him all alone. It is the end of the dynasty Lakers, Shaq and Kobe, one of greatest associations of players ever seen become the worst enemies of the NBA. Will Shaq leave, it is sure and certain, but where?

Shaq returns to Florida

The relation with Kobe Bryant being degraded, Shaquille O'Neal (also called Big Shaq Daddy, The Diesel, The Big Cracked, Superman) obtains her transfer lasting the summer 2004 to the Miami Heat in exchange of three players: Brian Grant, Lamar Odom and Caron Butler.

With the contribution of O' Neal and the blossoming of the player of second year Dwyane Wade, Heat gains 17 victories moreover than the season spent to finish better team of the Conference Is, while Lakers crumble and miss the playoffs with 22 victories in less compared to the former season. Shaq is of aillor very close being elected MVP, but it is made precede by Steve Nash by the smallest difference in voice in the history of the votes for the MVP, this title always is very disputed. But Heat is made eliminate in playoffs by the same Pistons which had beaten Lakers finally the previous year.

After one average season, it gains with Heat, thorough by époustouflant Wade and having a manpower except standard, the NBA Finals in 2006. On the decline physically, Shaq remains one of the best pivots of the league and one of best of the history. Top of its 2,16 meters and its 147 kilos, it always impresses and will remain for certain experts the player more dominating of the history of the play.

But during the season 2006-2007, Miami crumbles, Shaquille O'Neal plays only 40 matches, it played forever also little of match! At the time of the 1st matches of the season, it marks only 14pts of average and is wounded very early! Miami collapses, in spite of the good performances of Wade! The journalists start to say that Shaq is finished, but when it returns, Shaq marks 19pts of average, but Miami undergoes a new shock with the serious wound of Dwyane Wade. Shaq finishes the season with 17,3pts of average, that is to say smallest total of its career and Miami is made leave to 1st turn 4-0 by the Chicago bulldozers.

During the summer 2007, Shaquille O'Neal involves himself seriously and the fine shape apparit in pre-season, Miami recruits Ricky Davis to play the 3rd offensive force behind Wade and Shaq!

One of largest of the history

In spite of a success with the throw-francs worthy of a beginner, Shaquille O'Neal is probably one of the largest pivots of all times with Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Hakeem Olajuwon, if not the best, it is regarded besides as one of the last descendants of its large pivots, but it is incontestably the pivot more dominating and powerful of all times so much its physique is monstrous, which returns it quasi innarêtable near the circle. It seems promised with the Hall off Famed, so much its individual prize list (1 title of MVP of the regular season, 3 times MVP of Final) as collective is furnished (4 titles). In addition to its undeniable talent for the tennis shoe, Shaq has an incredible direction of humor, being regarded as the clown of the NBA, never not missing an occasion to laugh, with dances or telephone disguised in shoe, it puts an incredible environment in the cloakrooms of which he is the owner!

February 26th, 2007, at the time of the match against the New York Knicks, it becomes the fourteenth player of the history of the NBA to exceed the symbolic mark of the 25.000 points registered in career.

Shaq was also illustrated to have broken 3 baskets in its career, one in match where the panel was taken down, another, always during a match, where the amount of the panel broke and another with the drive where the pane broke literally!

Prize list

; In selection ; In frankness
  • Champion NBA 2000, 2001 and 2002 with the Los Angeles Lakers
  • Champion NBA 2006 with the Miami Heat
; Personal distinctions

  • Better marker of the league to the number of points registered in regular season in 1995 (2315), 1999 (1289) and 2000 (2344)

  • Better marker of the league on average of points per match in 1995 (29,3) and 2000 (29,7)
  • the most skilful Player of the league in 1994 (59,9% of success), 1998 (58,4%), 1999 (57,6%), 2000 (57,4%), 2001 (57,2%), 2002 (57,9%), 2004 (58,3%), 2005 (60,1%) and 2006 (60,0%)
  • Player having tried the most shootings in 1995 (1594)
  • Player having marked the most baskets in 1994 (953), 1995 (930), 1999 (510), 2000 (956) and 2001 (813)
  • Player having tried the most throw-francs in 1995 (854), 1999 (498), 2000 (824) and 2001 (972), 2002 (717) and 2004 (676)

Quotations

  • "Nobody still manufactured the antidote to stop me! "
  • " I don't care completely that my play is not liked and that some prefer the fast and air play backs, the world with always be more for David than for Goliath! "
  • " I have some to hear enough of money, money, money and still money! I want to only play tennis shoe, to get dressed in Reebok and to drink of Pepsi! "

Discography

  • Diesel Shaq (1993)
  • Shaq Fu - Da Return (1994)
  • The Best off Shaquille O'Neal (1996)
  • You Edge' T Stop the Reign (1996)
  • Respect (1998)
  • Present His Superfriends, vol. 1 (2001)

Catalog of films

Shaquille O'Neal was also put at the honor in two video games of combat: Shaq Fu and Ready 2 Rumble 2 .

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