OT Shaquille O'Neal: I Only Played 30 Percent Of My Real Game

[BigGameDamian]

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/243263/Shaquille-ONeal-I-Only-Played-30-Percent-Of-My-Real-Game

Shaquille O'Neal will enter the Hall of Fame this week as one of the most dominant big men in basketball history.

“I only played 30 percent of my real game,” O’Neal told The Vertical. “I had a great career, but I didn’t get a chance to showcase what I can really do. That’s because the double- and triple-teams were coming so quick, I had to dominate, dominate, dominate inside. I had the ability to step out, go around defenders, dribble by people, but I never got to show that.

“I had to focus on being the most powerful, dominant player to ever play the game.”

O'Neal very quickly became a physical force coming out of LSU to the Orlando Magic.

"When I first entered the league, I figured out my niche early. Not only did I want to be the best big man, I wanted to be the most dominant. A lot of people can claim the title of the best, but only a few can say they were the most dominant. That was my goal. I wanted to be in the conversation championship-wise and stats-wise, changing the game like Mike [Jordan] and Wilt [Chamberlain] did. I really wished I could have continued out my last year in Boston."

 

[BlazerWookee]

<facepalm>

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

I thought this was about his free throw shooting for a second.

 

[e_blazer]

First the body, then the mind.

 

[riverman]

All from a guy who milked the first half of every season with lingering sore toe problems...he'd start getting in shape after the allstar game and really was only interested in the playoffs..with the calls Shaq got, he was a made man in basketball, still is

 

[jlprk]

I always said he was playing at 30% too, but not for the same reasons. It was because he was so greatly overweight. He couldn't move. It took him twice as long to extend his fat arms, take a step, or twist his waist 90°. On every play Shaq didn't create; he just reacted because of his hundred-pound backpack.

If you want to see a dominant center, look at young Jabbar on the Bucks. The young Walton owned the paint on defense, while on offense Walton was the wheel's hub on every non-fast break, with his passes the spokes.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

Thats why he missed 70% of free throws?

 

[BBert]

Fuck. Shaq.

The most protected center in history.

Fuck him.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

30%......whatever....
The refs let him do anything he wanted 100% of the time.
Fuck Shaq with Raymond Felton's donut-grabbing fist.

 

[riverman]

30%......whatever....
The refs let him do anything he wanted 100% of the time.
Fuck Shaq with Raymond Felton's donut-grabbing fist.

A good donut doesn't need any topping at all

 

[Cippy91]

Okay now obviously Shaq is one of the greatest centers of all time but man it's shit like this that bothers me, this dude is so full of himself. 30 percent? lol k. I am sure shaq also had a 3 point shot we never knew of, some handles mixed with the most insane post moves we have ever seen right? lol

 

[BigGameDamian]

This means that Shaq didn't play his best against Arvydas Sabonis? He only put in 30% during that 2000 series?

 

[Cippy91]

This means that Shaq didn't play his best against Arvydas Sabonis? He only put in 30% during that 2000 series?

Yes 30 percent so if he was playing at 100 percent he would of averaged like 60 points and 60 boards a game obviously duh

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

If you were bigger than everyone and could just butt bump people out of the way every time without getting called for a foul you would all do it too.

The excuse was that he was so big............which made it more obvious to everyone that he was clearing space illegally. Except the refs that is.

 

[Strenuus]

This means that Shaq didn't play his best against Arvydas Sabonis? He only put in 30% during that 2000 series?

AND ALL THOSE OTHER CENTERS TOO :MARIS61:

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

This means that Shaq didn't play his best against Arvydas Sabonis? He only put in 30% during that 2000 series?

Unfortunately Sabonis was really only 30 percent of his former self.

 

[MARIS61]

Shaq was huge.

I never noticed any semblance of talent or skill to speak of, just a huge blob of goo allowed to ooze all over the court in the face of all rules to the contrary.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I only post 30% of my real game.











1oo% means I would have gutted most of you long ago.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

 

[Trackjack]

Shaq won championship due fot the reason Kobe Byrant and Wade. Wade championship series he did nothing it was all Wade. Shaq being out of shape cost him with serious injuries at the end of his career.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

I only post 30% of my real game.











1oo% means I would have gutted most of you long ago.

70 percent is stolen from reddit. The other 70 percent is just stupid.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

70 percent is stolen from reddit. The other 70 percent is just stupid.

Who do you think Reddit gets it from?

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Who do you think Reddit gets it from?

You missed the joke silly.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Shaq could have been the greatest basketball player in NBA history.

Only problem is he was a fucking asshole. To the Magic, who he ditched to go to the L*kers to pursue a failed movie/rap career (that was better when he on the Magic). He was my favorite player when I was in High School, he was dope, then he went to the team I'd hate if my own family played for the L*kers. So fuck him. And he was an asshole who always whined, made excuses, etc. He talked shit to other fanbases, other teams, made fun of other team's names. Just a real nasty character.

Those early 2000s Lakers teams? He won because of Kobe? GTFO with that shit. Shaq was fucking unstoppable. Unstoppable. You replace Kobe with Ray Allen on those teams, they'll still win the ring.

If he stayed on one franchise (i.e. the Magic) his whole career from start to end, he'd probably have 8 rings.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Shaq could have been the greatest basketball player in NBA history.

Only problem is he was a fucking asshole. To the Magic, who he ditched to go to the L*kers to pursue a failed movie/rap career (that was better when he on the Magic). He was my favorite player when I was in High School, he was dope, then he went to the team I'd hate if my own family played for the L*kers. So fuck him. And he was an asshole who always whined, made excuses, etc. He talked shit to other fanbases, other teams, made fun of other team's names. Just a real nasty character.

Those early 2000s Lakers teams? He won because of Kobe? GTFO with that shit. Shaq was fucking unstoppable. Unstoppable. You replace Kobe with Ray Allen on those teams, they'll still win the ring.

If he stayed on one franchise (i.e. the Magic) his whole career from start to end, he'd probably have 8 rings.

He was a mountain that I doubt got any direction post 8th grade. Who would tell him he's an asshole?

I remember him stubbing his toe on the base for the hoop one time when he played for the Magic. He fell on the floor and rolled around screaming like a baby.

He was just a giant kid. Kobe was the same in a slightly different way.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

You missed the joke silly.

110% chance you missed the joke about your joke.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

At least he was likeable on the Magic. He had his dope car stereos and shit. The Superman shit, TWISM, all-a-dat. Shaq-nosis. Then went to LA and the shit got to his head. He was fucking horrible. Ruined his legacy, Laker fans don't even appreciate him all that much tbh.

 

[jlprk]

Okay now obviously Shaq is one of the greatest centers of all time

Not even in the Top 10.

This means that Shaq didn't play his best against Arvydas Sabonis? He only put in 30% during that 2000 series?

Those were the years that Stern had the refs blatantly stealing playoff series for the Lakers. Referees did the same thing to Divac against Shaq in the playoffs.

If you were bigger than everyone and could just butt bump people out of the way every time without getting called for a foul you would all do it too. The excuse was that he was so big............which made it more obvious to everyone that he was clearing space illegally. Except the refs that is.

Shaq was huge. I never noticed any semblance of talent or skill to speak of, just a huge blob of goo allowed to ooze all over the court in the face of all rules to the contrary.

There it is. Size is not the same as dominance or greatness. Shaq was just a Yao Ming without the injuries.

 

[Cippy91]

Not to mention people have the debate over who was the best basketball/rapper and people always say shaq because his album went platinum or whatever. Which yeah, he was a decent rapper but not on that dame level. Shaq can be a funny dude sometimes but man he's full of shit

 

[stampedehero]

Its amazing he can conceive the concept of percentage