Shaq shows some love for D-Rob

[Old School 44]

Take a look at the excerpt of this article from ESPN. I never heard Shaq give this much love to David. I always remember him telling the story about David ignoring him at a game when he was in high school.
Maybe because it's Valentines tomorrow. :lol

Phoenix center Shaquille O'Neal (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?playerId=614), who is representing the West in the All-Star Game, said he congratulated Robinson on being a finalist.

O'Neal said Robinson was one of three players -- Patrick Ewing (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?playerId=237) and Rony Seikaly (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?playerId=3486) were the others -- that he patterned his game after as a high schooler.

"I told Dave something I never told anyone in my life before: I told him he deserved it," O'Neal said. "I told him that he was always my favorite player."

Asked why Robinson was his favorite, O'Neal said: "Because he had the spin-lob thing. He always ran the court. He was a nice-looking guy, so when I was in high school, designing my game, I picked him, Patrick Ewing and Rony Seikaly."

Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3905350

[BlackBellamy]

Wow! A brief glimpse of class from the Big Cactus. I feel amost...dirty.

[Jayem2]

shaq has always been one of the classiest guys in the league. shaq probably has the biggest heart of any nba player too. people just get him misconstrued because he is also a joker.

[Old School 44]

Yes, props to the Big Diesel for showing some class and respect. :toast

[stxspurs]

wow rony too.....

[Biggems]

Fuck you Shaq......dammit man, stop trying to make me not dislike your fat ass so much....sheesh

[exstatic]

F Shaq. He did nothing but dump on, lie about, and ridicule DRob during his career. Shove it up your ass, fatty.

[Old School 44]

shaq has always been one of the classiest guys in the league. shaq probably has the biggest heart of any nba player too. people just get him misconstrued because he is also a joker.

Yeah, I know. I never take him too seriously when he does his shtick for the cameras. Shaq's the Big Entertainer. It just suprised me to see him acknowledge patterning part of his game after David and that he was his favorite player.

[Obstructed_View]

That lie about him getting turned down for an autograph is gonna stick with me forever. Regardless of anything Shaq does, he'll always be a douchebag for that.

[Phenomanul]

That lie about him getting turned down for an autograph is gonna stick with me forever. Regardless of anything Shaq does, he'll always be a douchebag for that.

+1

Nevertheless, it's about time that Shaq finally decided to give The Admiral his props. Surprising really.

[mardigan]

I will always love Rony Seikaly's wife.

And f Shaq.

[galvatron3000]

F Shaq. He did nothing but dump on, lie about, and ridicule DRob during his career. Shove it up your ass, fatty.

yeah, but he did that to motivate himself becausse he needed something to dislike about Rob, heck Dave is a nice guy, why would nayone want to destroy him. I just loved that on his way out he dethrone the Lakers, thanks David

[Obstructed_View]

I will always love Rony Seikaly's wife.
Which is more than you can say for Rony, since they are divorced...

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/MMPH/257768~Elsa-Benitez-Posters.jpg

[SenorSpur]

F Shaq. His efforts to make nice can't erase the unfair public criticism and outright jealously of D-Rob, throughout his playing career. He's a 100% douch to me.

[Drachen]

+1

Nevertheless, it's about time that Shaq finally decided to give The Admiral his props. Surprising really.


In 1995 Shaq was asked to list the top 5 centers in the nba, and he listed Hakeem, Patrick, Dikembe, Himself, and one other. I cannot remember the others, but one was conspicuously missing. Right in the middle of one of David's most dominating seasons, MVP in fact.

With all that being said, I call BS on shaq. Screw him and the 17 horses that he barely rode in on.

[EricB]

F Shaq.

[spursncowboys]

I thought Robinson was a WNBA player

[BlackBellamy]

You 'Helen Keller' muh-fuggers that say that Shaq has been at all classy (save this one Robinson proper) at any point in his career (in particular when D-Rob was still banging this league) need to get your eyes, ears and brains checked. I try not to call out people like this but to state that Shaq embodies any sort of class (outside of personal worth) is abso-f*cking-lutely re-f*cking-diculous. :cuss

[IronMexican]

Shaq >> DRob

[BlackBellamy]

Shaq fatter than DRob
there ya go

[BSofA04]

Shaq >> DRob
At a buffet.

[exstatic]

Karma is a bitch, but that wheel ALWAYS turns. I laugh watching Shaq labor up and down the court, when for years, the only thing he exercised in the off season was his mouth. David had health problems his last year, playing only 64 games, but the three seasons before that, he played 238 games. The last span where Shaq played that many games in 3 years running? His first, second, and third seasons in the NBA. :lol

[florige]

I think Shaq has a personality disorder. First he comes out and says him and Kobe were always "good friends" :rolleyes, despite the fact they both hated each other just two years ago, and spins it by saying it was all a media thing. Now he's always looked up to David Robinson. :lmao
What next, is he going to say that David Robinson was his true father figure when he was growing up. Give me a break.

[smrattler]

Any way you slice it, Shaq loves the media.

So, if it makes for good storylines to diss the Spurs (WNBA), DRob, dismissing his HS years in SA, or patting DRob on the back when he becomes a finalist today, he'll say it.

I think he in fact does like DRob, Tim, Pop, Spurs, SA and secretly wants to be a Spur if at all possible. What he says though depends on what plays well on the papers.

[word]

Shaq can glo blow himself. And he probably does.

[bigfan]

I think Shaq is trying to pave the way for a spot on the Spurs bench for his oldendays years. Screw him, he was an ass to David and Tim and the rest of the Spurs for so long. Im not going to forget it. You can be a foe on the court and not have to be a jerkoff but Shaq went out of his way to badmouth the Spurs. Fuck him.

[K-State Spur]

Shaq >> DRob

Not really until after '99. Dave more than held his own against Shaq during the early years of Shaq's career.

Unfortunately, the prime years of Shaq's career (and peak of his dominance) coincided with the Admiral's back reducing him to glorified role player.

[Ghost Writer]

I like Shaq these days.

He is real cool on Twitter.

[PuttPutt]

I met Shaq 1 time when he was going to Cole in SA. He was an F'n prick. I had seen him play a few games in high school & knew he'd be in the NBA (just a hunch, but how could a dude that tall & talented not be). I approached him after a game & told him he was going to be a great player. He told me to F off. To this day, I could care less about him. He NEVER gave credit to the big 50. For him to give credit to him noe means nothing in my book. All he's trying to do is save face. F Shaq!

[IronMexican]

You want him to speak the truth? How Drob couldn't win it till Duncan got there? He was trying to be nice since DRob is in the hall soon. He could have spoke his mind, and all would still rip him.

[ehz33satx]

Shaq is going to push to be traded to the Spurs from the floundering Phoenix Suns, ala a Gasol type trade. Would you all like the Diesel to finish his career out in a San Antonio Spurs uniform? Opinions? I for one would not mind him being here.

[lefty]

Shaq is going to push to be traded to the Spurs from the floundering Phoenix Suns, ala a Gasol type trade. Would you all like the Diesel to finish his career out in a San Antonio Spurs uniform? Opinions? I for one would not mind him being here.

Fuck Shaq

[whottt]

You want him to speak the truth? How Drob couldn't win it till Duncan got there? He was trying to be nice since DRob is in the hall soon. He could have spoke his mind, and all would still rip him.

Do you realize how fucking stupid this logic is?


Shaq couldn't win it until Kobe and Phil got there...and later DWade.

Kobe couldn't win it until Shag got there.

MJ couldn't win it until Scottie and Phil got there.

Magic never won it without Kareem...

Kareem never won it without Magic, or Oscar.

KG couldn't win it until Ray and Paul got there.

Paul couldn't win it until KG got there.

Duncan coudn't win it last year because Manu wasn't all there.

Bird never won it without Chief and McHale, and he lost plenty of times with them.

Cousy couldn't win it until Russell got there...Russell was surrounded by 5-7 other HOF'ers ever other year of his career when he won it.


LeBron hasn't won it yet because...there's hasn't been anyone else there, yet.



Tell me stupid fuck...do you not see the hole in your argument?


Tell me fuck stick...how is David Robinson different than anyone else?

[whottt]

BTW props to Shaq :tu


I expect there are going to be a lot of Drob's former critics joining him...now that they've grown up and David doesn't make them feel like a bunch of insecure bitches...because he simply walked on the court and could do things most of them had been trying to do for their entire life and still couldn't...plus he could speak in complete sentences.


Next up on the praise list....Mr. Charles Barkley...we're listening Chuck.

[whottt]

Tell me Iron Mexican...

How come Shaq couldn't win it last year, with Nash, and Amare? and GHill?


Old isn't an excuse...Drob was old the last time he won a title...and he was defending Shaq when he did it.


Unless of course you want to say, Duncan> Shaq, Phil, Kobe(with Horry thrown in for good measure) combined.


Pick your poison cocksucker.

[tp2021]

Damn, whottt with the major ownage! Props.

[baseline bum]

Robinson's prime was wasted by horrible front-office moves and bad luck with injures. Strike 1 was refusing to pay Strickland in '92. Strike 2 was signing Vinny Del Negro to be the point guard. Strike 3 was ever trading for Rodman, who was great in the regular season but then decided he'd concentrate on his feud with the coach instead of how to beat the Rockets. Strike 4 was hiring that ass Bob Hill, who alienated everyone on the team (most of all Rodman). Strike 5 was trading for Charles Smith, who must have played all of 20-30 games in the 4 years he was on the cap, to replace Rodman after the team's '95 flame-out. Mix in Cummings, the team's clear #2 guy, blowing out his knee in '92 and Robinson's being injured and unable to play in the '92 playoffs and the '96-'97 season, and he only had three decent shots at a title:

1) 89-90: his rookie year. Spurs lost in game 7 on the road in Portland in OT thanks to a monster steal from behind by Clyde Drexler when Wingate was about to complete a wide-open layup for the game-winner at the buzzer. That miracle play was the only thing keeping the Spurs out of the Finals that year against Detroit (who they probably would not have beaten though).
2) 90-91: Can't blame David for that one. He averaged 25.75 ppg, 13.5 reb, 3.75 blk on 69% shooting in the series loss to GS while getting swarmed relentlessly.
3) 94-95: Outplayed by Olajuwon. Hats off to Hakeem and the Rockets.

I've never seen one guy take so much shit for one series.

[smrattler]

69% for a series???? I never heard that one, geez...

[whottt]

Robinson's prime was wasted by horrible front-office moves and bad luck with injures. Strike 1 was refusing to pay Strickland in '92. Strike 2 was signing Vinny Del Negro to be the point guard. Strike 3 was ever trading for Rodman, who was great in the regular season but then decided he'd concentrate on his feud with the coach instead of how to beat the Rockets. Strike 4 was hiring that ass Bob Hill, who alienated everyone on the team (most of all Rodman). Strike 5 was trading for Charles Smith, who must have played all of 20-30 games in the 4 years he was on the cap, to replace Rodman after the team's '95 flame-out. Mix in Cummings, the team's clear #2 guy, blowing out his knee in '92 and Robinson's being injured and unable to play in the '92 playoffs and the '96-'97 season, and he only had three decent shots at a title:

1) 89-90: his rookie year. Spurs lost in game 7 on the road in Portland in OT thanks to a monster steal from behind by Clyde Drexler when Wingate was about to complete a wide-open layup for the game-winner at the buzzer. That miracle play was the only thing keeping the Spurs out of the Finals that year against Detroit (who they probably would not have beaten though).
2) 90-91: Can't blame David for that one. He averaged 25.75 ppg, 13.5 reb, 3.75 blk on 69% shooting in the series loss to GS while getting swarmed relentlessly.
3) 94-95: Outplayed by Olajuwon. Hats off to Hakeem and the Rockets.

I've never seen one guy take so much shit for one series.



David wouldn't say fuck(or least not enough, I know I saw him drop an f bomb once, I think it was on Harvey Grant)...that's really what it's all about.


I, as a Drob fan, try to make it up for that shortcoming so that Drob won't have to do all the dirty work.

[Capt Bringdown]

1) 89-90: his rookie year. Spurs lost in game 7 on the road in Portland in OT thanks to a monster steal from behind by Clyde Drexler when Wingate was about to complete a wide-open layup for the game-winner at the buzzer. That miracle play was the only thing keeping the Spurs out of the Finals that year against Detroit (who they probably would not have beaten though).

Painful memory - it me years to get over that series.

Maybe Shaq's grown up. I'm pretty sure Dave would be all for forgiving Shaq for his unkind comments from years ago.

I thought it was a nice thing to say, props to Shaq.

[baseline bum]

Painful memory - it me years to get over that series.

Maybe Shaq's grown up. I'm pretty sure Dave would be all for forgiving Shaq for his unkind comments from years ago.

I thought it was a nice thing to say, props to Shaq.

My bad... it wasn't Wingate who got the ball stolen from behind; it was Willie Anderson. Wingate's the one who made the great pass to get him that almost-sure layup after stealing the ball from Porter with about 4-5 seconds left in the game.

[urunobili]

I think Shaq is realizing his career is about to come to an end and he is getting nostalgic. Showing respect to D-ROb and others now shows that he wants to be a part of all what they represent and have his own legacy himself. Props to him in changing his clown attitude and realizing that to be right there with them, class is a must

[whottt]

Shaq had to become an asshole to develop killer instinct. He wasn't that way when he first came into the league...he was like a big puppy. He had the body of a monster but he wasn't truly intimidating, and he got owned by some of the better centers in the league...perhaps none moreso than David Robinson.

He became an ahole to intimidate people...he developed an attitude as mean as his body is fearsome, and it worked.

I forget who it was..I think it was against Hakeem in the finals, but he got his ass whupped(which Hakeem did at least once to every great center in the league during his career) and I think Shaq's Dad told him that he lost because he showed Hakeem too much respect. After that Shaq became incredibly disrespectful...and much more intimidating and respected himself.


That said...he's been a total ahole. Act or not, he crossed the line verbally on more than one occassion. He's no longer copping the attitude because he's on the downside now, his championship days are more than likely over, and there's not much to be gained by having that attitude except leaving an impression and legacy of being a disrespectful jerk.

I always knew he respected Drob deep down inside...there's simply something wrong with you if you don't respect David Robinson. And Shaq? The ahole wasn't the real Shaq, that was the act...he was a military brat, there's no way his old man let him grow up with that kind of attitude. It was something he adopted after he came into the NBA.

[wijayas]

+1

Nevertheless, it's about time that Shaq finally decided to give The Admiral his props. Surprising really.

Shaq is giving props not because he wants to or he has a big heart as some says in this thread. Shaq is doing it because it reminds him that his career is almost over and he wants people to say something nice about him.

Let's not be fooled. Shaq always says one thing and the next day he erases what he said yesterday and create a new one. Speaking of consistency!

[wijayas]

I, as a Drob fan, try to make it up for that shortcoming so that Drob won't have to do all the dirty work.

:lol :lol :lol
The mark of a true fan!

[alamo50]

I always new Shaq was an admirer of 50.

That's just Shaq's way of dealing with it during his younger years after D-Rob took the scoring title away from him.

[CubanMustGo]

I was going to respond to Rusted-outMexican until I saw whottt own him better than I ever could.

[IronMexican]

Tell me Iron Mexican...

How come Shaq couldn't win it last year, with Nash, and Amare? and GHill?


Old isn't an excuse...Drob was old the last time he won a title...and he was defending Shaq when he did it.


Unless of course you want to say, Duncan> Shaq, Phil, Kobe(with Horry thrown in for good measure) combined.


Pick your poison cocksucker.

Shaq simply isn't the player he once was. Is that a surprise? And you could make a case for Duncan > Shaq. Cause DRob obviously wouldn't have won a title unless he had Duncan.

[exstatic]

Shaq simply isn't the player he once was. Is that a surprise? And you could make a case for Duncan > Shaq. Cause DRob obviously wouldn't have won a title unless he had Duncan.

Shaq constantly got swept, SUPREME, until he hooked up with Kobe, and those weren't his downhill years. If you put DRob on that Magic squad, they win going away. The four surrounding Orlando players were probably all better than anyone David had on any pre-Duncan squad, not named Elliott. David had some sorry-ass "talent" riding on his back for 8 years.

[bigfan]

Robinson's prime was wasted by horrible front-office moves and bad luck with injures. Strike 1 was refusing to pay Strickland in '92. Strike 2 was signing Vinny Del Negro to be the point guard. Strike 3 was ever trading for Rodman, who was great in the regular season but then decided he'd concentrate on his feud with the coach instead of how to beat the Rockets. Strike 4 was hiring that ass Bob Hill, who alienated everyone on the team (most of all Rodman). Strike 5 was trading for Charles Smith, who must have played all of 20-30 games in the 4 years he was on the cap, to replace Rodman after the team's '95 flame-out. Mix in Cummings, the team's clear #2 guy, blowing out his knee in '92 and Robinson's being injured and unable to play in the '92 playoffs and the '96-'97 season, and he only had three decent shots at a title:

1) 89-90: his rookie year. Spurs lost in game 7 on the road in Portland in OT thanks to a monster steal from behind by Clyde Drexler when Wingate was about to complete a wide-open layup for the game-winner at the buzzer. That miracle play was the only thing keeping the Spurs out of the Finals that year against Detroit (who they probably would not have beaten though).
2) 90-91: Can't blame David for that one. He averaged 25.75 ppg, 13.5 reb, 3.75 blk on 69% shooting in the series loss to GS while getting swarmed relentlessly.
3) 94-95: Outplayed by Olajuwon. Hats off to Hakeem and the Rockets.

I've never seen one guy take so much shit for one series.

Man I agree with you 100% about not resigning Strickland, that really pissed me off. That guy was a fantastic PG in the day, Id say in his prime every bit as good as TP.

[xellos88330]

It is hard to really tell when Shaq is serious or joking.

[Dave McNulla]

i think that shaq is lying again. how many games did he watch robinson play while he (shaq) was in high school? he left high school before robinson started playing for the spurs (same basis for showing his "autograph story" was a lie too).

LSU Bio (http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=2178&DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=174841)

and it's not like there were tons of navy basketball games on TV, march madness wasn't nearly as big or televised, even olympic games got very little television time in the 80's. when did he see drob in order to pattern his game?

[Ghost Writer]

Robinson's prime was wasted by horrible front-office moves and bad luck with injures. Strike 1 was refusing to pay Strickland in '92. Strike 2 was signing Vinny Del Negro to be the point guard. Strike 3 was ever trading for Rodman, who was great in the regular season but then decided he'd concentrate on his feud with the coach instead of how to beat the Rockets. Strike 4 was hiring that ass Bob Hill, who alienated everyone on the team (most of all Rodman). Strike 5 was trading for Charles Smith, who must have played all of 20-30 games in the 4 years he was on the cap, to replace Rodman after the team's '95 flame-out. Mix in Cummings, the team's clear #2 guy, blowing out his knee in '92 and Robinson's being injured and unable to play in the '92 playoffs and the '96-'97 season, and he only had three decent shots at a title:

1) 89-90: his rookie year. Spurs lost in game 7 on the road in Portland in OT thanks to a monster steal from behind by Clyde Drexler when Wingate was about to complete a wide-open layup for the game-winner at the buzzer. That miracle play was the only thing keeping the Spurs out of the Finals that year against Detroit (who they probably would not have beaten though).
2) 90-91: Can't blame David for that one. He averaged 25.75 ppg, 13.5 reb, 3.75 blk on 69% shooting in the series loss to GS while getting swarmed relentlessly.
3) 94-95: Outplayed by Olajuwon. Hats off to Hakeem and the Rockets.

I've never seen one guy take so much shit for one series.

Great post, baseline.


But what about the year the Spurs got beat by the Suns when Barkley pulled up and hit that shot over Robinson?

And what about the year when Strickland did that ridiculous no-look pass over his head that screwed us?


I thought the Spurs could've won those years.

[Twisted_Dawg]

F Shaq. He did nothing but dump on, lie about, and ridicule DRob during his career. Shove it up your ass, fatty.


That lie about him getting turned down for an autograph is gonna stick with me forever. Regardless of anything Shaq does, he'll always be a douchebag for that.


F Shaq. His efforts to make nice can't erase the unfair public criticism and outright jealously of D-Rob, throughout his playing career. He's a 100% douch to me.


F Shaq.


You 'Helen Keller' muh-fuggers that say that Shaq has been at all classy (save this one Robinson proper) at any point in his career (in particular when D-Rob was still banging this league) need to get your eyes, ears and brains checked. I try not to call out people like this but to state that Shaq embodies any sort of class (outside of personal worth) is abso-f*cking-lutely re-f*cking-diculous. :cuss


Shaq can glo blow himself. And he probably does.


Fuck Shaq

Thank all of you knowledgebale, experienced fans that remember history. For the rest of you, if you want to be blind, go walk with the shepherd.

FUCK SHAQ. All he did was CONSTANTLY ridicule and disrespect one of the classient players to ever play the game. Did Shaq ever invest millions of his own money in an inner city school?

Lest we not forget, piece of shit Shaq got the benefit of officals never calling fouls on him for turning his shoulder and running over guys.

I hope David ignores him and does not accept Shaq's FAKE olive branch.

[buttsR4rebounding]

One of the funniest lines ever from DRob: "Shaq wrote a book?!? What was it a coloring book?" :lmao

[GervinGirl]

Shaq seems to want to re-write history a lot. I would like to see more media type folks call him on it but doubt that would ever happen.

But I can call him on it. <g>

Okay, David Robinson got the League MVP award in 1995. The voting went like this:
1. D-Rob with 901 points
2. Shaq with 605 points
3. Karl Malone with 532 points
4. Patrick Ewing with 230 points
5. Hakeem with 147 points

Shaq quote from Sports Illustrated dated June 12, 1995

"Olajuwon is the league's only elite center for whom O'Neal (http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/article/Shaquille_O_Neal/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/mdd/index.htm)'s feelings go beyond respect, to admiration. None of the sarcasm or disdain that sometimes creeps into Shaq (http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/article/Shaquille_O_Neal/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/mdd/index.htm)'s comments about other big men is present when he talks about Olajuwon. "He's a great player, the best. In my mind he was the MVP this year," says O'Neal (http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/article/Shaquille_O_Neal/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/mdd/index.htm), who finished second to San Antonio Spur (http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/article/San_Antonio_Spurs/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/mdd/index.htm) center David Robinson (http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/topic/article/David_Robinson/1900-01-01/2100-12-31/mdd/index.htm) in the voting while Olajuwon was fifth. "I don't want to be compared to anybody but Hakeem."

[picnroll]

Shaq just isn't the brightest bulb in the chandelier.

[SenorSpur]

Robinson's prime was wasted by horrible front-office moves and bad luck with injures. Strike 1 was refusing to pay Strickland in '92. Strike 2 was signing Vinny Del Negro to be the point guard. Strike 3 was ever trading for Rodman, who was great in the regular season but then decided he'd concentrate on his feud with the coach instead of how to beat the Rockets. Strike 4 was hiring that ass Bob Hill, who alienated everyone on the team (most of all Rodman). Strike 5 was trading for Charles Smith, who must have played all of 20-30 games in the 4 years he was on the cap, to replace Rodman after the team's '95 flame-out. Mix in Cummings, the team's clear #2 guy, blowing out his knee in '92 and Robinson's being injured and unable to play in the '92 playoffs and the '96-'97 season, and he only had three decent shots at a title:

Great points, BB.

Those first two strikes absolutely killed the Spurs chances of advancing. Strickland was made the scapegoat after that terrible pass in the Portland playoff series. However, Strickland was, quite frankly, the best PG the Spurs had had since Johnny Moore. Dude could score, pass, rebound and, oh my how he could get into the paint and to the rim! I was depressed when they shpped him out. Avery was a serviceable PG, but Strickland was just flat-out more talented. IMO, he was one of the most underrated PGs in NBA history.

As Bum has accurately pointed out, the Strickland blunder was compounded by them bringing in Vinny Del Black. And to pass him off as a PG replacement was ludicrous and insulting to any knowledgeable Spurs fan, at that time. Dude was soft as tissue paper and would fold under the weight of defensive pressure. A player who was more interested in raising his golf average than becoming a better player. He was, hands down, the one Spurs I'll always hate the most.

Both these blunders are a result of the poor management that franchise had in place at that time.

[picnroll]

Biggest screw up was not doing the deal with the 76ers for Barkley though giving away Strickland certainly hurt.

[BlackBellamy]

Wasn't there a chemistry issue with Strickland and our club at that time as well? Didn't he preside as PG over the 90's 'Jailblazer' squad when he landed there after us? Marijuana, fighting, weapon possession charges or something? Not to take away from his skill set but I think we ditched him for a little more than just being cheap. Am I remembering this correctly?

[coyotes_geek]

Strickland was no choir boy. And he certainly had his moments. Breaking his hand in that bar fight comes to mind. But there's no denying that when the Spurs had him the guy could flat out play.

[Twisted_Dawg]

One of the funniest lines ever from DRob: "Shaq wrote a book?!? What was it a coloring book?" :lmao

Actually, I think David asked if it was a picture book. And he said it with so much sarcasm it was hilarious.

[Strike]

You want him to speak the truth? How Drob couldn't win it till Duncan got there? He was trying to be nice since DRob is in the hall soon. He could have spoke his mind, and all would still rip him.

:rolleyes

Hmm. Exactly what did Snaq do before Kobe? Oh that's right...he got swept in the finals. And let us not forget the only reason the Magic made the finals that year: Jordan wasn't playing for the Bulls. He couldn't win it till LA with Kobe. No way he could have won in Miami without Wade.

Contrary to popular opinion, the pendulum does, in fact, swing both ways.

(I didn't read the entire thread before posting this. Whott's ownage of TinfoilMexican far exceeds anything I even thought about posting.)