Shaq now out 'indefinitely'

[duncan228]

Shaquille O’Neal now out “indefinitely” (http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/06/shaquille-o%e2%80%99neal-now-out-%e2%80%9cindefinitely%e2%80%9d/)
Kurt Helin


...“He (O’Neal) worked out with us the other day,” Rivers said. “Some of the pain returned.”

Rivers spoke with Ed Lacerte, the team’s head trainer.

“Eddie just said don’t expect him anytime soon,” Rivers said.


...The pressure really comes in the second round of the playoffs and beyond. That is when the games get hard and the Celtics will need Shaq to be a presence. Particularly on the defensive end. They need him to control the paint and rebound. They need him to score some.

So rest for him now is best, because they don’t need him this week. But will they have him healthy, will they be able to count on him in May? All these setbacks have to create some doubts.

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/06/shaquille-o%e2%80%99neal-now-out-%e2%80%9cindefinitely%e2%80%9d/

[LnGrrrR]

Blood pressure.... Rising...

Resting all our hopes on perpetually injured, old centers... Krstic better find a defensive powerup for the playoffs.

[Donkeybong]

lol celtics lol

[ginobili's bald spot]

:lol Brilliant move Celtics. Your title chances are DONE.

[BlackSwordsMan]

Duncan for shaq

[Donkeybong]

Lakers/Bulls finals

[Killakobe81]

Hope he is OK they look good without him so far ...

[DJ Mbenga]

i thought jermaine was done but not shaq. i guess they got what they wanted. depending on shaq.

[ElNono]

At least they have Arroyo... :lol

[crc21209]

Shaq just needs to give it up already.....

[mindcrime]

Duncan just needs to give it up already.....

fify

[mavsfan1000]

Congrats Lakers on your 3 peat. Celtics are the only team before the trade that could knock them out. It's over.

[LkrFan]

At least they have Arroyo... :lol
:lol

I think Shaq is taking a break on 'company time'. He'll be back with about 5 or so games left in the RS and will declare himself 100%.

[j.dizzle]

Shaq's 40 year old lazy ass needs to hang it up already. He wont be able to make it through long playoff series'. Im starting to think that Chicago can now take Boston out if they meet. Perkins toughness in the middle is gonna be missed. Those 2 white dudes they picked up are gonna get exposed in the playoffs if Shaq cant play much.

[TE]

Ouch.

That Perkins trade makes the Celtics FO look fucking retarded.

[Holden_Caulfield]

heat = celtics without a playbook

[Giuseppe]

....and a decent ring.

[TE]

....and a decent ring.

No way.

[Koolaid_Man]

:lol

I think Shaq is taking a break on 'company time'. He'll be back with about 5 or so games left in the RS and will declare himself 100%.

:lmao

[JamStone]

Hey Doc, Danny! Call me, fools.

http://www.sportsreport360.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Rasheed-Wallace.jpg

[Cry Havoc]

http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/20100629/74b129_perk_06292010.jpg

"Shaq's out? Yeah! More playing time for the Perk!"

...

http://celticshub.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/perkfrown.jpg

[mavsfan1000]

Luckily, the Celtics have Perkins. Oh wait. :lol

[Supergirl]

Celtics better hope Troy Murphy turns back the clock and looks like he did 2 years ago.

[21_Blessings]

LOL Jeff Green

[sribb43]

If Donnie Nelson were the GM of the C's he would probably sign Kevin Willis to a 10 day

[Koolaid_Man]

Blood pressure.... Rising...

Resting all our hopes on perpetually injured, old centers... Krstic better find a defensive powerup for the playoffs.


LNG I'm very well pleased with these latest developments...Let's go out for a glass of tea and crumpets shall we? :lol

[LnGrrrR]

LNG I'm very well pleased with these latest developments...Let's go out for a glass of tea and crumpets shall we? :lol

:lol Fuck off, you rotten bastard :lol

[Koolaid_Man]

:lol Fuck off, you rotten bastard :lol


ok a Shiner and Teacakes? what gives Lng my friend...you do realize that I will be watching your ass rotisserie under my self made camp fire come June don't you....:lol

[LnGrrrR]

ok a Shiner and Teacakes? what gives Lng my friend...you do realize that I will be watching your ass rotisserie under my self made camp fire come June don't you....:lol

We will just have to wait then. :toast

[Koolaid_Man]

We will just have to wait then. :toast


ok Lng....you gonna hang out with King Kool...don't worry I will inject you with a numbing agent before I lite the fire at the start of the ass burning ceremony...

[LnGrrrR]

ok Lng....you gonna hang out with King Kool...don't worry I will inject you with a numbing agent before I lite the fire at the start of the ass burning ceremony...

If anyone on these boards is familiar with ass pain, it would be you :lol you don't even need the numbing agent anymore do you?

[Ghazi]

Celtics/Mavs will be an epic Finals

[Koolaid_Man]

If anyone on these boards is familiar with ass pain, it would be you :lol you don't even need the numbing agent anymore do you?


be nice....or else I'm gonna introduce your ass to Crisco grease just before I lite the match....hmmmm that makes me wonder Lng...should I have Cully or Luva lite the ceremonial torch that will set your ass on FI-UUUhhhh

[Daddy_Of_All_Trolls]

Shaq wishing he signed with the Bulls about now. Wait, there is always next year perhaps?

[cobbler]

Shaq has become a complete embarrassment.

[duncan228]

Shaq says he’s “85 percent,” could be back next week (http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/07/shaq-says-he%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9c85-percent%e2%80%9d-could-be-back-next-week/)
Kurt Helin

...The Celtics yesterday decided to stop guessing (http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/06/shaquille-o%e2%80%99neal-now-out-%e2%80%9cindefinitely%e2%80%9d/) when he might be back, but Shaq himself told ESPNBoston (http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nba/news/story?id=6190427) — at his birthday party, where he had a cake so big it was sponsored (http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/celtics/post/_/id/4681435/on-his-birthday-only-a-sliver-for-shaq) (we’re not making that up) — he was feeling about 85 percent (http://www.csnne.com/03/07/11/Shaq-Im-85-percent-healed-/landing_celtics.html?blockID=435125&feedID=3945) and could be back as soon as next week.


“[The Celtics] want me back at 100 percent,” said O’Neal. “I tried to run on it the other day, felt pretty good, but afterwards we kind of took a step back, so hopefully in a few days, in a week or so, I’ll be back.”

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/07/shaq-says-he%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9c85-percent%e2%80%9d-could-be-back-next-week/

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More pics of the cake here (http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/celtics/post/_/id/4681435/on-his-birthday-only-a-sliver-for-shaq).

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8995/2shaq576.jpg

[LnGrrrR]

I'll do the honors, accept there will be no numbing agent involved. I want that motherfucker to smell his own flesh frying.

I'm pretty sure you meant "except" up there.

And you and Kool are into some really freaky stuff, to be honest. You want to smell burning man ass. Pretty hardcore.

[duncan228]

Source: Shaq return by April 1 targeted (http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nba/columns/story?columnist=may_peter&id=6252351)
Celtics big man should have time to reacquaint himself before playoffs
By Peter May
ESPNBoston.com

Shaquille O'Neal is due to be sworn in Thursday as a member of the Worcester County Reserve Deputy Sheriff's Association. Who knew?

That item brought about the following reactions:

From Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers: "He's doing something. That's good. For the community part of it, [signing Shaq] has been a huge success. His next step is to be able to do that for us on the floor."

From Mike Rotondi, a 31-year season ticket holder with floor seats: "I wish he would stop doing all that stuff off the floor and do it on the floor. That's what we got him for. It makes me crazy. He hasn't played in two months and he missed a bunch of games before that."

Gentlemen, we have some good news for you, especially since O'Neal has not played since Feb. 1, a 16-minute stint at Sacramento. Wednesday night's 90-87 loss to Memphis was the 22nd game in a row he has missed with his current medical situation, a right Achilles problem. He also missed 12 additional games combined with a bruised right knee (5), a sore right calf (4) and a sore right hip (3.)

A team source on Wednesday said that O'Neal is mending and on schedule for a return by April 1. That would give him two weeks to get reacquainted with the teammates he left -- and acquainted with the five new teammates with whom he has yet to play.

Keep reading... (http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nba/columns/story?columnist=may_peter&id=6252351)

http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nba/columns/story?columnist=may_peter&id=6252351

[ALVAREZ6]

lol Boston whippin out the cash to dualie wield the two big drunken washed up and perpetually injured Irish twin centers, and then trading away their most reliable center for this title run :lol

Sucks to suck, front office

[LnGrrrR]

Front office thought we'd get the Irish population if we picked up two O'Neals and a Green :lol

[TheManFromAcme]

Unless Shaq has lost some weight, I just don't see how his achilles problem isn't going to flare up at some point from here on end.

This could spell some serious trouble for the Celts. I am no doctor but I do know that Shaq doesn't weigh no 220 either.

Good luck Beantown.

[Giuseppe]

He's back in a boot according to a story from yesterday.

[LkrFan]

be nice....or else I'm gonna introduce your ass to Crisco grease just before I lite the match....hmmmm that makes me wonder Lng...should I have Cully or Luva lite the ceremonial torch that will set your ass on FI-UUUhhhh

:rollin

[TheManFromAcme]

He's back in a boot according to a story from yesterday.

Link?

[CubanMustGo]

Link?

http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nba/news/story?id=6255067


WALTHAM, Mass. -- Boston Celtics (http://espn.go.com/nba/team/_/name/bos/boston-celtics) center Shaquille O'Neal (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/614/shaquille-o%27neal) received a cortisone shot in his ailing right foot Tuesday and was placed back in an immobilizing boot, sources told ESPN Boston.


The objective with the boot is to eliminate the return of swelling after his Achilles injury flared up again recently while he was trying to work his way back to game action, according to the sources. The Celtics remain optimistic that O'Neal, who has been sidelined with the injury since Feb. 1, could return next week.

[TheManFromAcme]

http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nba/news/story?id=6255067


WALTHAM, Mass. -- Boston Celtics (http://espn.go.com/nba/team/_/name/bos/boston-celtics) center Shaquille O'Neal (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/614/shaquille-o%27neal) received a cortisone shot in his ailing right foot Tuesday and was placed back in an immobilizing boot, sources told ESPN Boston.


The objective with the boot is to eliminate the return of swelling after his Achilles injury flared up again recently while he was trying to work his way back to game action, according to the sources. The Celtics remain optimistic that O'Neal, who has been sidelined with the injury since Feb. 1, could return next week.


...and what's to think it's going to flare up again? :rolleyes
Is Shaq really serviceable right now or any time after April 1?

[21_Blessings]

DNP: Fat and Old

[Dr House]

DNP: Fat and Old

:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao :lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

good shit bro!!

[LnGrrrR]

:bang:bang:bang:bang:bang:bang:bang:bang:bang:bang :bang:bang

[Giuseppe]

http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nba/news/story?id=6255067

WALTHAM, Mass. -- Boston Celtics (http://espn.go.com/nba/team/_/name/bos/boston-celtics) center Shaquille O'Neal (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/614/shaquille-o%27neal) received a cortisone shot in his ailing right foot Tuesday and was placed back in an immobilizing boot, sources told ESPN Boston.


The objective with the boot is to eliminate the return of swelling after his Achilles injury flared up again recently while he was trying to work his way back to game action, according to the sources. The Celtics remain optimistic that O'Neal, who has been sidelined with the injury since Feb. 1, could return next week.


I wish they'd retrofit something like that for Red's head.

[mavsfan1000]

lol Boston

[dunkman]

Hope he gets well soon . . .

[LkrFan]

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/07/shaq-says-he%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9c85-percent%e2%80%9d-could-be-back-next-week/

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More pics of the cake here (http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/celtics/post/_/id/4681435/on-his-birthday-only-a-sliver-for-shaq).

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8995/2shaq576.jpg
By 85%, does he mean body fat? :lol

[Capt Bringdown]

Boston was playing so well earlier in the season when Perkins was out, so what explains their current free-fall?

[LnGrrrR]

Boston was playing so well earlier in the season when Perkins was out, so what explains their current free-fall?

Tired legs, bored, insert random excuse here

[Jt.ONE]

Blood pressure.... Rising...

Resting all our hopes on perpetually injured, old centers... Krstic better find a defensive powerup for the playoffs.

:lol

[duncan228]

Just Rivers quote, hit the link for the whole piece.


Latest Shaq timetable: April 3. Or 5. Somewhere in there (http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/28/latest-shaq-timetable-april-3-or-5-somewhere-in-there/).
Kurt Helin

...He had a shot to ease pain in his foot and has been wearing a boot, which should come off later this week, but Doc Rivers told the Boston Globe (http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/extras/celtics_blog/2011/03/rivers_shaq_hop.html) not to expect the big man back that fast. Think April 3. Or more likely 5. Or…


“Just being around the game long enough to know when you take a boot off you usually don’t play a day later. I just don’t see him flying on a plane after you get your boot off. I just think that’s unrealistic.

“There’s a better chance (April 3), I still don’t think that’s realistic. I think more the game the day after that would be our target date for Shaq. I would say they’re thinking maybe Atlanta or the first game back, but I think there’s no chance of that.”

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/28/latest-shaq-timetable-april-3-or-5-somewhere-in-there/

[mindcrime]

Just Rivers quote, hit the link for the whole piece.



http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/28/latest-shaq-timetable-april-3-or-5-somewhere-in-there/

This sounds eerily familiar.
2009: KG will be back with 2 weeks left for the playoffs. KG will be back for the first round. KG will be back second round. KG won't be back and has called it a season. Not good.

[DJ Mbenga]

at least shaq says he lost weight. but when you see him its like nothing happened. its like he carries an extra 40 pounds every season

[turiaf for president]

funny how hurt he is but i saw him at planet hollywood in vegas last month. the dude just wanted to right the coat tails of the big four and get a 5th ring...... hes done.

[LnGrrrR]

I swear, Rivers should sign up to do PR for the government. "We're sure that Shaq will be back in 2 weeks... er... months... look, he's got a good shot of being healthy in September of 2013..."

And wtf is going on with Jermaine? God, the moves by Ainge STILL piss me off. Krstic played well the first few games and now he's playing soft. Someone needs to light into his ass. And Green is lackluster. Blah.

I was bummed that we traded House last year, but Robinson proved himself. Haven't seen that yet from the new guys.

[CubanMustGo]

http://images.usatoday.com/news/_photos/2003/04/iraq/07-info-minister-inside.jpg

"Shaquille O'Neal is progressing nicely and will return next week. And he's lost 72 pounds."

[LnGrrrR]

http://images.usatoday.com/news/_photos/2003/04/iraq/07-info-minister-inside.jpg

"Shaquille O'Neal is progressing nicely and will return next week. And he's lost 72 pounds."

:lol :tu

[mindcrime]

funny how hurt he is but i saw him at planet hollywood in vegas last month. the dude just wanted to right the coat tails of the big four and get a 5th ring...... hes done.

If this is indeed true thats actually a good sign. It means he's just resting for when it counts. We will see.

[Axe Murderer]

By 85%, does he mean body fat? :lol

http://i46.tinypic.com/pniw2.gif

[duncan228]

Doc Rivers says Shaq may not return until playoffs (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/newreply.php?do=postreply&t=174080)
Kurt Helin

Okay Boston fans, now you can start to really worry.

Doc Rivers pushed the timeline back for Shaq’s return from an Achilles tendon injury again, this time maybe as far back as the start of the playoffs, friend of the site A. Sherrod Blakely reports at CSN New England (http://www.csnne.com/03/31/11/Shaq-may-not-return-until-playoffs/v1_landing_celtics.html?blockID=494590&feedID=3945). (He also notes the Celtics have apparently been learning from the Bill Belichick injury reports.)


“I really hope we can get him before the playoffs,” said Rivers, who added that the injury is starting to “get close to bleeding” into the teams’ postseason plans.

While the C’s maintain there hasn’t been any setback, they do say it has taken longer to heal than anticipated (isn’t that a setback?)….

“The good thing with him is that he’s still big and strong,” Rivers said. “But that (not playing until the playoffs) would be difficult.”

This will certainly ramp up the complaints about the Kendrick Perkins trade.

The Celtics will get Jermaine O’Neal back, maybe as Thursday night against the Spurs. He will be asked to be the defensive anchor until Shaq returns. Whenever that is.

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/newreply.php?do=postreply&t=174080

[LnGrrrR]

*sigh*

Could've seen this coming a mile away...

[Muser]

Just further solidifying that Ainge was a dumbass.

[Giuseppe]

but Robinson proved himself.

Yep, he belonged. Never missed a beat.

Ln, with the surprising goods.

[LnGrrrR]

Unless LiveUpdate is very wrong, Shaq is playing today.

[LakerHater]

Unless LiveUpdate is very wrong, Shaq is playing today.
http://209.160.24.97/ds_img_direct.php?i=shaq.png&t=8&d=1fjdcjav7c&x=360&y=480&l1=169&l2=61

[LnGrrrR]

http://209.160.24.97/ds_img_direct.php?i=shaq.png&t=8&d=1fjdcjav7c&x=360&y=480&l1=169&l2=61

Dude looks like he should be playing the Mystical/Magical Negro is some kids flick about an unathletic white kid who maximizes his talents and wins the championship, not on talent, but heart.

[LakerHater]

Update:

http://209.160.24.97/ds_img_direct.php?i=shaqhurt.png&t=8&d=1fjdcjav7c&x=360&y=480&l1=169&l2=61

[ace3g]

They said he collapsed in while walking in the back tunnel area.
WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
Shaq hobbled down the corridor to Celtics locker room, barely able to stay on his feet, witnesses say. No word but appears to be heel.
51 seconds ago Favorite Retweet Reply

A. Sherrod Blakely
SherrodbCSN A. Sherrod Blakely
by ChrisMannixSI
#celtics shaq had to be wheelchaired out of area under tunnel. We'll have more later.

[JamStone]

Pistons broadcast says it's a calf injury, unrelated to the achilles (other than maybe Shaq compensating for the achilles).

[Crookshanks]

Shaq is old and fat and out of shape. He just needs to retire already.

[boutons_deux]

Easy money for Shaq. Still makin $20M/year?

[toki9]

I think Boston's window closed with that Perkins trade. Can't believe I just wrote that.

[Giuseppe]

Easy money for Shaq. Still makin $20M/year?

No, it's $4 million over two years.

[duncan228]

“Just wait until Shaq gets back” is legitimate argument for Boston (http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/09/%e2%80%9cjust-wait-until-shaq-gets-back%e2%80%9d-is-legitimate-argument-for-boston/)
Kurt Helin

The Chicago Bulls made their statement Thursday. Right now, the Bulls are the better team. If Thursday had been Game 1 of a seven-game series the Celtics would be in trouble.

After the game, Kevin Garnett talked about Boston having another gear for the playoffs. Their fans are counting on that. That those days off between the end of the regular season and the start of the playoffs — plus the end of back-to-backs — will mean the veteran team will have fresher legs. That their savvy and understanding of what it takes in the playoffs will lift them to another level that a team like Chicago does not yet grasp.

They also have a trump card — Shaquille O’Neal.

That card is a legitimate play, but we will not see it for at least a couple more games. CSN New England is reporting (http://www.csnne.com/04/09/11/Shaq-wont-play-Sunday-or-Monday-for-Celt/landing_celtics.html?blockID=500620&feedID=3352) that Shaq will be out Sunday against Miami and Monday against Washington. Wednesday against New York is still a question mark. Shaq is expected back for the playoffs.

When healthy he changes the game for the Celtics — the team defense remains good but the offense takes a big step forward. John Schuhmann at NBA.com (http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2011/04/09/statscube-playing-the-shaq-card/) did the heavy lifting on the numbers.


O’Neal has played with the other four Celtics starters in just 18 games. But they were 15-3 in those games and 9-1 against playoff teams. With that lineup intact, they beat the Heat twice, and they beat the Knicks, Bulls, Magic and Lakers.

Of lineups that have logged at least 200 minutes together, the Celtics’ lineup of Rondo, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Garnett and O’Neal has been the second-most dominant…

First, let’s be clear, those Boston wins were in the first half of the season. They would face very different Heat, Bulls and Lakers teams now. (Knicks too, not sure it would matter there, though.) But Schuhmann’s point is valid still — Boston’s starting five with Shaq in the lineup outscored opponents by 19.1 points per 100 possessions. Swap in the also injured at times Glen Davis in that with the Celtics big four and they are up 17 points per 100 possessions. (The most dominant lineup, by the way, was the Mavericks lineup with Caron Butler.)

What Shaq brings is an inside scoring presence that Boston lacks right now, allowing teams to stick tighter with players on the perimeter.


And on the offensive end of the floor, where the Celtics have been struggling most over the last month, is where Shaq can help the Celtics most. The lineup of Rondo, Allen, Pierce, Garnett and O’Neal has shot a ridiculous 58 percent from the field (easily the highest among five-man units that have played 200 minutes together). And with O’Neal on the floor, Allen (38-for-69) and Pierce (30-for-59) have combined to shoot an incredible 53 percent from 3-point range.

There are legitimate questions about how much Shaq can give or if he can stay healthy. There are legitimate questions about if this year the dip is about father time catching up with Boston in a way it did not in previous years. Those questions can only be answered once the playoffs start.

But Boston does have another gear in them once Shaq returns to the lineup. And that gear may be one the other teams in the East cannot match.

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/09/%e2%80%9cjust-wait-until-shaq-gets-back%e2%80%9d-is-legitimate-argument-for-boston/