milkyway21
11-29-2006, 03:01 AM
Maybe.
But not good enough to defend their title. Wade made it possible for Miami to win over Dallas winning their title last yr. But, ShaQ provided experience and post dominance to create open space and looks for Wade. Zo too! But Zo is not 100% with his kidney condition and ShaQ is one yr older and this surgery might take longer to heal. His toes took him weeks this might too :lol
And we know how much drama Shaq wants to do every after injury just to stay away from fingers who might want to point at him after losing a game or two. He like to exaggerates at times( acc to his best friend Kobe).
:wakeup
MIAMI -- First, Shaq sat. To take a load off his surgically repaired left knee, he settled into a chair outside the Miami Heat locker room Tuesday.
Then he spoke barely above a whisper into a cluster of microphones in front of his face. For those straining to hear, the message was nonetheless clear: Shaquille O'Neal latest injury should not be interpreted as a sign that he's in decline.
"They've been saying that the last 10 years," said O'Neal, speaking publicly for the first time since his surgery on Nov. 19. "I'm going to stick to my formula. I know what I've been doing, and nobody does it better, even at the tender age of 34." :D
O'Neal has been sidelined since Nov. 12, when he tore knee cartilage against Houston, and he's expected to be out until at least Dec. 23.
A year ago, when O'Neal sprained his ankle in Miami's home opener and missed 18 games, there was talk his body was breaking down. He recovered, sat out only five more games and led the Heat to the National Basketball Association title for his fourth championship ring.
Now that he's in the middle of another layoff, rumblings about slippage in his productivity have resurfaced. He dismisses detractors.
"I don't say anything to people that could never do the stuff that I can do," he said.
Miami's sub-.500 record in O'Neal's absence suggests his value remains high. The Heat went 10-13 without him a year ago, and they're 4-6 without him this month.
"My brothers are out there struggling right now, and I should be out there with them," he said. "It's very, very difficult to watch."
He's expected to remain on the bench for a while. The injury originally was diagnosed as a hyperextended knee, and O'Neal said he was surprised when an MRI exam revealed the need for surgery.
His layoff is projected to be four to six weeks following the operation, and O'Neal has yet to resume running.
"It's like starting over," he said. "A couple of days before I got the second diagnosis, I made the comment that my leg was dead. Usually when you have a knee injury, your quads and everything just shut down. That's what was happening. Now I just have to rebuild all that back up."
O'Neal has missed 185 games during his 15-year NBA career, but this is the first time he needed rehabilitation therapy following an operation.
"I hope his thought process is that he tries to almost reinvent himself physically," coach Pat Riley said. "He has to come back a lot lighter, a lot leaner. Those kinds of things are really important now."
No problem, O'Neal said.
"I'll be in shape good enough to help the team out and help win games and further what we're trying to do," he said.
AP News
But not good enough to defend their title. Wade made it possible for Miami to win over Dallas winning their title last yr. But, ShaQ provided experience and post dominance to create open space and looks for Wade. Zo too! But Zo is not 100% with his kidney condition and ShaQ is one yr older and this surgery might take longer to heal. His toes took him weeks this might too :lol
And we know how much drama Shaq wants to do every after injury just to stay away from fingers who might want to point at him after losing a game or two. He like to exaggerates at times( acc to his best friend Kobe).
:wakeup
MIAMI -- First, Shaq sat. To take a load off his surgically repaired left knee, he settled into a chair outside the Miami Heat locker room Tuesday.
Then he spoke barely above a whisper into a cluster of microphones in front of his face. For those straining to hear, the message was nonetheless clear: Shaquille O'Neal latest injury should not be interpreted as a sign that he's in decline.
"They've been saying that the last 10 years," said O'Neal, speaking publicly for the first time since his surgery on Nov. 19. "I'm going to stick to my formula. I know what I've been doing, and nobody does it better, even at the tender age of 34." :D
O'Neal has been sidelined since Nov. 12, when he tore knee cartilage against Houston, and he's expected to be out until at least Dec. 23.
A year ago, when O'Neal sprained his ankle in Miami's home opener and missed 18 games, there was talk his body was breaking down. He recovered, sat out only five more games and led the Heat to the National Basketball Association title for his fourth championship ring.
Now that he's in the middle of another layoff, rumblings about slippage in his productivity have resurfaced. He dismisses detractors.
"I don't say anything to people that could never do the stuff that I can do," he said.
Miami's sub-.500 record in O'Neal's absence suggests his value remains high. The Heat went 10-13 without him a year ago, and they're 4-6 without him this month.
"My brothers are out there struggling right now, and I should be out there with them," he said. "It's very, very difficult to watch."
He's expected to remain on the bench for a while. The injury originally was diagnosed as a hyperextended knee, and O'Neal said he was surprised when an MRI exam revealed the need for surgery.
His layoff is projected to be four to six weeks following the operation, and O'Neal has yet to resume running.
"It's like starting over," he said. "A couple of days before I got the second diagnosis, I made the comment that my leg was dead. Usually when you have a knee injury, your quads and everything just shut down. That's what was happening. Now I just have to rebuild all that back up."
O'Neal has missed 185 games during his 15-year NBA career, but this is the first time he needed rehabilitation therapy following an operation.
"I hope his thought process is that he tries to almost reinvent himself physically," coach Pat Riley said. "He has to come back a lot lighter, a lot leaner. Those kinds of things are really important now."
No problem, O'Neal said.
"I'll be in shape good enough to help the team out and help win games and further what we're trying to do," he said.
AP News