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The spin doctors are at it again!!! They don't want to blurt out the fact that it was a "Spurs Dagger" removed from his heart!!!
For all the negative buzz about Shaquille O'Neal's health, Suns team physician Thomas Carter almost was expecting to find a giant plagued by structural abnormalities and rampant tendinitis during the center's physical this week.
It was the opposite. He said 7-foot-1 O'Neal weighed 321 pounds, carried 11 percent body fat and showed minimal arthritis for a 35-year-old man of his size.
"There's no reason he can't get back to playing a high level from a structural standpoint," Carter said.
He said the hip injury that has sidelined O'Neal was as good as could be expected, because the tightness was in his soft tissue.
His surgery history consists of only one that removed spurs from his right toe and a left-knee arthroscopic procedure, which has led to only "slight arthritis."
"It's not as severe as many players of his age and stature would have," Carter said.
O'Neal will return to Phoenix on Sunday and have a workout. He will practice Monday and could play a game no earlier than Thursday's at home against Dallas, the final game before All-Star break.
The spin doctors are at it again!!! They don't want to blurt out the fact that it was a "Spurs Dagger" removed from his heart!!!
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It was the opposite. He said 7-foot-1 O'Neal weighed 321 pounds, carried 11 percent body fat and showed minimal arthritis for a 35-year-old man of his size.
7'1'' is really tall. tall people have back problems. He's 35. A career of bruising in the paint has taken its toll. combine that with 35 pounds of fat, and it doesn't look too good for shaq daddy and the one-and-done... i mean run-and-gun suns.
"Suns' team physician" is analogous to Gonzo as dubya's A-G. The in-house doc (or in-house lawyer) is gonna hype what his employers want to hear.
Shaq's 11% body fat, I doubt it's that low, is still way above a lot other players, esp for somebody with such a long history of leg/foot/ankle injuries. eg, what is % b/f of the Spurs' rotation? I think Michael has probably the highest b/f, judging from his undefined shoulders.
Shaq is not anywhere near his peak overweight of a couple years ago, but he's far from lean and mean, and committed. Rain or shine, win or lose, play or sit it out with a bad little toe, he's got $40M salary guaranteed. There's no way the Suns get $40M back in value. Shaq won't even produce Marion's stat line.
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As if the ing trainer would come out and say he's fat.
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Shaq isn't fat..he's big.
Then he's just flat lazier than he used to be. He looks horrible.
Well it ain't like he's slim...
You can't tell me he's 12% BF, either. That would have made him -12% at Orlando when he was SO much slimmer. I might buy 20-22%.
Compared to my 5%, YES, he's fat.
lets see they guy has played sparingly this season and has been sitting out bc of a bad hip limiting his workouts im sure and he comes in at 11% BF, thats BS. just bc he got traded to the suns all of a sudden he his relatively healthy and in shape, you have got to be kidding me
Consider the source, too. Someone from the Suns org is going to say negative things about Shaq?
Compared to my 5%, YES, he's fat.
STFU YOU BRAGGING ASSHOLE
yeah, he's just as skinny as Big Baby
-Mars
Shaq is big and fat!
Because he is.
Who did quite a job on Duncan today...
Tonightlet me know when Rasho actually plays again?
Shaq will be good on PHX, mark my words on that
is going to get ugly when Amare/Shaq play Duncan/_______
You're an idiot of epic proportions.
The Suns' medical staff is considered one of the best in the league by the ppl who know, not your pea brain.
Do you really think than a team Dr would stake his reputation, the players or the franchises to sugar coat the subject?
Why is it that all the posters w/ less than 75 posts or so are always the idiots?? Oh yeah... duh.
Dumb ass
Amare Stoudemire and Grant Hill prove the Suns' medical staff is a joke....
He may not be fat but he is lazy and prone to injuries......
I have a feeling Shaq is gonna surprise a lot of people, when he wasnt in foul trouble he played pretty decent, but not being able to move his feet is what led to him getting into foul trouble, his fg percentage and #s while he actually plays are still very respectable.
Shaq is done. It's like a used car. Miami bought Shaq when he still had some miles on him. You could still drive him for another few years. Now the transmission, gear box, axle, and engine all need to be replaced. Only thing is it's not worth it. Might as well buy a new car just like the Lakers did. They basically traded in Shaq for Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol. Lakers have been on the receiving end of some great trades and once they traded away Shaq I knew he was going to win another ring. This time around Shaq is done.
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