Yes, it’s All Shaq All the Time today. While writing about Shaquille O’Neal in previous posts here, I bumped into several of his various and sundry nicknames. For starters, “Shaq” itself is a nickname. But we won’t even count that as one. Many Shaq nicknames were those he gave to himself. In his mind he […]

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Shaquille O’Neal will have played for at least four NBA teams by the time he retires — the Magic, the Lakers, the Heat and the Suns. But it seems clear where his retired jersey should hang. In Staples Center. So, look for a No. 34 — his number in L.A., where 32 (Magic Johnson) and […]

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This has been one of Shaquille O’Neal’s eternal vanities. One of several, but perhaps the most germane to his team winning or losing. His insistence, throughout his career, that everyone stop talking about his inability to make free throws because he “will make them when they matter.” At some future point in time. Well, making […]

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