Category: Shaquille O'Neal

NBA All Star game strongest in years

On Sunday NBA fans were witness to the most entertaining NBA All Star game in years. It had intensity and a very interesting sub plot.
The game actually featured defense and intense play (yes, by the end of the game it was a dunk contest of such with the west leading by 20 or so). Typically [...]

No Comments by Ryantific / February 16, 2009 / Posted in: All-Star Game, Kobe Bryant, NBA, Ryantific, Shaquille O'Neal

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What if … What if … What if Shaq & Kobe stuck together

Great question posed on the Dan Patrick show today:Are Shaq and Kobe remembered for what they did together (three titles with the L.A. Lakers) or what they didn’t do together (nine titles?)? Reminds me of Billy Hoyle and Sidney Deane in White Men Can’t Jump. Those dudes coulda won so much more dough.
Then again, had [...]

No Comments by Slim / November 20, 2008 / Posted in: BSlim, Editor, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA, Shaquille O'Neal

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Rockets get a steal in Artest

Ron Artest is allegedly going to the Rockets for next to nothing. I don’t know why more people aren’t making a big deal about this trade like they did when the Lakers “stole” Pau Gasol from Memphis for next to nothing. What are the Kings getting for Artest? The Rockets’ first-round draft pick next year, [...]

No Comments by Ryantific / July 30, 2008 / Posted in: Los Angeles Lakers, Ron Artest, Ryantific, Sasha Vujacic, Shaquille O'Neal

Seven Wonders of the (Sports) World

It’s official: eight new natural wonders have been added to the World Heritage List.The U.S. got shut out this year, but the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Mexico and Joggins Fossil Cliffs in Canada finally made the cut.What does this have to do with sports, you ask?Well, all this talk about wonders of the world [...]

No Comments by Slim / July 12, 2008 / Posted in: BSlim, Barry Bonds, Editor, How do you have a job, Shaquille O'Neal

Cover your eyes, Shaq’s at the line

Tonight’s Suns-Spurs game reminded me of the Elks Lodge Hoops Shoot contests we used to compete in as a kid.You know, those cover-your-eyes free-throw contests where 8- to 10-year olds shanked free throws all over your rundown junior high gymnasium — lucky to hit rim on every other shot attempt.If you went 7 of 10 [...]