Shaq made fun of on Miami Heat Forum

KoolMo

My Name is Shaq and I once faked an injury...

KoolMo · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:02 pm Post subject:

Classic comment and the graphic is nicely done. Dude got skills.

daxeqtr · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:23 pm Post subject:

I don't really think he was being made fun of. The picture came from CL I think.

MAJIC · Star Player Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 3320 Location: OC

Yea I found this on a Heat site as well...

Vintage Shaq...

yrh · Rookie Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 17

when did he fake an injury?

Exick · Site Staff Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 15880

The dude who posted the graphic is named jminges. He's one of us.
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SenorJefe · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 7:51 am Post subject:

astrallionheart · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:06 am Post subject:

So he was in a game, then said he wanted to heal from surgery injuries? That doesn't make sense. Must be something else, or else that was just an incoherent banner.

SenorJefe · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:09 am Post subject:

^If I remember correctly, I believe the rumor was that his injury wasn't as bad as he made it out to be. It seemed he took too much time sitting on the bench in plain clothes and let the rest of the team work their arses off.
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hoopschick29 · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:30 am Post subject:

I don't think Shaq has ever straight out faked an injury. But there have been some questionables, starting in 2003 when Kobe was in the middle of his 40+ streak. The Lakers had just come off a home loss to the Spurs breaking their 6 game winning streak. Kobe had like 45 points. But what was most noteable was that Shaq only had 5 rebounds and was completely worked over by 40 year old Kevin Willis. Instead of Shaq just saying Kevin outhustled him, he said he had a knee injury and needed some time off to let it heal. He left for 3 games. Meanwhile, the streak continued and the Lakers won 2 of the 3 games Shaq was out. People behind the scenes whispered that Shaq wasn't really hurt. He was ticked that Kobe was stealing all his thunder AND the Lakers were stringing wins together for the first time that season.

The second came during the 2004 season. Shaq strained his calf muscle in a game against Seattle. It was just supposed to be a day-to-day injury. But Shaq ended up missing about 13 games. It doesn't seem like a big deal until you recall what was going on at the time. Shaq's camp and Buss' camp were still entrenched in heavily contentious negotiations. Actually there wasn't much negotiating going on because Shaq and Doc were about $10 mil per apart from agreeing to anything. About 5 games into the injury, Phil let it slip during a pregame news conference that Shaq had been given a medical clearance to play. Shaq was furious and the next day, Phil backtracked, saying that Shaq simply didn't feel good enough yet to play. About 2 games later, Kobe got his shoulder pinched in a game against Cleveland, and went on the DL for 5 games. Everybody figured Shaq would just suck it up and come back then because Gary was the only HOFer left. But he didn't. In fact, Kobe had finished his minimum 5 games on the DL and came back earlier than he should have because the team was losing so bad and Shaq STILL wasn't ready to play.

People think Dr. Buss shut down negotiations with Shaq because of Kobe. He shut down negotiations with Shaq because Shaq tried to hold the team hostage in the middle of the season by not playing.
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Bystander · Starting Rotation Joined: 19 Mar 2005 Posts: 752

I wonder if they refer to 2002/2003 season. After loss to SA game in Staples, Shaq said that he needs the time off because he was slower than 40 yrs old whatshisname, SA center. The most memorable games he missed were back-to-back Utah and hugely advertised Shaq-Yao II.

kobenbynum · Star Player Joined: 29 Jun 2005 Posts: 1276

Heh that guy is a Lakers fan from Cl and NBA wire.
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