Shaq calls Spurs Cowards and Disses Nash and Amare

by Phoenix Stan on Oct 15, 2008 6:33 PM MDT in Commentary Comment 8 comments

Audio from after today's practice. You can hear the following tidbits...

Barnes talks about fitting in with the Suns
Porter talks about Barnes fitting in and how things are going and about Tucker's strained calf which might keep him benched for the next game but isn't serious
Shaq calls the Spurs cowards for employing the hack-a-Shaq while leading by 10 and claims that the tactic didn't work since the Spurs didn't get past the Lakers. Huh?
Shaq takes credit for Posey's and Capono's contracts and how guys just need to play off him and he will make them rich
Shaq talks about how his guards don't stay in front of their man which makes him have to cover guys like Tony Parker and that he makes Tony take a tough shot but his team mates then have to box out Duncan so he doesn't get the board
Shaq talks about how poor the Suns rotations were against the Spurs leading to Duncan hitting a "fucking three" (Amare - he might be talking to you)
Shaq explains how being a great team mate and leader means always supporting his guys and how he never gets down on those around him and how he wouldn't ever hand out blame to his fellas and how he's going to shoot 80% from the line...or not

[Note by Phoenix Stan, 10/15/08 9:19 AM PDT ]

My bad. I misremembered the many end of game daggers from game 1 of the Spurs series last year.

Amare didn't switch on Finley's end of game 3. He wasn't on the floor for Duncan's fucking three. That would have been either Nash or Bell that should have followed Shaq's defensive call to switch.

I do agree with Shaq that everyone needs to be on the same page. I am so glad he's here to provide leadership and enhance team chemistry by calling these things out and making it clear that shooting 50% from the line isn't his fault but should be blamed on the cowardly Spurs.

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Shaq is a dope

Maybe since Shaq said that if he’d fought more with Kobe then the Lakers would have won more titles while he was there, he’s decided that the way to win in Phoenix is by fighting with Nash and Amare?

by WildYams on Oct 14, 2008 6:45 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Annoying

it’s fun to see Shaq saying delusional things and being stupid… when he wasn’t on our team.

On Duncan’s “fucking three”, who left him to cover Manu?

by gadogry on Oct 15, 2008 7:55 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Cowardly

I really don’t get how it can be a fair/good strategy when the other team is behind but cowardly when they’re ahead.

Amy I just stating the obvious? Is he going senile? Or, has he always been like this but we just didn’t get the local media.

Mmmmm ... Guinness

by JSun on Oct 15, 2008 2:12 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

I think he's always been like this

we just ignored it

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by Phoenix Stan on Oct 15, 2008 3:09 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

jesus, shaquille, you’re old, you don’t matter anymore….just shut up and be a role player. do we really have to put up with two more seasons of this crap?

by RD74 on Oct 15, 2008 5:09 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Shaq ain't worth 20 million a season

But he’s right about one thing. Raja Bell is terribly overrated as a defensive 2-guard, and Nash’s insanely poor defense is probably the team’s biggest weakness. People talk about Nash making it 6 v 5 on offense with his control and vision of the ball and court, but whenever Nash is on the floor it’s pretty much 4 v 5 on defense because he refuses to stay in front of people who aren’t really quick enough to get past him, and refuses to challenge shots that he could have challenged, and does not put any contact or physicality on his man whatsoever. One of the biggest issues is that, just about every player Nash tries/pretends to guard usually ends up shooting 11/15 and scoring 30, which still negates the 11/15 for 30 pts and 12 dimes that Nash sometimes can bring.

by felixthm on Oct 16, 2008 6:27 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Nash's Biggest Defensive Liability

It’s his off-the-ball defense. Look, very few players can stay in front of Parker or Chris Paul. Quite a few have problems with the likes of T.J. Ford. Almost anyone in the leauge can take another guy off the dribble one-on-one. That’s going to happen.

Where Nash is routinely in trouble is that when he’s off the ball, he is nowhere near his guy. So, when his mark gets the ball, he’s already out of position and playing catch-up. This makes his poor defensive skills glaringly worse.

Mmmmm ... Guinness

by JSun on Oct 16, 2008 6:12 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Shaq

Poor guy he is loosing it. Way to sum it all up. I watched the Knicks play the other night and all I can say is I am so terribly sorry guys. So terribly sorry.

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by Raeven on Oct 16, 2008 2:43 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs