All Entries Tagged With: "Shaquille O’Neal"
Kobe Bryant-LeBron James: The dream NBA finals that might never happen
Kobe Bryant-LeBron James: The dream NBA finals that might never happen The NBA, Nike and their TV partners (ABC and TNT) have been selling this dream finals ever since LeBron was drafted number one overall. Everything has been done by these two franchises to see this dream final comes to pass, a Kobe-LeBron finals will [...]
LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers a runaway Freight Train
This freight train is on a wild ride and taking down everything in its path. The Bulls went down in four, ok, so they won a game. But, I guess anyone can win a game in front of a home crowd especially if you have Derrick Rose taking over games to the point that James [...]
LeBron James shuts up Joakim Noah and the Bulls with 40 points
LeBron James scored 15 of his 40-point haul in a spectacular fourth quarter display as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Chicago Bulls 112-102 on Monday to seize a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference playoff series. James added eight rebounds and eight assists in helping the Cavs retain homecourt advantage in the best-of-seven first round [...]
Joakim Noah: Kevin Garnett dirty, Paul Pierce a drama queen
Everyone is making a big deal of the Joakim Noah comments with regards Cleveland and Kevin Garnett. The Cleveland comments were not really that interesting or surprising, so we focus on the Garnett comments. First of all, Noah is right about Garnett, he’s very dirty player and that’s just how he plays. Rodman was a [...]
LeBron James and Shaq’s return too much for Derick Rose and the Bulls
The Bulls saw the all new lean and mean Shaquille O’Neal who returned to the Cavs lineup after missing the team’s final 23 regular season games with a thumb injury which he underwent surgery on and had a solid outing with 12 points on 5-9 shooting, five rebounds, four assists and three blocks in 25 [...]
No more excuses LeBron James, time to WIN a Championship
For years, people have been asking what the Cleveland Cavaliers could do for LeBron James. Now, if you’ll pardon a less than presidential paraphrase, it’s time to ask what LeBron can do for the Cavs. That’s not to say he hasn’t done a lot already. In late spring 2007, James delivered the franchise to a [...]
Shaq is Superman and Dwight Howard?
“Don’t compare me to nobody,” O’Neal said, borrowing a line from Jay-Z. “I’d rather not be mentioned. I’m offended.” These were Shaq’s words after the game against Orlando Magic (February 12, 2010) in response to comparing him to Dwight Howard who is also called Superman. Shaq made no secret of the fact that he wanted [...]
Kobe Bryant, greatest Laker ever? Not even close?
Kobe seats alone atop the Lakers scoring plateau and this has lead to a tsunami of chatter on the internet, water coolers and the ever re-inventive mass media about he’s place in Lakers’ history books. It was a monumental achievement in an organization where greatness is an expectation, and there are more championship rings than [...]
Greatest Lakers of all time (A-List Edition)
With Kobe Bryant becoming the All-Time Lakers point leader the question of the greatest Laker of All-Time arises. Greatest of All-Time? How does one determine who should be the greatest of all-time? I wrote in my article – Kobe Bryant, greatest Laker ever? Not even close?: I would think this will be a combination of [...]
Shaq’s Idea is just a start on how to revamp the NBA Slam Dunk Contest
It started with an innocent question from Tom Withers of the Associated Press. He asked Shaq if he wanted to see LeBron take part in the Slam Dunk Contest. Then Shaq rolled out an entire plan complete with a pop culture cause. (For the record, this was not a Shaq original idea. Jay Mariotti of [...]
2009-10 NBA Power Rankings: Week 12 (A-List Edition)
Make it three consecutive Mondays atop weekly NBA Power Rankings for the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cavs are the only team in the top 10 these days that can claim reasonably good health and on-the-court consistency, making them an automatic choice to retain the top spot in spite of a Friday slip-up at Denver with the [...]
2009-10 NBA Power Rankings: Week 11 (A-List Edition)
For all the grief Shaq gets about his pick-and-roll D, it hasn’t really hurt the Cavs yet. They’re giving up the league’s fewest points in the paint since bringing Shaq in, and D has fueled Cleveland’s surge to No. 1. Injury issues have started earlier this season. The list of health worries is a lot [...]
2009-10 NBA Power Rankings: Week 10 (A-List Edition)
The Lakers continue to roll on as the Celtics, Magic and Cavs try to catch up. The Hawks remains on at the number 4 spot and looking to move up as Christmas day games will see some of the big 3 fall. Here’s the complete list; 2009-10 Power Rankings: Week 10 RANK (LAST WK) TEAM [...]
A-List – Athletes of the Decade
There’s no doubt, it was unanimous, Barry Bonds was the Athlete of the Decade. This was a decade of outstanding consistence performance from lots of athlete worldwide, but none was more feared, hated and respected all at the same by opposing teams like Barry Bond. He has a record-setting seven Most Valuable Player awards, including [...]
2009-10 NBA Power Rankings: Week 8 (A-List Edition)
Kobe Bryant and the Lakers finally loss a game and Kobe nursing a sprained finger on he’s shooting hand. The Boston Celtic didn’t waste any time to jump in front and claim the number one position not just on the A-List NBA Power Rankings, but on all NBA Power Ranking across the board. There’s no [...]
Highest Paid Athletes 2009
With all of Tigers Woods sex scandal every one is wondering how Big really is mr. Woods. We thought we show you. The List of the highest paid athletes as compiled by Forbes magazine (Forbes.com) shows you the gap between Tiger woods and every other athlete on the globe. (Though this List highlights income earned [...]
2009-10 NBA Power Rankings: Week 7 (A-List Edition)
The lakers are undeniably the King of the NBA, they are healthy and Kobe Bryant as usual is having a wonderful season. Though most of their wins so far has been at home, but this team has proved year after year that they are road warriors, so we can expect thesame this year. Just below [...]
The NBA is missing out on marketing Gold in Kobe Bryant
Except this shot — this off-one-leg, swaying-to-the-left, three-point bank shot at the buzzer to beat Miami — was so ridiculous that it had his NBA peers firing off astounded tweets (“@rudygay22 Are you kidding me Kobe!”) and even Bryant had a hard time believing it. He called it “the luckiest shot I’ve made by far.”
Atlanta Hawks flying high and Beating down the competition
The Boston Celtics, Cleveland Caveliers and Orlando Magic all share one thing in common — and it’s not their love of dance theatre — but, rather they are all looking up at the Atlanta Hawks in the Eastern Conference standings. In an age where young guns have transformed into seasoned veterans and baby birds have [...]
The Allen Iverson – Lebron James combo is a winner
Cleveland Cavaliers has the biggest challenge of this coming off season and that’s convincing Lebron James to forget the big lights and the heavy endorsement that will come with the move to the empire state, or tell him he can win enough championships in Cleveland than going down to south beach and joining he’s pal [...]
Suns Flying High: 2009-10 NBA Power Rankings: Week 2 (A-List Edition)
Steve Nash is showing form of why he is a 2 time MVP of the League, Nash and the Suns are flying high over the competition and making ease of it all. Five of Suns’ seven games have been on the road in their remarkable 6-1 season opening, who made Boston look like a bad [...]
2009-10 NBA Power Rankings: Week 1 (A-List Edition)
The Tip off week has been more of a disappointment than any thing else: Cleveland just like the Suns last year can’t seem to find a way to utilize Shaq, any one could have seen that coming (Shaq and Lebron pairing not the solution for a Cleveland Title) The Lakers as we reported earlier (The [...]
The Top 10 offseason moves in the NBA
The NBA was full of big moves this off-season, and with Lamar Odom recently agreeing to re-sign with the Los Angeles Lakers, it appears as if the biggest moves of the off-season have been made—for now. So which teams made moves that considerably changed the landscape of the entire NBA? Let’s look at the top [...]
LeBron, Shaq this might work
CLEVELAND — The LeBron and Shaq Show is off and running. NBA icons, All-Stars and A-plus-list celebrities LeBron James and Shaquille O’Neal made their debut as Cleveland teammates on Tuesday night in the Cavaliers’ 92-87 preseason-opening victory over the Charlotte Bobcats. The two are hoping to end this city’s pro sports championship drought stretching to [...]
Shaq Finally won a Contest! Beats Phelps in the Pool.
Cleveland Cavaliers center Shaquille O’Neal finally won something on his show Shaq Vs. O’Neal competed against Olympic champion Michael Phelps. In the final episode of the show, O’Neal took on Phelps in three swim races (best 2 out of 3 wins). O’Neal won the first race. Phelps swam 50 yards freestyle (with a five second [...]
