brightsideofthesun.com - 1/1/2009
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For weeks now I have been pondering the true meaning of Shaq's vocal demands for the ball and his efforts to mold the Suns in his image.
He's not been subtle :
“I have been telling my teammates all year, if they get the ball to me and let me do what I do then I can still put up ...
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The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com —
... games and 13 road games. Their most recent break in the action ends Friday at Staples Center against injury-ravaged Utah, followed by two more home games — Sunday against Portland and Tuesday against New Orleans. ‘We’ve had a lot of breaks,’ Bryant said. ‘We’ve had a lot of times where we’ve had three or four days between games, which is very rare. The flip side of that, though, is you’re going to have to make it up at some point in time.’”
Bright Side of the Sun: Shaq’s team defined
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Suns bop Bobcats 112-102, injuries mount
Fanster.com —
... Anyway – I like the pace with the 1st unit. Nash pushed the ball when he could and if the early shot wasn’t there they pulled up and looked for Shaq on the trailer in the secondary break and only then worked it around and into the post. This is something we saw earlier in the year. It was a little more under control then the first three games and more sustainable. ...
With “Seven Seconds or Shaq” Suns find inner peace
Fanster.com —
... 2) If those easy looks in the paint aren't there then the next option is Shaq as the trailer. This is something we did see for a time early in the season and is quite the effective (and terrifying) weapon. ...
The Suns season of discontent - how the mighty fell
Fanster.com —
... Well, turns out I was in fact on Planet Crack Pipe but before we hit rock bottom there was yet another high to be had in the form of Shaq's Team as 2008 ended. ...
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