It's a wonder what Shaq can do with a bit of motivation.
In shape and healthy entering training camp for the first time since his MVP campaign in 1999-2000, Shaq has restored the dominance that made him perhaps the game's greatest in that department.
Not that it ever completely left.
Averages of 17.4 points and nine boards are his best totals in three years, and the Big Fella isn't getting any younger, turning 37 in March.
Shaq has stepped in nicely as the team's No. 1 option during the games playmaker Steve Nash has missed due to injuries or the times top scorer Amare Stoudemire was in foul trouble.
In shape and healthy entering training camp for the first time since his MVP campaign in 1999-2000, Shaq has restored the dominance that made him perhaps the game's greatest in that department.
Not that it ever completely left.
Averages of 17.4 points and nine boards are his best totals in three years, and the Big Fella isn't getting any younger, turning 37 in March.
Shaq has stepped in nicely as the team's No. 1 option during the games playmaker Steve Nash has missed due to injuries or the times top scorer Amare Stoudemire was in foul trouble.
Most impressive has been O'Neal's stretch and leap to respectability at the foul line. Including a stretch of 13 consecutive makes, his 62.8 percent efficiency at the stripe is the best of his career. If only he had been motivated from 15 feet away the past 16 years.
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