Well, back at it again with his usual idiotic trash talking, Shaq is vowing to get revenge on the Spurs during the season opener on October 29. This time I think the brash, veteran wannabe rapper has really put his foot in his mouth. In an interview he made the ultimate mistake by promising to counter the Hack-a-Shaq strategy by exhibiting rare form at the free-throw line. Now there is an idea. Shaq actually hitting free-throws with consistency? Yeah....that's never happened so why in the hell would it work now? On a good day I believe Shaq could hit a corner of a BARN after air mailing a couple f--- basketballs onto the roof!! To fathom why he conjures up this crap and makes empty promises is beyond reason.
Everyone knows Shaq isn't the same player he used to in the 90's era (liked to slam dunk often to avoid shooting free-throws). With age a factor, slowing him down on the court and endurance not favoring him at all he better figure out how to hit free-throws soon. The season is not far off with teams like the Spurs determined to foul him, knowing without a shadow of a doubt that Shaq can't shoot at the line worth a s***!! For the brick layer to state that his opponents rely too much on the Hack-a-Shaq/Hack-a-Smack strategy is dumb because of course this will only make them clamp down on him even more with relentless force.
The Suns have two options for the season: one being to jerk Shaq and have him on the bench during crunch time to avoid costing them the game at the line or leave him in to embarrass the team and himself while ruining a potentially great ending to a game. The smart choice is clear, but knowing Shaq he'll be bull headed and want do things the hard way. I already feel bad for the Suns' fans. They are sure to be set up for disappointment. His teammates especially Steve Nash will have to find ways to keep the ball out of the Diesel's hands to salvage games.
The only hope for Shaq to show prowess with his numerous free shots expected for the season is to wear his old Reebok pumps, crank those babies up for good luck and pray the shoes don't explode upon impact on the court. Actually I don't think anything will work for him since his technique hasn't changed over the years. Having a instrumental free-throw shooting video wouldn't help either because with the angles he'd try it could only result in too many bricks bouncing off the rims while deafening a home crowd. It takes quite a bit of gall to make claims as Shaq has while bragging about his greatest weakness. After the season when Shaq has recorded a career high in free-throw misses the Suns will say adios. He needs to forget about releasing another rap song too because that crap can only get worse!
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