How Shaq Used to Celebrate His Birthday
Over at ESPN they're having a debate about O'neal's place among the greatest centers of all time. As far as I'm concerned, he's in the top five, but certainly not at the top of the list. Yes, he's lazy and could have done a lot more with the physical gifts he was blessed with (some of his peers have said that if he took basketball seriously, he could've become the greatest player ever), but the fact remains that he's won 4 titles, gone to the finals 5 times, won a scoring title, led the league in scoring, has an MVP, and is a first ballot Hall of Famer.
That being said, Kareem (6 titles; 6 MVP's; all-time scoring leader; fought Bruce Lee) and Russell (11 titles; 5 MVP's; one of the greatest laughs ever) were better. But not by much.




