Shaquille O’Neal wasn’t precisely getting the season finisher runs he at first figured he would have in the wake of joining the purple and gold establishment. This prompted significant analysis of ‘Large Diesel’, which just incensed him. While the Lakers seemed to be authentic competitors in the last part of the 90s, they generally needed when it came to the end of the season games. After numerous long stretches of losing, Shaq took out his dissatisfaction by ripping off five urinals.
Jerry West came in, and he recounted to me a story I didn’t have any idea,” O’Neal made sense of. “He said, ‘Child, quiet down. I went to the Finals multiple times before I won it with the Lakers,’ so I didn’t feel as terrible. So I’m ripping a urinal off, and I was like, ‘Hang tight, you went to the Finals multiple times and lost?’ He expressed, ‘Quiet down! It makes sense to you’ll! It makes sense to you’ll!
“He’s the main man that had me panicked on the court” — Shaquille O’Neal on playing against Michael Jordan
Coming into the new thousand years, obviously the Michael Jordan period was finished and it was at last time for new stars to take the lofty position. Shaq was quite possibly the earliest player to do it in the post-Jordan period.
