Where “getting shot” happens…

April 21, 2008

Excerpt from a MySA.com article (that Matt found, emphasis added by me):

Suns center Shaquille O’Neal won’t be adjusting his style of play in hopes of avoiding the early foul trouble that limited him to 30 minutes and 20 seconds in Saturday’s double-overtime Game 1 of the Spurs-Suns Western Conference first-round series.

“I ain’t changing nothing,” O’Neal said Sunday morning. “I’ve got 700 days left (on his contract), and I ain’t changing a (expletive) thing. Screw that. I got four (rings) doing it my way, and I’m going to continue doing it my way.”

O’Neal was still angry Sunday that he had been called for three offensive fouls on what he said were “flops” by Spurs players. He praised the physical inside play of Spurs power forward Tim Duncan, then promised he would not resort to flopping in hopes of drawing fouls on the Spurs’ star.

“He got a lot of points,” O’Neal said, “but I was on the bench a lot yesterday. But he’s going to do the same thing: Jump hook, fade, jump hook. He has all the moves on both blocks, but I’ve seen them before. And I’ll be there. But I’m going to play him like a man, though. Not falling like I just got (expletive) shot. None of that bull. That’s how you’re supposed to play.

“That (flopping) is some bull. Then you all write like these (expletive) guys can play. Give me a (expletive) break.”

You’ve got to admit, the level of trash talking is pretty entertaining. Considering the major American sports, football is the closest thing (yet it still pales in comparison) to the NBA as far as playoffs lines are concerned. Game 2 (of the Spurs-Suns series) will be good tomorrow. I’m, however, going to refrain from watching the Mavs game due to a personal superstition.

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