Shaq talks legacy and takes shot at Walton

[AboveLegit]

Shaquille O’Neal’s(notes) totaled 10 points in his past four games, and that includes the goose egg he dropped against his old Los Angeles Lakers in the building he helped make famous. Shaq still fills a room, if not also the lane, and his megawatt personality hasn’t dimmed a bit, but he’s a role player now. He’ll likely be headed to the bench soon, and he’s OK with that, too. Thirty-eight years old and still chasing championships in the twilight of his career with the Boston Celtics – life could be worse.

 

“It’s hard not being in charge for me. It really is. But I got to accept it,” O’Neal said. “This is a good team. I’m not the only Hall-of-Famer hopeful here.

 

“If I was on a [expletive] team, I’d be pissed right now. Two points? I would have [expletive] somebody up in the locker room.”

 

“Whatever they do to get me my shots, I’ll shoot at a high clip,” said O’Neal, who is averaging 5.5 shots per game. “But it’s not something I worry about. It’s all about winning, baby. Stats don’t matter. None of that [expletive] matters to me. I’ve been there and done that.

 

“I’m right behind my father, Wilt Chamberlain. I’m cool with points. I’m good. If I pass him up, I do. If I don’t, I’m cool.”

 

“I don’t worry about my legacy,” O’Neal said. “I look at it like this: There are certain guys that have legacies, and I’ve [expletive] tripled and quadrupled what the [expletive] they did, like Bill Walton. That’s how I look at it. Real talk. Everybody has a pen, so everybody’s going to say otherwise. But I know guys that got one [championship] and they got $60,000 speaking gigs off what they did 30 years ago. My legacy is straight. I don’t worry about it.

 

“I’ve prepared myself for [the end of his career] when I came in. For like the first 10 years my father would tell me, ‘You need to own some [stuff].’ I said, ‘Why? I make a lot of money.’ He said, ‘What if you hurt your knee or something?’ From then I’ve been in business mode. So I’ve been thinking about the day I’m done playing for a long time. And I’ll be fine.

 

“It will be real easy, real easy, real easy. Too easy.”

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[Clutch]

he doesnt worry about his legacy? hes been desperately moving from team to team BECAUSE he is worried about finishing his legacy off right

[Real Deal]

There was too much focus on Kupchak's comments about making a trade, Cleveland's losing streak, Durant and Bosh feud, and LaMarcus Aldridge dropping 40 against the Spurs...Shaq just had to say something to draw the media in.