Shaqs whining about Spurs flops....

[Reality]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6mvfKF3B3w&eurl=http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92666

Snaqs hypocrisy has not changed since his Laker daze.

[westkoast]

You mean Orlando?

There was a point in time where Shaq's foot work was above average for a man of his size and people were flopping.  Now he is straight bull dozing players because he doesn't have the same movement.  That foul that Flabs drew on him was a perfect example.  You cannot put your arms, elbows, and stomach into a defender to move him.  That is a foul.  No flop.  The Big Craptus needs to stop making excuses.

[Reality]

You mean Orlando?

[westkoast]

His orlando DAZE 

[Wolverine]

There was a point in time where Shaq's foot work was above average for a man of his size

I disagree, 'Koast.  There was a time when his footwork was AWESOME, and he clearly had one of the game's best go-to moves in the post - his drop-step.

I will say that his footwork has slowed as he's gotten up there in age, and he's definitely more likely to go through people these days than use a quick move.

[SPURSX3]

What's funny is that the Suns were the ones flopping in the first half of the game.  Then when Kurt and Manu start doing it then they try to call us on it.  That's the playoffs though, you got to use whatever you can to win.  Shaqs whining is just a way to get the refs to help them out.  Hope tonight go in the Spurs favor.

[JoMal]

Two things -

Shaq was clearly within the restricted zone, so the call was an easy one to make and no arguement could be made otherwise.

Second, back in his Laker daze, or Orlando daze, I do not belief he had to worry about any restricted zone, since that came into play more recently, and, if I recall, bacame the new rule because Shaq would plant himself under the basket and swat the littlons back into the cheap seats every time they came into his play zone.