Shaquille O'Neal Rumors & News

BY MEL BRACHTTNT studio analysts Shaquille O'Neal and Charles Barkley squabbled over Kevin Durant's missed jump shot as the Thunder's dramatic fourth-quarter comeback came up short in deciding Game 4 Wednesday night. “He had a good look,” Barkley said.Read more on NewsOK.com

Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard joined Ernie Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley on the set of TNT's "Inside The NBA" on Wednesday night. Lillard also stopped by the NBA TV set for an interview before Wednesday night's games. Here's video and a transcript of that appearance. Here's the full video of the TNT segment via YouTube user firstandskol. Lillard answered a few questions before walking through a pick-and-roll situation. A few quotes are below. A few choice quotes... "First of all, you're smaller than I thought you were. You look bigger on tele...

BY MEL BRACHTTNT studio analysts questioned Thunder coach Scott Brooks' strategy of continually hacking Rockets center Omer Asik in the fourth quarter of Game 5 Wednesday night. Shaquille O'Neal, who knows something about being hacked, said Asik was beginning to feel comfortable on the free-throw line. “When they do it that many times, you actually develop a little bit of a rhythm,” he said.Read more on NewsOK.com

Since Shaquille O'Neal's retirement a couple of seasons ago, Grant Hill has been the second oldest player in the NBA. Kurt Thomas, born October 4 1972, is a day older than Hill, who was born October 5. And would you believe that both Hill and Thomas were born in Dallas? Hill is of course the son of Dallas Cowboys running back Calvin Hill; Thomas was born and bred in the metroplex, attending High School in Dallas and playing his college ball at TCU in Fort Worth (go Horned Frogs!). Thomas had seemed to be on his last legs as an NBA player for years. The gut he was carrying around this ...

So, um, about last night... Tobias Harris, the Milwaukee Bucks' first-round pick in the 2011 NBA Draft, scored 30 points and grabbed 19 rebounds against his former team. It's a stat line only one other player has ever accomplished before his 21st birthday, and his name is Shaquille O'Neal. Harris' performance featured a game-tying three with just over a second remaining and an emphatic open-court dunk at the end of an overtime period dominated by the Magic. If the game as a whole was pushing Bucks fans closer and closer to the edge, the three shoved them over and the dunk...well, the d...

Headlines With Jazz losing at Utah, Lakers climb back into eighth place - latimes.com Shaquille O'Neal says he never had 'real dislike' for Kobe Bryant - latimes.com Los Angeles Lakers to fix mistake on Shaquille O'Neal's retired jersey - ESPN Los Angeles Metta World Peace off crutches, 'excited' for return to Los Angeles Lakers' lineup - ESPN Los Angeles Bryant maxing out his minutes, production - Los Angeles Lakers Blog - ESPN Los Angeles Lakers News Mark Cuban pokes fun at Phil Jackson - Los Angeles Lakers Blog - ESPN Los Angeles Lakers – Mavs Postgame Numbers " Lakers Blog Lake...

A jersey retirement ceremony is supposed to be a momentous celebration, when a franchise chooses to highlight an individual who has contributed greatly to the franchise's history. Usually, these are joyous occasions when all of the greats from a franchise will come out to welcome the newest member of the club. Last night's ceremony to put Shaquille O'Neal's jersey in the rafters had all of that, but it also had a strange, awkward vibe that was telling of the tangled, and not all together positive, relationships that entwine the most recent eras of Lakers basketball. It all starts with ...

It pains Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban he no longer has a sparring partner. That distinction usually belonged to former Lakers coach Phil Jackson and former Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal.