Shaq's (aka The Big Diesel, The Big Aristotle, Superman, The Big Shaqtus among others) dominance at the center position hasn't been seen since the likes of Russell, Chamberlain, and Kareem. He has won an MVP, multiple Finals and All Star MVPs and is a 4 time champion. In the 1999-00 season he won all of those awards. He has the 5th most points scored (28,596) 4th most in the playoffs (5,280) 2nd most All Star selections (15) and the most 20 point/10 rebound seasons (13) in NBA history.
With the talent off the court to match, he's starred in 3 movies, probably Kazaam being his most popular role. He put out 4 rap albums. One went gold and one went platinum. His most famous song probably was "What's up Doc? (Can We Rock)" a song he appeared in by the Fu-Schnikens which also went gold.
In his prime, he was probably the 4th best player I saw live, behind Jordan, Bird and Magic. Coaches had to come up with a whole different game plan for him. It was labeled the Hack-a-Shaq as free throws was his kryptonite and only weakness to his game.
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