Vlade Divac says, "Shaq was strong, not talented"

[Rakim Allah]

word, if only they had enough of lex luthors strength to buy the refs like Lakers did

Kings did in games 2 and 5

 

[Woodrow]

Ya'll agree with that


Shaq's footwork around the basket was all talent. That's some shyt you work on, especially for someone his size. I think people look at his youtube clips, see him bulling over people and make their judgement off his strength, not the footwork that helped make his opponents off-balance. He was also a willing and very good passer out of the post.

shaq had the footwork of a dude 5'8". made no earthly sense how someone that large could move that fluidly.

 

[Ed MOTHEREFFING G]

those of us who saw shaq at LSU, the hype before the draft, and his rookie year...that first game on NBC...the 94 finals...the lakersrun...the HEAT revival...were spoiled at the time and didn't know.

 

[richtree]

Divac must have been drinking when he made that statement. Shaq's positioning, footwork and coordination were phenomenal.
The combination of his brute strength + skill is what made him the most dominant force.
He should know this better than anyone after having his ass handed to him repeatedly in the post.

 

[MrFettuccinnePockets]

Shaq was unstoppable

 

[JP_614]

BIG FLOP DIVAC HARD SHAQ WAS A MONSTER

 

[Hoganese]

Call a top five center of all time untalented brehs

 

[verbaltelekinesis]

Vlade should know better. If you're a fellow big man, you gotta acknowledge how difficult it is for a man that big to drop step, reverse pivot, baseline drive spin middle and the list goes on and on.

Shaq's footwork is 2nd only to Dream in my opinion.

 

[street heat]

i think shaq had talent, but you all are kidding yourselves if you think his dominance wasnt mostly to his brute strength, agility, and freak athleticism at that size.

 

[Th3G3ntleman]

I let beef die on the bruh

Beef never dies, it multiplies

Shaq's little bunny hook was second only to Duncan in terms of post success I've seen with my eyes. I missed a lot of the Dream era, when i was really fukkin with bball nicca was a Raptor .

 

[Playa With Tha Passport]

Only reason sac lost to lal was because of the refs fixing gms

 

[The Frozen One]

No joke, if I was a pf or center in the nba when shaq was in his prime, I would be shytting my pants and have the :crybron: face everytime my team played the lakers.

This nikka wasn't just strong, he was just DOMINANT and he knew how to play.

 

[Savior]

Damn I always liked Vlade but this comment is pure salt from him....there's never been a dude Shaq's size that was able to move like that. 7'1 325 with that kind of finesse with the ball. Shaq was a once in a generation combination of size and TALENT

 

[Leasy]

Shaq was a beast and I couldn't stand that dude then but he a all time great

 

[SuperNintendo Chalmers]

Shaq was a genetic and athletic anomaly. We might never see that again. And he was skilled, just lacked focus and motivation consistently.

But he was fukkING LAZY. He just lacked a consistent work ethic.

His MVP year was his best year.

He was just comfortbale. It is what it is.

Divac was solid though. He was perfect for that Kings team.