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Riley expects Shaq to return to team Sunday
2008-01-11 19:33:00
Heat center Shaq uille O'Neal had his first treatment on his bothersome left hip Tuesday in Los Angeles and coach Pat Riley expects him back with the team Sunday . "The initial reports of the testing and things like that have been positive," Riley said.An MRI exam Monday showed inflammation and soft tissue damage and treatments began Tuesday. He will have more treatment Thursday and Saturday in Los Angeles before returning home. O'Neal, who has bursitis, missed his sixth straight game Tuesday. He was injured when diving for a loose ball on Dec. 22 against Utah. He aggravated the injury four days later against Philadelphia and has not started since. O'Neal was bothered by soreness in his right hip early in the season but started the first 29 games. Mark Blount, who began the season as the Heat's third-string center behind O'Neal and Alonzo Mourning, started his fourth consecutive game Tuesday. "Without Zo and Shaq we'll occasionally dump it down to Mark or dump it down to Udonis ...
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O'Neal files for divorce from wife of five years
2007-09-15 15:47:00
Heat center Shaquille O'Neal has filed for divorce in Miami-Dade Circuit Court from Shaunie, his wife of five years and a constant at his side during the three seasons he has spent in South Florida. "She was served today," said Ira Elegant, O'Neal's Coral Gables-based attorney.The couple, Elegant confirmed, has a Cohabitation/Prenuptial Agreement and Acknowledgment of Property Disclosure and Waiver of Further Disclosure.The O'Neals have four children together ? Me'Arah, 1; Shaqir, 4; Amirah, 5; and Shareef, 7. Each also has a child from a previous relationship.The O'Neals own the Star Island home in Miami Beach that was previously owned by former Heat center Rony Seikaly. That house has been on the market since January.The O'Neals have worked on several charitable projects since the center's trade to the Heat in 2004, and this past season hosted the annual charity weekend put together by coach Pat Riley and his wife, Chris. They rode side-by-side in the team's 2006 NBA cham...
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2007-08-03 23:28:00
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Shaq is 'Sure' Riley will return as coach
2007-06-02 20:05:00
With his season ending unusually early, Shaq uille O'Neal has kept busy traveling (Las Vegas recently), spending time with family, publicizing his new ABC reality show and turning up the thermostat for his regular yoga sessions.Shaq opined on a few issues during a phone conversation:? Though O'Neal has been given no assurances and Pat Riley remains noncommittal publicly, O'Neal said he feels ''sure'' Riley will coach next season and that ''it's important'' Riley do so. O'Neal said Riley told players after the season that he ''will be here for the next five years'' -- though Riley, 62, didn't specify whether it would be as coach, president or both titles.? He said none of the conference finalists is better than the Heat. ``Cleveland was in the right bracket. This year was a bad-luck year.''? So what's the deal with the yoga? ''Just to be flexible, to get limber. In my 15 years, I've never stretched before games. This is the first time I'' will.? On returning ...
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Riley setting the record straight
2007-05-13 19:47:00
Shaquille O'Neal said Thursday that the Heat told him he won't be traded and he will finish his career with the team. But he might need to begin next season temporarily without Dwyane Wade.Coach Pat Riley said Wade -- who needs surgery on his left knee and likely on his left shoulder -- will have a procedure on one, and possibly both, next week. Riley was noncommittal about whether Wade will be ready for the start of next season and mentioned the possibility of a six-month recovery, which could stretch into the first two weeks of the regular season.''We'd like to have everybody ready for training camp,'' Riley said. ``But when you're talking about some surgeries that might take six months, then you can't put a timetable on it, and I won't do it.''Riley said the knee is the more ''pressing'' of the two injuries and the one Wade ''may address first'' surgically.O'Neal, who has three years left on his contract at $20 million per season, became the subject of trade ...
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Is this the end?
2007-04-29 18:57:00
This ends soon for the Heat - if not Sunday afternoon in AmericanAirlines Arena, then almost certainly Tuesday night in the United Center in Chicago - and it ends ignominiously.Whenever it does conclude, Heat coach Pat Riley needs to win an argument with himself. He needs to talk himself into quitting.Don't be mistaken.This isn't a call for Riley's dismissal. Not at all.This is a suggestion that Riley once and for all should get away from coaching and tend solely to his duties as team president. He should give in to the fatigue accompanying the relentless monotony of the courtside job. Riley has done so, memorably, on previous occasion in Miami and elsewhere, but he should make it stick this time. He should retreat to his president's office and set about undertaking single-minded reconstruction of the Heat.Riley, for my money, remains among the upper echelon of NBA bench bosses. He's willful. He's tough. He's smart. He's a leader. He still makes a considerable difference on ...

Shaq & Dwyane 2gether again
2007-04-24 14:30:00
Dwyane Wade and Shaq uille O'Neal will be in the starting lineup together tonight against the Bulls for just the fourth time since the All-Break.Understandably, they're chemistry continues to be a work in progress.Wade said there are times when he's uncertain how aggressive he needs to be offensively when he and O'Neal are on the court. Wade deferred to O'Neal early in Game 1, and O'Neal responded with 10 points in the first quarter and 17 in the first half before he was limited by foul trouble.Wade scored nine of his 21 points in the fourth quarter of Saturday's 96-91 loss to the Bulls. Injuries throughout the season have prevented Wade (wrist, shoulder) and O'Neal (knee, calf) from spending much time together on the court. The two have combined to miss 70 games because of injuries.Wade said he would rather get O'Neal going early and rely on his own offense late in games. Finding that balance has been difficult at times.''It's something I go through back and forth,'' W...
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Shaq leads Heat
2007-03-30 19:39:00
They're back on track, thanks to Shaq .After stumbling to back-to-back losses, the Heat rediscovered its winning ways Monday, defeating the Atlanta Hawks 106-89 at AmericanAirlines Arena.With the victory the Heat (38-32) took over first place in the Southeast Division for the first time this season, a half game ahead of Washington (37-32). The Wizards lost to the Utah Jazz 103-97.Center Shaquille O'Neal set the tone for the Heat in both performance and attitude. He was aggressive, recording a team-high 22 points and 11 rebounds. And despite being fouled hard numerous times and shooting some hard glares toward the Hawks, O'Neal said he never got frustrated by what turned into a questionable tactic."If I get frustrated you'll know because there'll be another brawl," he said."It just shows how the other opponent quits. Can't stop him. Foul him."O'Neal, who was 42.8 percent from the line coming into the game, hit 12 of his 20 free throws Monday, establishing season highs for free ...
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Shaquille foul trouble solution
2007-03-24 20:18:00
Shaquille O'Neal has a solution that might keep him out of the foul trouble that has recently limited his play.''I told myself a long time ago when it gets like this, I'm just going to stop playing defense,'' O'Neal, a 7-1, 325-pound center, said. ``Every time I touch somebody, [referees] are going to call something. So I have to go back to my mantra. Just stand there.''As imposing of a presence O'Neal would still be if he stood in place on the court, it's not exactly what coach Pat Riley had in mind when he suggested O'Neal tweak his approach to stay in the game. Foul trouble has limited O'Neal to an average of 26.1 minutes in his past six games.He played only 21 minutes during Wednesday's victory in Atlanta. But the Heat might need court time from O'Neal tonight to get past the Indiana Pacers, who are 29-5 at home against Miami.''We've talked about this. There are times when he's in foul trouble that he's got to back off,'' Riley said. ``He's almost got to g...
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O'Neal powers Heat to 8 in a row
2007-03-16 17:03:00
All Heat center Shaquille O'Neal wanted was a chance.So he waited through a foul-filled first half.Refreshed and rested, he then made the Nets pay in the third quarter of what turned into a 93-86 Heat victory Thursday night at Continental Airlines Arena.Limited to 51/2 minutes in the first half, including just 30 seconds in the second quarter, O'Neal did everything but hit foul shots in the third period, as the Heat pushed to a nine-point lead on the way to extending its winning streak to eight."There is no doubt he definitely changed the game for us," coach Pat Riley said."We're a different team with him out there."Showing everything from an up-and-under reverse layup, which he termed his "dipsy-doo-doo," to a feathery jump hook, O'Neal scored 12 of his 19 points in the third to help turn a 45-43 halftime deficit into a 68-60 lead entering the final period."Due to flopping, I didn't do anything," O'Neal said of his first half. "I was upset. I felt they tried to limit me, whoe...
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Shaquille O'Neal pictures, photos and wallpapers
2007-01-21 13:53:00
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Returning from injury
2007-01-18 00:30:00
Shaquille O'Neal has vowed not to resume playing for the Miami Heat until his surgically repaired left knee is "1,000 percent."He's almost there. O'Neal went through an entire practice on Wednesday, his first time playing full-court, five-on-five since the Nov. 19 procedure to repair torn cartilage. And he could make his comeback Thursday, when the Heat host the Indiana Pacers."We'll see where I'm at in the morning, how I feel and make a decision," O'Neal said. O'Neal has missed 33 of Miami's 37 games this season -- and, largely because they've been without O'Neal, the defending NBA champions have a sluggish 17-20 record. But the Heat haven't had their full team together at any point this season, either.With O'Neal on the cusp of returning, that's about to change."He did full contact, full workout, up and down, did everything everybody did," Heat interim coach Ron Rothstein said. "This is the first time, full-team, five-on-five, up-and-down. It went good. He's got a wa...
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Shaquille O'Neal biography
2007-01-18 00:24:00
Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal was born March 6, 1972, to Joe Toney and Lucille O'Neal. His first two names combined mean "Little Warrior" in Islam. He has two sisters and a brother: Lateefah, Ayesha and Jamal. By the age of 13, O'Neal was an astonishing 6'6". Basketball scouts took notice of O'Neal at an early age, and he went to play for Louisiana State University. In 1991, O'Neal was named college Player of the Year. He was the first All-American in '91 and '92, and was taken first overall in the 1992 draft by the Orlando Magic. In his rookie season in the NBA, Shaq became the first rookie in NBA history to win the Player of the Week honors. He was named the 1993 Rookie of the Year, averaging 23.4 points per game. In 1994, Shaq was chosen to play for USA's world championship team, where he won a gold medal. At the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta, O'Neal won another gold medal playing for his country. shaq attack The mid-'90s brought much success for O'Neal on and off the cour...
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