Shaq has been everywhere lately. Between promoting his new movie “Grown Ups 2” and promoting his own line of new soda — he’s been a busy man. Well just like Metta World Peace, Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant and others – Shaq has now chimed in and names his all-time starting 5 NBA players.
Check out his list & let us know what you think…
Via DimeMag:
Shaq actually made two surprise choices, including one rival.
Here’s our brief back-and-forth:
Dime: After Kobe announced his all-time starting five, we wanted to hear yours. So who is your all-time starting five by position? And you can put [Bill] Russell at the four if you want [we love Russell].
Shaq: Magic [Johnson] at the one. [Michael] Jordan at the two. [Larry] Bird at the three. Hakeem [Olajuwon] at the five. (pause) [Charles] Barkley at the four.
Dime: Going against Hakeem was pretty tough, huh?
Shaq: Yeah, he was the only one I couldn’t intimidate. And he was undersized, but I liked him because he was like a dancer on the block. I hate watching a boring big man. But he could go left, right, slide and between his legs. Kareem was great, but when I was young my father almost beat me up for not learning the skyhook. I had to tell him, ‘Yo, that shit is boring’ and luckily Patrick Ewing was doing the jump hook, so I developed that. Kareem was probably the greatest, but Hakeem had more stuff on the block.
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