Shaq in green?

[damekmo@teleport.com]

It's good to have the list back. Now...form this morning's LATimes. This is
just unspeakably...sublime:

>"You guys know the real problem," Shaquille O'Neal recently told
>reporters, who were asking about something else entirely. "You're just
>scared to write about it." If that was too subtle for us cowards, Shaq
>spelled it out last week to CBS Sportsline's Mike Kahn: <BR>
>"What is this, an experiment? Nobody waited for me when I came into the
>league. The pressure was there as soon as I started to play. That's my
>job. Why wait? I'm not going to be here that long that I want to wait
>years for him to figure it out. "Him" is Kobe Bryant, whom O'Neal
>considers too wild, a view that was completely valid last season,
>especially after the All-Star game, when the over-hyped child star began
>struggling and throwing up shots even wilder than usual. <BR>

What more can you say....sublime! I'm all gooey inside, and bubbling over
with joy. Just one thought however...Shaq can opt out of his contract after
this season? Yes? Or is it next summer? I seem to remember something about
this summer. Shaq seems very unhappy, doesn't he? Maybe Shaq and Bryant
need to be separated? Perhaps Shaq wants out as the Lakers "window of
opportunity" is closing quickly? Think he might demand a trade...or he just
opts out and the Lakers get nothing? Just daydreaming I suppose. Shaq,
Antoine and Pierce up front? I don't think the Ricktator could screw that
one up. Well...the Celtics have nothing they want. Just a thought. But a
very nice one. No?

Paul M.