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it was about time that he makes someone pay for it

how bout shaq finally earns his pay and makes some free-throws

LOL, whatever Shaq.

STFU U dumbass $#$&**^%^(. NO ONE will use the hack-a-shaq anymore 'coz they will NOT need to. You guys will be well out of the game by then!!! pathetic loser; How about practicing some free throws instead of mouthing off?
Shaq shud retire; he is an annoyance these days.

Hes lucky to make it up and down the court how does one make another pay if you cannot catch them?

MY 4YR OLD GRANDSON CAN MAKE TEN OUT OF TWENTY FREE THROWS,EVRY NBA PLAYER SHOULD AT LEAST MAKE 80 PERCIENT.

If he shot 70 percent maybe, just maybe the hack-a-shaq would be moot.

if he made all his free throws, he would have already been averaging over 10 pts a game in the playoffs just off his freethrows. its ridiculous that he cant find a way to get them in since he takes so many. he should underhand them in

It's a simple rule that gets exploited by one the leagues dirtiest teams from top to bottom. Spurs have accomplished a lot, but they don't have the dynasty and fan hype behind them like the Early 2000's Lakers or other great NBA dynasties. Get got their rings, but nobody is a fan of what they do or how they play.

You make that much money you would think he could hire someone to teach him to shoot better instead of spending all that time trying to rap. It is so sad that this guy dominated the NBA for so long and he really doesn't have much skill. His shooting is bad. He can't dribble and for having such big hands he doesn't receive passes well. He needs to thank god for his 385 lb 7-2 body with a little cordination.

"It doesn't work," says shaq who then states that San Antonio went home AFTER his team. LOL Shaq you are so intelligent.

Shaq has a lot of miles on him. You all forget he DOMINATED the game when he first arrived. Remember all those destroyed backboards that forced the NBA to have them changed so they wouldn't shatter with his dunks? He's done though. His size and past injuries are hampering him and he really can't hit his freethrows anyway. I think his trade to PHX was a marketing ploy to get the stands filled as well. I'm sure he'll be a free agent next season. Maybe San Antonio will pick him up <lol>

I don't disagree that Shaq should have learned how to hit FT's many years ago. But, correct me if I'm wrong, the NBA needs to adjust it's officiating. The Hack-a-Shaq method requires the players to INTENTIONALLY foul Shaq. And to me, that calls for an INTENTIONAL foul to be called, thus giving Shaq a free-throw, and the Suns the ball back. Problem solved, teams won't "hack-a-Shaq" anymore.
At the end of the day, it's a coward's way to play an NBA game.

It is NOT a cowardly way to play to force Shaq to make his free throws. The problem is, as nearly everyone here has said, that Shaq can't make a free throw. The fact that he has refused in 20 years of playing basketball to learn to shoot is his failure. He obviously will not listen to anyone on the topic, since his form is abysmal. He should retire, he is a distraction who it has been shown can be utterly neutralized on the court. If the league ever told the refs to call him for his constant foot shuffling he would never get another shot.

Maybe if shaq didn't make a career off plowing straight through the other center or PF's to get points, then maybe he wouldn't get it how he lives.

Also how many years of basketball do you need to play before you learn how to SHOOT? This guy is a HOF calibur player that honestly has never learned how to shoot a basketball.

I only hope that he means "pay" as in "i finally learned how to shoot and I'll nail 85% of my free throws this year"

Shaq needs to **** and learn how to shoot.

The SPURS are going to pay for Shaq missing free throws? Grow up.

"It doesn't work," O'Neal said, ignoring the fact that it kind of did. "You know San Antonio tried it but they went home a couple weeks after we went home."

So because it DID work, now it did not? Going home a couple weeks later than Shaq is still pretty good.

"I just have to go to the line and hit them and make them pay," he said in the radio interview.

Yes, we are all very worried that Shaq will make free throws. That is the whole essence of the Hack-a-Shaq strategy: that Shaq cannot make a high percentage of his free throws. If he could make free throws, then there would not be Hack-a-Shaq. He has his Hackin'-the-freethrows self to blame.

"Hey Kobe, Tell me how my bricks look."

"I said Hey Kobe, Tell me how my bricks look"

And he sucks at rapping, and he's a pig. Shaq, do you eat bacon or ham?....Canibal.

wait, is he even a cop anymore? i know he had is complimentary keystone badge stripped by whatever sleepy retirement town in AZ that he got it from.

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Originally posted 05:17 PM ET  10.15 by adkicks11

You make that much money you would think he could hire someone to teach him to shoot better instead of spending all that time trying to rap. It is so sad that this guy dominated the NBA for so long and he really doesn't have much skill. His shooting is bad. He can't dribble and for having such big hands he doesn't receive passes well. He needs to thank god for his 385 lb 7-2 body with a little cordination.

Maybe you need to rewatch games of him early in this decade. It's not just his size, but the incredibly quick way he manuevers that massive body for position. It's true he can't shoot in the true form of the word (jump or set), but in his prime he had a ridiculous touch with the ball around the rim, not just dunking.

But yeah, not the point of the article. It is very pathetic that he can't hit 70% of his free throws and that goes for any NBA player. I made 65% in grade 8 being 5'6". Its really not very hard. He's crazy if he thinks he'll really improve.

Shaq will begin to make free-throws and make teams pay for using the hack-a-shaq method. This season the Suns will compete at a high level. Since the Shaq trade, Amare has been a better scorer. Nash will get easier assist giving the ball to Shaq. My predicition will be that the Suns will meet up with the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals. Where I'm sure things will go to seven exciting games.