Shaq is back at practice

[StartOrien]

Celtics practice w/ Shaq seems AWFULLY familiar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYxo0ezY19c&feature=player_detailpage#t=167s

[looseball]

If Shaq plays through the whole playoffs, we win.  If he doesn't, we don't.  Weird case scenario!

[Drucci]

I hope they don't rush him back simply for the sake of having him play in the playoffs from the start. But his presence would be a huge boost against NY and would allow us to finish them very quickly.

[RebusRankin]

I'd take 12 minutes a game this series.

[SHAQATTACK]

I'm telling ya man ...Shaq don't need nuffin but a few pregame cheeseburgers to get his mojo going  .... 

Pity the Fools !!

[Eja117]

He looks explosive.    

There must be another video out there besides the one linked above.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2J6kkdi08zc

If this is Shaq's new standard of "explosive", we're in trouble.

He firmly established he can stand, take a step forward and a step back. This is tremendous progress! I thought he was dead before today

[KobeShesNotConsenting!]

He looks explosive.    

There must be another video out there besides the one linked above.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2J6kkdi08zc

If this is Shaq's new standard of "explosive", we're in trouble.

He firmly established he can stand, take a step forward and a step back. This is tremendous progress! I thought he was dead before today

Yea I'm not havin anybody rain on this parade shaq is at least back in the gym no need for doom and gloom

[jdz101]

He looks explosive.  Maybe I was too quick to give up....  But I still say it'll be tough for him to stay healthy.   Knicks in Six. 

Wow....have you watched the knicks lately?

[manl_lui]

Shaq's update today

so today he didn't practiced but was sidelined, they said he's going to practice tomorrow and questionable for Sunday

Source: http://www.csnne.com/pages/celticsvideo

Another article: http://www.csnne.com/04/15/11/Shaq-still-not-ready-gives-Cs-best-chanc/landing_celtics.html?blockID=505023&feedID=3945

Apr 15, 2011
By A. Sherrod Blakely
CSNNE.com

WALTHAM — As the Boston Celtics opened their practice to the media on Friday, there was a sight we haven't seen in a while - Shaquille O'Neal.

He was on the sideline, a place that he may very well be when the Celtics open up their first-round playoff series against the New York Knicks.

Game 1 will be Sunday at the TD Garden.

After Boston's regular season finale against New York earlier this week, Celtics coach Doc Rivers was hopeful that O'Neal would get a couple practices in before returning to the court.

But that plan, like most of the C's plans when it comes to O'Neal, has been changed.

While there was some thought to having O'Neal involved with Friday's practice, Rivers said, "I just don't want to take the chance."

Rivers added, "He'll practice, hopefully tomorrow, and we'll make a decision after that."

As much as the Celtics want O'Neal back on the floor, there really isn't a rush at the moment.

His impact on the Celtics postseason push will be needed as the C's get deeper into the playoffs.

The New York Knicks are actually one of the few playoff teams in the East for which there exists a huge void at the center position.

That, coupled with Jermaine O'Neal playing his best basketball for the Celtics, gives Boston the confidence that they can go out and win this series against New York - with or without S. O'Neal.

But as we have seen throughout this season, Boston is a better team when Shaq is on the floor.

Even as the oldest player in the NBA, S. O'Neal still has a presence about him that demands plenty of attention.

"Every day he wakes up, he's still going to be Shaq," New York's Chauncey Billups told CSNNE.com. "And Shaq, even now, is a player your defense has to worry about because he's still so big and he's still really strong. He may not be a 20 (point) and 10 (rebound) guy like he used to, it don't matter. Shaq causes problems for your defense."

When he's not scoring, his presence opens the floor for his teammates.

And defensively, his size is more of a deterrent for players trying to get into the lane who are well aware that the 7-foot-1 center is not shy about laying a hit on anyone invading the lane.

[vinnie]

The Shaq comedy continues to give me good laughs. He's practicing, he's not; he's playing, he's not; we need him, we don't need him; blah blah blah. Just get on the court.

[throwedoff]

The Shaq comedy continues to give me good laughs. He's practicing, he's not; he's playing, he's not; we need him, we don't need him; blah blah blah. Just get on the court.

I mean I really dont think we need him against the knicks JO playing center or even KG playin center and we can still handle the knicks IMO

[KobeShesNotConsenting!]

The Shaq comedy continues to give me good laughs. He's practicing, he's not; he's playing, he's not; we need him, we don't need him; blah blah blah. Just get on the court.

Why? cus we need him sooo badly against the knicks?

[manbehindtheman]

The Shaq comedy continues to give me good laughs. He's practicing, he's not; he's playing, he's not; we need him, we don't need him; blah blah blah. Just get on the court.

I mean I really dont think we need him against the knicks JO playing center or even KG playin center and we can still handle the knicks IMO

I tend to agree with this...if they lose a game or two though, they decide to take a chance and bring him back.