Doc and his Shaq Quotes

[Coach]

Is it just me, or should Doc not be talking about Shaq and his fragility.  I know Doc has made a reputation about being good with the media, but I mean, part of having Shaq, is having his mystique.  And before you bash that word, "mystique", think for a second how much attention he has gotten.  This is a guy who will probably play 15 minutes.  He only averaged 9.8 points a game, in 37 games this year.  But yet we are all talking about him like the '91 version of MJ is walking through that door.  With Doc talking about Shaq like he could break in half at any time, he is eroding that mystique.  For both our guys, and the Heats.

"We're not going to let him do too much," Rivers said. "Someone will ask: How much is too much? ... I don't know what too much is. Walking on the floor could be too much. We'll figure that out."

http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nba/news/story?id=6486856

Is this a guy we should be hanging our hopes on?

Wouldn't it be better if Rivers came out and said, "Shaq was awesome in practice.  He was dunking on guys.  One time Paul drove the lane, and Shaq fouled him so hard, he put him into the practice facility wall.  This guy is ready to be Superman on Saturday."

Come on Doc, play the game a little!

[CelticG1]

Is it just me, or should Doc not be talking about Shaq and his fragility.  I know Doc has made a reputation about being good with the media, but I mean, part of having Shaq, is having his mystique.  And before you bash that word, "mystique", think for a second how much attention he has gotten.  This is a guy who will probably play 15 minutes.  He only averaged 9.8 points a game, in 37 games this year.  But yet we are all talking about him like the '91 version of MJ is walking through that door.  With Doc talking about Shaq like he could break in half at any time, he is eroding that mystique.  For both our guys, and the Heats.

"We're not going to let him do too much," Rivers said. "Someone will ask: How much is too much? ... I don't know what too much is. Walking on the floor could be too much. We'll figure that out."

http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nba/news/story?id=6486856

Is this a guy we should be hanging our hopes on?

Wouldn't it be better if Rivers came out and said, "Shaq was awesome in practice.  He was dunking on guys.  One time Paul drove the lane, and Shaq fouled him so hard, he put him into the practice facility wall.  This guy is ready to be Superman on Saturday."

Come on Doc, play the game a little!

He did say the other day that Shaq looked "phenomenal" in  practice  the other day.

I'm hoping he is downplaying Shaq so the Heat and Spoelstra expect a slow out of shape can't do anything center out there. And then hopefully he'll come in like he did for those 5 minutes against the Piston's and just tear it up.

My big big big concern is that even if Shaq plays great and we win game 3 what is the likelihood of him recovering and being able to play 2 days later? Wouldn't it have made sense to play game 2 (with whatever he could give) and then get this long rest? That seems like the only back to back games that he would be able to play in this series so I just didn't understand that.

My feeling is either A. He really is "THAT" bad and they might only get him back for a game or 2. Or B. He is a lot better than they have been leading on but they were hoping we could squeak one of two without him and this rest would make him that much better/more likely to play in the remaining series

[mgent]

Who cares?  The only thing that matters is how Shaq plays.  If he plays bad it doesn't matter what was said about him before he came back.  But after the last 50 games, nobody is giving Shaq any thought whatsoever.

Might as well keep it that way.  At this point he's our secret weapon.

[vinnie]

Is it just me, or should Doc not be talking about Shaq and his fragility.  I know Doc has made a reputation about being good with the media, but I mean, part of having Shaq, is having his mystique.  And before you bash that word, "mystique", think for a second how much attention he has gotten.  This is a guy who will probably play 15 minutes.  He only averaged 9.8 points a game, in 37 games this year.  But yet we are all talking about him like the '91 version of MJ is walking through that door.  With Doc talking about Shaq like he could break in half at any time, he is eroding that mystique.  For both our guys, and the Heats.

"We're not going to let him do too much," Rivers said. "Someone will ask: How much is too much? ... I don't know what too much is. Walking on the floor could be too much. We'll figure that out."

http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nba/news/story?id=6486856

Is this a guy we should be hanging our hopes on?

Wouldn't it be better if Rivers came out and said, "Shaq was awesome in practice.  He was dunking on guys.  One time Paul drove the lane, and Shaq fouled him so hard, he put him into the practice facility wall.  This guy is ready to be Superman on Saturday."

Come on Doc, play the game a little!

He did say the other day that Shaq looked "phenomenal" in  practice  the other day.

I'm hoping he is downplaying Shaq so the Heat and Spoelstra expect a slow out of shape can't do anything center out there. And then hopefully he'll come in like he did for those 5 minutes against the Piston's and just tear it up.

My big big big concern is that even if Shaq plays great and we win game 3 what is the likelihood of him recovering and being able to play 2 days later? Wouldn't it have made sense to play game 2 (with whatever he could give) and then get this long rest? That seems like the only back to back games that he would be able to play in this series so I just didn't understand that.

My feeling is either A. He really is "THAT" bad and they might only get him back for a game or 2. Or B. He is a lot better than they have been leading on but they were hoping we could squeak one of two without him and this rest would make him that much better/more likely to play in the remaining series

Just to be clear, he said Shaq looked "phenomenal" during one stretch of the practice. He also said that Shaq could barely walk at the end of the practice.

[CelticG1]

Is it just me, or should Doc not be talking about Shaq and his fragility.  I know Doc has made a reputation about being good with the media, but I mean, part of having Shaq, is having his mystique.  And before you bash that word, "mystique", think for a second how much attention he has gotten.  This is a guy who will probably play 15 minutes.  He only averaged 9.8 points a game, in 37 games this year.  But yet we are all talking about him like the '91 version of MJ is walking through that door.  With Doc talking about Shaq like he could break in half at any time, he is eroding that mystique.  For both our guys, and the Heats.

"We're not going to let him do too much," Rivers said. "Someone will ask: How much is too much? ... I don't know what too much is. Walking on the floor could be too much. We'll figure that out."

http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nba/news/story?id=6486856

Is this a guy we should be hanging our hopes on?

Wouldn't it be better if Rivers came out and said, "Shaq was awesome in practice.  He was dunking on guys.  One time Paul drove the lane, and Shaq fouled him so hard, he put him into the practice facility wall.  This guy is ready to be Superman on Saturday."

Come on Doc, play the game a little!

He did say the other day that Shaq looked "phenomenal" in  practice  the other day.

I'm hoping he is downplaying Shaq so the Heat and Spoelstra expect a slow out of shape can't do anything center out there. And then hopefully he'll come in like he did for those 5 minutes against the Piston's and just tear it up.

My big big big concern is that even if Shaq plays great and we win game 3 what is the likelihood of him recovering and being able to play 2 days later? Wouldn't it have made sense to play game 2 (with whatever he could give) and then get this long rest? That seems like the only back to back games that he would be able to play in this series so I just didn't understand that.

My feeling is either A. He really is "THAT" bad and they might only get him back for a game or 2. Or B. He is a lot better than they have been leading on but they were hoping we could squeak one of two without him and this rest would make him that much better/more likely to play in the remaining series

Just to be clear, he said Shaq looked "phenomenal" during one stretch of the practice. He also said that Shaq could barely walk at the end of the practice.

Thanks for clearing that up