PC on Shaq

[Hawks Coach]

Originally posted by Joe


"I was very surprised that Shaq got a charge on that play.."

Me too! Shaq is allowed to do that 99% of the time.

Shaq is allowed 10X that 99% of the time! [/B][/QUOTE]


"Shaq is the hardest player in history to officiate."

Translation: "If we called half of everything on Shaq he'd never play past the first half, and we'd lose the biggest draw in the game." [/B][/QUOTE]

I will agree that Shaq gets away with alot (as do many other centers and other stars in the NBA). I would also argue that it goes both ways with Shaq, to be perfectly fair. He is so large that, in order to contain him, many teams use a lot of what would be blatantly illegal contact against anybody else and don't get called for it using it against Shaq.

I don't envy anybody trying to officiate when there is a player of that extraordinary size on the court.