Hooped Up

Shaquille O’Neal Baller, Rapper, Actor and now Stalker?

“It’s been a controversial summer for Shaquille O’Neal. He has been caught on YouTube for disparaging former teammate Kobe Bryantduring an impromptu rap performance. Then came news that he wanted to reconcile with his wife, Shaunie, whom he divorced in 2007. Now, the Suns center has been slapped with a temporary restraining order by hip hot artist Alexis Miller - known professionally as Maryjane - the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported today. Miller filed the restraining order in Atlanta with Fulton County Superior Court, alleging that O’Neal stalked her, threatened her with bodily harm and made harassing phone calls in which he breathed heavily into the phone before hanging up. The Journal Constitution reported that Miller, 23, claimed she ended an intimate relationship with O’Neal last month. She alleged he then threatened to pay performers $50,000 each not to work with her.”

East Valley Tribune

The wife of Phoenix Suns center ShaquilleO’Neal said Thursday that her marriage to the NBA star is on the mend. During an interview about the launch of her new video-sharing Web site, Shaunie O’Neal told The Associated Press that the couple plans to stop divorce proceedings soon. “Neither one of us could probably answer why we were getting one in the first place,” Shaunie O’Neal said. Shaquille O’Neal filed for divorce in Miami-Dade Circuit Court in September 2007, after nearly five years of marriage. “Things have been going so great, that someone actually had to remind us that ‘Hey, you do remember those papers are still there.’ Literally, it was days ago,” Shaunie O’Neal said. “So, we’ve agreed that before we leave Florida in a few days we’ll make sure that that’s gone away.” The couple has six children: four together, and each had one of their own before the Dec. 26, 2002, wedding. “The kids and I kind of learned about the divorce at the same time,” Shaunie O’Neal said. “So that was hard. That was probably the worst part of the whole thing, was being able to deal with how hurt the whole kids were.”

Associated Press

Kobe Bryant kinda response to Shaq’s terrible rhymes last night on ESPN’s Mike and Mike.  This is worse than that stupid 50 and Game beef, and this is my last post about this mess.  Deal.

I guess old beefs die hard.  Shaquille O’Neal had a few choice words for ex-Laker team mate Kobe Bryant in freestyle form at a NYC night club.  The “Kobe tell me how my ass taste” line is wack as hell but, as long as Kazaam 2 doesn’t surface, corny Kobe dis tracks are alright by me.

Oh ya, the Vasectomy bit…way to much information Shaq.

Hooped Up

When talking about the changes to the Suns since Shaquille O’Neal joined the team, Don Nelson mentioned the Suns now run their own version of the triangle offense with back-screens and cuts. When asked if Nelson was correct, one Sun smiled and said, “He’s a very observant man.” But D’Antoni waved off the assertion. “We have one play that kind of resembles it. But any time anyone has three guys on a side of the court, someone can call it a triangle.”

East Valley Tribune

Shaquille O’Neal flashed that wide smile, and took on the critics who say he’s too old and too slow to fit in with the sleek, speedy Phoenix Suns. “I look forward to making people eat their words,” he said at a news conference Thursday. “I really do.” Wearing a Suns’ purple shirt and tie with his immaculate dark suit, O’Neal met the media for the first time since the stunning deal Wednesday that sent the 14-time All-Star from the Miami Heat to Phoenix in exchange for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks.

AP/Minneapolis Star Tribune

The Phoenix Suns have acquired Shaquille O’Neal in a stunning, blockbuster deal that sends four-time All-Star Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Miami Heat.

The improbable pairing of the speedy Suns and the slow but once-mighty O’Neal became official when he cleared a physical exam Wednesday.

The Heat has told center Shaquille O’Neal’s representation that it is talking about trading him and he should be prepared for the possibility of a deal, according to two officials close to the situation. Phoenix has discussed sending forward Shawn Marion and point guard Marcus Banks to the Heat in return for O’Neal.

Miami Herald

Divorce-bound Shaquille O’Neal isn’t letting the grass grow under his sizable feet. An in-the-know female cabby from South Beach, who’s driven the $20 million-a-year Miami Heat center, tells Steppin’ Out’s Chaunce Hayden: “Every time Shaq is in town I get the call, and let me tell you, he’s got more women leaving his hotel room then any celebrity I’ve ever seen.”

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