As the finals between Dallas and Miami are tied, we are still far to celebrate this year's champions. So today we choose to celebrate a true champion, one of the most dominant players of all times who retired just a few days ago after 19 years as a pro.
In his career, Shaquille O’Neal won four NBA championships and three NBA Finals MVP awards. He scored 28,596 career points and grabbed 13,099 rebounds.
Fellow NBA center Alonzo Mourning, who won a championship with O’Neal in 2006 when they played for the Miami Heat, said:
"When you think of the center position, his name will be mentioned in that breath, he has got to be easily in the top five of all times. You throw in Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain at the top, and then you have Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Hakeem Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing and David Robinson. You have all those guys, but you can throw him in that top five easily, because of the amount of championships he has won."
It was a hell of a ride for sure, the only thing Shaq could regret is that he left 4,000 points in free throws. With just a few of those he could be one step higher on the NBA career scoring leaders.
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar...........................38,387
- Karl Malone......................................36,928
- Michael Jordan..................................32,292
- Wilt Chamberlain...............................31,419
- Shaquille O'Neal.................................28,596
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