It was ultimately a championship season for shaq and the lakers. Shaq put up monstrous stats 29 in his sophomore season while playing 81 games. We present them here for purely educational purposes. If you value individual stats, its hard to pick against bryant who was the most prolific of the three. In the 19992000 season, shaq won the league mvp, all star game mvp, was named first team allnba and second team alldefensive. Kobe bryant vs michael jordan highlights 2003 allstar game kobe farewell jordan. Shaq, charles and kenny discuss the kia mvp merits of each player. This was the first season in which he truly moved on from alpha dog status which he. Shaq picks giannis over harden as his mvp inside the nba. Kevin garnett career stats, game logs, biographical info, awards, and achievements for the nba.
The shaqtin a fool most valuable player mvp is an annual award presented at the shaqtin a fool special during the conclusion of the nba playoffs. Italic season totals indicate player led all major leagues. The stats that really indicate godwins value are his yards per target 11, yards after the catch per target 6. Shaq says anthony davis is probably the best power forward in nba shaquille oneal thinks so highly of anthony davis that he wants his son shareef to. A twotime wnba mvp and fivetime allstar, parker had a unique story on the origin of her admiration for iverson. I remember one day my brother came home from a game and he handed me allen iversons finger bands, parker said. Shaquille oneal is still salty about losing unanimous mvp. Center shaquille oneal played 19 seasons for 6 teams. Shaquille oneal college stats college basketball at sports.
He lifted the otherwise flimsy lakers to a title and before the playoffs began he dropped this. Shaquille rashaun shaq oneal is an american former. Btw shaq and kobe both put the lakers in the finals. Shaquille oneal career bests and rankings, boston celtics. The next year the lakers really struggled in the regular season and it had everything to do with shaq not being his best on or off the court. Share this article 331 shares share tweet text email link colin liotta. Shaquille oneal player profile, boston celtics, news, rumors, nba. Since 2011, shaq has been chronicling the good, the bad and the often very very ugly in the nba. Shaq won his first mvp and his first title with the lakers in 2000, then came back with another big season 28.
Philadelphia 76ers who would go on to win mvp the next season. Fred hickman, then of cnn, instead chose allen iverson, then of the philadelphia 76ers who would go on to win mvp the next season. Shaquille oneal is still salty about the 19992000 mvp race. Get the latest news, stats and more about shaquille oneal on. Shaquille oneal career stats, game logs, biographical info. If you look at this year from lebron and shaqs mvp season of 9900 lebron was actually more efficient in scoring albeit slightly lebron scored 1. Drafted by the philadelphia 76ers in the 1st round 5th pick of the 1984 nba draft. It was ultimately a championship season for shaq and the lakers the first year of the shaqkobe era threepeat. Season, team, age, gp, gs, min, pts, fgm, fga, fg%, 3pm, 3pa, 3p%, ftm, fta, ft%, oreb, dreb, reb, ast, stl, blk, tov, pf. Shaquille oneal receives 19992000 nba mvp award youtube. Shaq says anthony davis is probably the best power. The tampa bay buccaneers travel to new orleans to take on the saints in week 5 in a game that suddenly has a mustwatch feel to it. Per36 minutes, giannis leads lebron james the presumed no.
Its also available for football, hockey and baseball. They are arguably one of the top duos in the nba of all time. On march 6, his 28th birthday, shaq celebrated with 61 points against the clippers. In his second season, shaq sent an early message to the league with this 49 point, 11 rebound effort.
Kobe was an all star, second team allnba and first team alldefensive. Shaquille oneal information including teams, jersey numbers, championships. Features the ability to filter by season, season type, per mode, stat category, and more. Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting tidbits. Its also available for football, basketball and hockey. Shaquille oneal averages for the nba season and playoffs, including points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks and other categories, year by year and career. Fielding stats are a combination of official records. Her older brother, anthony parker, began his professional career with the sixers in the 199798 season.
Shaquille oneal was one vote short of being named a. Shaquille oneal stats, game logs, splits, and much more. Every week during the season, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, this weeks schedule, top performers, fantasy drops and adds, new debuts and interesting. Check out stats on every national basketball association finals mvp winner on.
This is the complete list of winners of the season mvp award, year by year. If youre surprised by brooklyn nets, you werent paying attention. Although oneal averaged career lows or nearlows in points, rebounds, and blocks, he said in an interview stats dont matter. Oneal also won the scoring title while finishing second in rebounds and third in blocked shots. Shaquille oneal information including teams, jersey numbers, championships won, awards, stats and everything about the nba player. Oneal was also voted the 19992000 regular season most valuable player, one vote short of becoming the first unanimous mvp in nba history. Nba mvp, allnba, defensive player of the year, rookie of the year, allrookie. Shaq still cheesed off at mvp vote from 20 years ago. Nineteen years later, shaq still angry at reporter who. Logo lillard cant be stopped beyondthearc, check out damian lillards deepest 3pointers this season. While shaq played for six teams in his nba career, lebron has only played with two. He would round out his career with abbreviated season in cleveland with lebron and in boston before retiring in 2011. Get the latest updated stats for center shaquille oneal on espn.
That said, erving himself was a megastar even beyond the likes of pippen and bryant at that point. Shaq reveals he was terrified of mj entering the nba. Shaquille rashaun shaq oneal is an american former professional basketball player who is. Shaq nearly became the first unanimous mvp of the regular season, receiving 120 of a possible 121 firstplace. Around once a week well give you a quick update on all the things weve been up to. Year player team 201819 giannis antetokounmpo, milwaukee bucks. Shaquille oneal career stats, game logs, biographical info, awards, and achievements for the nba and ncaa. He also led the lakers on winning streaks of 19, 16 and 11 games. Shaq was there for security, while kobe did all the dirty work. Shaq, diesel, the big aristotle, superman, shaq fu, shaq daddy, warrior. Dwight howard vs shaq, lakers highlights, and season expectations duration. Oneal won 1 mvp award, was selected to play in 15 allstar games, and was elected to the hall of fame in 2016. Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting facts and tidbits. List of career achievements by shaquille oneal wikipedia.
However, his performance is no match for hakeem olajuwon, who puts up a career year while leading the rockets to the secondbest record in the league. Shaq says giannis antetokounmpo is his mvp over james harden. As we all know, shaqs best regular season by far in miami was his first year, the 20042005 season in which he finished runnerup to nash in the mvp vote. He shared allstar mvp honors with tim duncan and was a runaway choice for finals mvp. A yearbyyear list of the kia nba most valuable player award winners. Even without the unanimous mvp vote, the lakers did pretty well during that time in nba history winning nba championship titles in a row at the height of oneals dominance from 200002. For the record, shaq was the first but not the only player to come within one vote of the unanimous selection as mvp. Shaq would be traded to phoenix during the 200708 season and spent a season and a half in the desert.