Only Adding To Our Legend

Don't Make Me Make You Fall In Love

New music from The Weeknd off the highly anticipated mixtape Thursday. By The sound of this track it looks like he has another classic coming.

I Just Hope That You Miss Me A Little When I'm Gone...

Yesterday Shaquille O'Neal, one of the greatest basketball players of all time, announced that he was retiring from the game of basketball after 19 years. Since entering the league in 1992 Shaq had been the most dominate player of his time, and possibly ever. While his ranking among the top centers ever has always been debated among the greats, the one thing that can be guaranteed is that we will never see another player like Shaq again.

Shaq has always been one of my favorite players. He started his career with the Orlanda Magic after being picked number 1 in the 1992 NBA Draft. He played with my all time favorite player Penny Hardaway (who didn't like Hardaway with his Lil' Penny commercials?) and together they began one of the best duos in the league. After only one NBA Finals appearance during his time with the Magic, Shaq took his talents to Los Angeles and joined the Lakers. While with L.A. Shaq accomplished most of his greatest achievements. He won three championships in a row along side Kobe Bryant. He was the league MVP of the 1999-2000 season. He also made the majority of his 15 all-star appearances during the Laker years. While they were winning on the court, off court issues between Shaq and Kobe led to the end of his tenure in L.A. and the end of a dynasty.

In 2004 he was traded to the Miami Heat, where he guaranteed that he would bring a championship to Dade County. In 2006 he made good of his word as the Miami Heat won their first championship in their history. Shaq once again proved the critics who said he had lost it wrong. During his later years Shaq went ring chasing (trying to one-up Kobe) and became a journeyman. He went to play for the Phoenix Suns, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and his final team the Boston Celtics.

Despite all his accomplishments, Shaq has never truly been given the credit he deserves as a player. He was always criticized for his size and strength.Yes, he broke backboards with ease, but Shaq's strength was secondary to his skills, and it's a shame that most people will never recognize that. O'Neal was definitely one in a million on and off the court. Between the movies, the hip hop albums (look up the classic joint with Biggie), the aliases, and just Shaq being Shaq, O'Neal will always be remembered. While players come and players go there will never be another Shaquille O'Neal, and I guarantee that a few years down the line people will truly miss having Shaq in the league and will realize how special he really was. I guess it's true what they say, you don't know what you got 'til it's gone.

Don't Make Me Make You Fall In Love

I Just Hope That You Miss Me A Little When I'm Gone...

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