* 1972 – Shaquille O ' Neal, American basketball player

Tim Duncan and David Robinson won the 1999 championship with the Spurs, and Shaquille O ' Neal and Kobe Bryant started the 2000s with three consecutive championships for the Lakers.

The Miami Heat, led by their star shooting guard, Dwyane Wade, and Shaquille O ' Neal, who had been traded from the Lakers during the 2004 summer, won the series over the Dallas Mavericks in 6 after losing the first two games.

Kobe Bryant won his first Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award award in his 13th season after leading the Lakers to their first NBA championship since the departure of Shaquille O ' Neal.

Shaquille O ' Neal

* March 6 – Shaquille O ' Neal, American basketball player

* Professional basketball players Steve Nash ( who was an award winning player " MP3 " according to Ali G and unable to speak proper English due to being Canadian ), Ben Wallace ( who he accuses of " playa-hating "), Shaquille O ' Neal ( who he argued with about the meaning of the NBA, Ali thinking it stood for Nationwide Basketball Society ), Tim Duncan ( from whom tried to get a pair of free sneakers ), Robert Horry, Dwyane Wade ( who he didn't realise was an NBA player, claiming he had snuck in to " hang with mah man Shaquille O ' Neal "), Richard Jefferson ( whom he called Thomas Jefferson his son ), Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Reggie Miller

* Shaquille O ' Neal or " The Diesel ", a retired American basketball player

The word " percentage " is often a misnomer in the context of sports statistics, when the referenced number is expressed as a decimal proportion, not a percentage: " The Phoenix Suns ' Shaquille O ' Neal led the NBA with a. 609 field goal percentage ( FG %) during the 2008-09 season.

* Shaquille O ' Neal: Big Fella

Dream Team II, also made up of future Heat players Shaquille O ' Neal, Alonzo Mourning, Dan Majerle and Tim Hardaway, would go on to win the tournament.

He was also named as the Center for the All-NBA First Team ( beating out Shaquille O ' Neal ) and was the runner-up for NBA Most Valuable Player, with Karl Malone winning the award.

They acquired superstar center Shaquille O ' Neal on July 14, 2004 in a trade with the Los Angeles Lakers for Lamar Odom, Caron Butler and Brian Grant.

When the trade occurred he became a more polished scorer and was projected to have been a third option for the Heat to complement Dwyane Wade and Shaquille O ' Neal, had the circumstances of the season turned out differently.

On February 5, 2008, ESPN reported that the Heat were interested in trading center Shaquille O ' Neal, contrary to reports by Pat Riley one month earlier that the Heat was not interested in trading the 13-time all-star.

The franchise was founded in 1989 as an expansion franchise and has had such notable NBA stars such as Shaquille O ' Neal, Penny Hardaway, Grant Hill, Tracy McGrady, Steve Francis, Dwight Howard, Vince Carter, and Rashard Lewis throughout its young history.

The Magic selected big-man Shaquille O ' Neal from Louisiana State University, the biggest prize in the draft since the Knicks won Patrick Ewing.

In Game Three, Shaquille O ' Neal fouled out late in the fourth quarter, and the 76ers pulled to within a point with less than a minute to play.

However, Jordan and the Bulls were unable to overcome the eventual Eastern Conference champion Orlando Magic, which included Horace Grant, Anfernee Hardaway, and Shaquille O ' Neal.

Past NBA greats such as Nate Thurmond, Walt " Clyde " Frazier, and Shaquille O ' Neal also played in Cleveland ( albeit near the end of their careers ).

On June 25, 2009, 4-time NBA Champion and 15-time All-Star center Shaquille O ' Neal was traded from the Phoenix Suns to the Cavaliers.

Tim Duncan was named Finals MVP, becoming only the fourth player to win the MVP award three times ( joining Magic Johnson, Shaquille O ' Neal, and Michael Jordan ).

The season was marked by major trades and acquisitions by many teams, most notably Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen being acquired by the Boston Celtics, Pau Gasol going to the Los Angeles Lakers, and Shaquille O ' Neal going to the Phoenix Suns.

He averaged 23. 2 points, 12. 4 rebounds, 3. 2 assists and 2. 2 blocks per game, earned another pair of All-NBA and All-Defense First Team call-ups, and was co-MVP with Shaquille O ' Neal of the NBA All-Star Game.

Six days later, it was announced that Shaquille O ' Neal and Apolo Ohno joined Oreo Double Stuf Racing League vets Eli Manning and Venus Williams.

In addition, when superstar center Shaquille O ' Neal became a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, Sports Illustrated graced its November 1996 issue with Mikan, O ' Neal and fellow Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, calling Abdul-Jabbar and Mikan " Lakers legends " to which O ' Neal was compared, establishing Mikan as one of the greatest Lakers players of all time.

Shaquille O ' Neal, Rice's close friend, believed that Rice was the pure shooter he needed to keep teams from double-and triple-teaming him in the playoffs, and felt partly responsible for bringing Rice to the Lakers ( and trading Eddie Jones to do it ).

Nash received the most votes for first-team All-NBA and was joined by teammate Stoudemire ; the two were the first teammates to make the first team since Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O ' Neal in.

One of his biggest moves as full-time general manager was to trade Caron Butler, Brian Grant, Lamar Odom and a first-round draft pick to the Lakers for superstar Shaquille O ' Neal.

This would be perfect timing because 1992 was the rookie year of Shaquille O ' Neal.

He headlined the Australian thriller, Blackwater Trail ( 1995 ), with Peter Phelps before receiving a starring role on the NBC television sitcom Suddenly Susan ( 1996 ), which saw success for a four-season run ; this was followed by a starring role in the Shaquille O ' Neil movie Steel ( 1997 ); the film also starred Annabeth Gish and Richard Roundtree ( Steel was a commercial flop ).

** The original plan for Superman's guest appearance would have had him meeting Shaquille O ' Neal ( in his second appearance in the show ), since he was a fan of The Man of Steel.

The game was a rematch of the heated Eastern Conference finals which the Detroit Pistons won on their way to the 2004 NBA Finals where they defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 4-1 on the back of Wallace's effective and strong defense against a declining but still dominant Shaquille O ' Neal.

The Mavericks suffered, however, when Stackhouse was suspended for Game 5 for a flagrant foul on Shaquille O ' Neal, and the Heat eventually won the series 4 – 2.

In summer 2009, the Cavaliers acquired Shaquille O ' Neal.

" In a bid to ensure that James had his best shot of winning a title before he could potentially become a free agent after the season, Cleveland also acquired Shaquille O ' Neal and subsequently, Antawn Jamison, both of whom were veteran superstars.

During the summer of 2004, he was traded ( along with Caron Butler, Lamar Odom, and a future first-round draft pick ) to the Lakers in exchange for Shaquille O ' Neal.

After the season, Odom was traded in a package with Caron Butler and Brian Grant to the Los Angeles Lakers for All-Star Shaquille O ' Neal.

He assumed the starting power forward position in 2004 after teammate Lamar Odom was traded as part of a package that was shipped to the Los Angeles Lakers in a deal that brought superstar center Shaquille O ' Neal back to Florida.

Shaquille Allick ( Captain ), Duane Cockburn ( wicket-keeper ), Isaiah Rajah, Brian Christmas, Anthony Simmons ( vice captain ), Idrees Mohammed, Akeem Christmas, Brandon Ramdial, Jacob Beddoe, Jeremy Solozano, Justin Rajkumar, Shamir Nuradali, Rajiv Alex Singh, Anthony Jawahir

* Mitch Richmond, David Robinson, John Stockton, Shaquille O ' Neal, Gary Payton, Scottie Pippen, Karl Malone, Reggie Miller, Hakeem Olajuwon, Charles Barkley, Anfernee Hardaway, and Grant Hill — Basketball, Men's Team Competition