NOTEBOOK: O'NEAL SAYS FINE JUST FINE WITH HIM.Byline: - Howard Beck First the Spurs, now the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= commissioner's office. Everyone's taken a pound of flesh from Shaquille O'Neal Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (pronounced "shak-KEEL") (born March 6, 1972 in Newark, New Jersey), frequently referred to simply as Shaq, is an American professional basketball player, generally regarded as one of the most dominant in the National Basketball Association (NBA). this week. The league fined O'Neal $7,500 on Wednesday for his postgame tirade at official Steve Javie Steve Javie (born January 17, 1955 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)[1] is a professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association (NBA) since the 1986-87 NBA season. following the Lakers' Game 1 loss Monday. After four quarters of getting hacked and banged by the Spurs, O'Neal unleashed on Javie and had to be restrained by Derek Fisher Derek Lamar Fisher (born August 9 1974 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is an American professional basketball player with the Los Angeles Lakers. He was with the Utah Jazz but asked to be released from his contract to care for his 10-month-old daughter, who has cancer. , coach Kurt Rambis Darrell Kurt Rambis (born February 25, 1958 in Cupertino, California) is an American former professional basketball player and current assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers. and O'Neal's bodyguard Jerome Crawford. It was O'Neal's second such outburst in the past week. He chased down referee Ronnie Nunn after the Lakers' Game 3 loss in Houston. O'Neal's mouth has cost him plenty this season. In February, the NBA fined him $10,000 for criticizing officials after a loss at Seattle. He took this one, which he had anticipated, in stride. ``I'm happy,'' he said. ``Emotionally, physically, daringly happy. It's the best thing that's happened to me today so far.'' Rambis didn't seem too concerned over the fine, or O'Neal's behavior, and in fact credited him with showing great self-restraint throughout the pummeling. ``I thought he did a phenomenal job of not letting it get to him. If you look at the entire game, I thought he did a phenomenal job,'' Rambis said. And though it took three people to prevent O'Neal from possibly doing worse (and drawing a suspension), Rambis said it's not a problem. ``Does it bother me? No. Do I want him doing it? No. But what can I say?'' Officially, O'Neal's crime was ``failing to leave the court in a timely fashion and verbally abusing the officials.'' Before tipoff, the happy-go-lucky O'Neal was literally singing happy tunes - offering a different brand of verbal abuse verbal abuse Psychology A form of emotional abuse consisting of the use of abusive and demeaning language with a spouse, child, or elder, often by a caregiver or other person in a position of power. See Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Spousal abuse. with a medley of Rick Springfield (``Jesse's Girl''), George Michael (``Faith'') and Culture Club (``Karma karma or karman (kär`mə, kär`mən), [Skt.,=action, work, or ritual], basic concept common to Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Chameleon''). Rooked: With O'Neal getting in foul trouble in both games of this series, the Lakers are hoping little-used Sean Rooks will make the most of his minutes. Rooks Rooks can refer to: People:
``I like what Sean does,'' Rambis said. ``Unfortunately for him he's a backup center, and on a team with Shaq you're not gonna get a whole lot of minutes. Anytime that Sean Rooks has gotten consistent minutes for us, he has always played very, very well. . . . I have faith in Sean, I know what Sean can do and when Sean plays the way he's capable of playing, he's a very good player in this league.'' |
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