Shaquille O’Neal is on the move again. This time, Shaq will join LeBron James on the Cleveland Cavaliers. The LeBron and Shaq show will attempt to bring an NBA championship to the city of Cleveland for the first time.

In return for Shaq, the Phoenix Suns received Ben Wallace, Sasha Pavlovic, cash and a second round pick in next year’s draft. The Suns did the deal for financial reasons as Pavlovic has an unguaranteed contract and Wallace is said to be leaning toward retirement.

The 37-year-old O’Neal is coming off of a very good season. He averaged 17.8 points, 8.4 rebounds, 1.4 blocks and 1.7 assists per game. He shot 60.9% from the field and 59.5% from the line.

The Cavs need Shaq to give LeBron some help. In the Eastern Conference Finals against the Orlando Magic, the Cavs struggled to find offensive options. They also struggled to defend the rim. Shaq should help in both regards.

Marketing-wise, this is a dream for Cleveland and the NBA.

Shaq and Lebron (Image: Zuma Press)

The question is raised season after season, and yet no legitimate answer is given.

Does Kobe need to win an NBA Championship in order to get out of the ominous shadow that is Shaquille O’Neal?

Kobe has to win a championship with out Shaq in order to get the monkey off his back.

Kobe Bryant is sick of answering the question, sick of hearing it. He’s so fed up, in fact, that he got a little spiteful this time around when he was asked about his legacy without Shaq:

“People think Shaq would have won a championship without me on that team? They’re crazy.”

Oh, snap.

Unfortunately for Kobe (and every other major superstar in professional sports) the media likes to jump onto certain, contemplative bandwagon questions and drive them into the ground. And this is the latest one.

It doesn’t matter how Kobe chooses to answer it anymore. The only way he can make it go away is by winning an NBA Championship without Shaq.

Of course, after that he’ll have to answer another burning question. “Does Kobe have to win more the six championship rings in order to finally get out of Jordan’s shadow?”

One question at a time, please.

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As many of you know, Shaquille O’Neal is on Twitter. You can find Shaquille O’Neal on Twitter at twitter.com/THE_REAL_SHAQ.

Personally, Twitter I think Twitter is pretty lame. It’s basically blogging for people who don’t like typing a lot. But that said, reading Shaq’s Twitter page is a must.

And as you can see in this story about Shaq meeting Twitter friends, reading his page can lead to hilarity. Thankfully, the Twitterers are also bloggers so we got a recap of the events.

Even though Shaq doesn’t come across as the most likely person in the world to be on the internet, he actually does a good job keeping his Twitter updated. Follow Shaq on Twitter and you too may be able to meet him and then blog about it.

We’re going to miss Shaq. Although the 36-year-old Shaquille O’Neal can be hard to watch sometimes on the basketball court, there’s no denying his funny antics. Behind the deep voice, the Big Shaqtus is just the Big Kid at Heart.

In this Shaq video, you get to see Shaq dance with the JabbaWockeeZ. The Shaq and JabbaWockeeZ dance video can be seen below.

If it weren’t for his gargantuan size, it’d be tough to tell the difference between Shaq and a member of the JabbaWockeeZ. He pulled off his dance skit at the 2009 NBA All-Star Game rather well. He gave his home fans an All-Star introduction they won’t soon forget.

Here is the video of Shaq dancing with the JabbaWockeeZ.

Just when you thought the Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant saga was over, Shaq is spotted on a new video dissing his former teammate in a rap song.

This guy has a lot of side jobs (rapper, jockey, actor, police officer). Maybe he needs to stick to just one. Check out the video below of Shaq’s freestyle rap at a club and new dis of the 2008 NBA MVP.

Check out this video of Shaquille O’Neal of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns dressed as a jockey. Shaq, who was at the Belmont Stakes, was pimping his Vitamin Water drink.

During the Belmont Stakes, all eyes were on Big Brown as he was trying to complete the Triple Crown. However, Big Brown wasn’t so big after all as the horse finished in last place.

There is no truth to the rumor that the reason that Big Brown was so slow was due to Shaq being the replacement jockey. Although I’m don’t think even Shaq as a jockey could have done much worse than last place on the highly favored horse.

Here is the video of the Shaq AKA The Big Jockey:

This weekend, the wildly anticipated NBA playoffs began. And while there were some great games, for me, the lasting image is half-Kobe-half-Shaq lecturing me on fear. Though the commercials have been around for a while now, they’ve received heavy rotation during the playoffs. I actually thought the commercials were pretty neat, if a bit unsettling. I was especially impressed how they managed to sync up the speech from each player to create an odd stereo effect. I was noting this when my friend brought their eyes to my attention. They blink at the same time! Ahhhhhh! Don’t believe me, check for yourself.

Now, some unanswered questions. Firstly, why didn’t you believe me? And were these blinks choreographed? Was there some sort of blinking coach on set, yelling “Blink,” at designated intervals? If these blinks weren’t scripted, then is there some sort of natural blink response during pauses?

The rest of the ads in the series feature more creepy synchronized blinking. Also, be on the look out for the amalgamated word “Bordan” in the LeBron/KG commercial.