Player of the D.A.Y.
Big man, first overall pick, leads to fun site
Even on a busy night, this was an easy call, and it’s got a forced tie-in to something else. My favorite!
It comes down to two people, Yao and Dwight Howard. Both of them first overall picks in the draft, both of them seen as the next great NBA Center after Shaq. If I’m going to be consistent here, I have to give it to Yao, because his 31 and 13 came against Phoenix, a much better team than Seattle obviously, who lost to Dwight and the Magic. Yao has struggled against up and down teams in the past, but Houston was able to keep the number of possession in the game closer to something Phoenix wouldn’t like, and Yao dominated, earning the Player of the D.A.Y. Dwight’s numbers against the Sonics were 39 and 16 with 5 blocks. He got to the free throw line 20 times, and Holly said he had 9 dunks. I saw the highlight and at the end there was a graphic that said the last Orlando Magic player to have 35 and 15 with 5 blocks or more was as you would expect Shaq.
When Shaq was a rookie, he had a 46-21 and 5 block game. Can you imagine a rookie having 46 and 21? I coincidentally happen to be working on a thing about Shaq for the magazine, and I needed to find some funny Shaq quotes. I googled Shaq quotes, and look at what I have found. If you have non-Shaq related stuff going on right now that you need to get done, do not click on that link.
35 Responses to “Player of the D.A.Y.”
Nov.29 at 5:35 pm
white hot eboy says:
Sam, great fuc*ing link.
Nov.29 at 5:37 pm
Holly MacKenzie says:
The Sacramento Queens. Oh Shaq, I miss the postgame interviews with you in a Lakers uni.
Nov.29 at 5:38 pm
J-Smoove says:
Damn I just want Dwight to dunk on Shaq…why is it so hard to dunk on Shaq….I think tyrus thomas did it…but not really http://youtube.com/watch?v=Pl0dXZYEdyE
Nov.29 at 5:40 pm
Ken says:
Holy crap that’s a great link.
Nov.29 at 5:41 pm
Sam Rubenstein says:
I’m in the “about himself section”
“I’m tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.”
Nov.29 at 5:42 pm
J-Smoove says:
“My personal opinion is, how, if you never hung out with somebody, do you know them so well? I never hung out with that dude because the dude is a weirdo.” (Referring to Kobe Bryant.) damn shaq you aint really the most normal person in the world either
Nov.29 at 5:48 pm
J-Smoove says:
hahaha i guess this is why shaq thinks kobe is a weirdo http://youtube.com/watch?v=wygM8Qd79O4&feature=related
Nov.29 at 6:07 pm
MoYooBuIuGuuPvEvNvIvS says:
dwight should have won. who cares if it was against seattle? although, yao did look great against the suns, despite amare giving him one.
Nov.29 at 6:15 pm
Myles Brown says:
YitOseUtyResEicOiuVmnEdeRasCigOoMesPbiEogNagSerAciTgyIadNyG.
Nov.29 at 6:15 pm
Darksaber says:
Beast of the east indeed. Saw him swat a KG shot last week and screamed at the screen. Dwight is righteous.
Nov.29 at 6:22 pm
Darksaber says:
Mr Rubenstein. GREAT Link to the little warrior’s best quotes. The one about sucking the venom out of the reporter’s wife’s teat, well that just left me in tears. thank you so much.
Nov.29 at 6:37 pm
its just alex says:
The quote about Buss hanging with 60-year-olds was classic.
Nov.29 at 7:01 pm
Pic says:
in his second year, he had a 25-28-15 game. DAMN.
those were career highs in rebs n blks
Nov.29 at 7:02 pm
Pic says:
i meant 24 pts. i wanna say im accurate
Nov.29 at 8:25 pm
dave says:
if nothing else (he is a lot else too), shaq is a great quote
Nov.29 at 8:42 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
Wilt Chamberlain put up a 58-42 and 44-42 during the SAME MONTH of his rookie season.
Nov.29 at 8:45 pm
albie1kenobi says:
how’s that even possible? 42 boards? some teams as a whole don’t even grab that many board. that’s not domination, that’s annihilation. how many shots were taken though?
Nov.29 at 8:48 pm
Captain America says:
Sam, Al Jefferson’s 31 pts and 14 boards doesn’t get a sniff?
Nov.29 at 9:16 pm
patrick says:
that what-if blazer quote is so great, he should be called the Big (One-Beer) Drunk
Nov.29 at 9:19 pm
patrick says:
and what kind of idiot question is that “if a snake bit your mom in the chest?” douchebag reporter absolutely deserved what he got
Nov.29 at 9:31 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
Wilt also had a 44-45 game and–in the third game of his NBA career–41-40. For the record, a player hasn’t had a 40-rebound game since 1969 when Wilt grabbed 42 in a game against the Celtics. There have been 28 40-plus rebound games in League history, and either Wilt (15) or Bill Russell (11) was resposible for all but two of them. (The only other guys to do it were Nate Thurmond and Jerry Lucas.) There’s only one MDE as far as I’m concerned, and it ain’t Shaq.
Nov.29 at 9:36 pm
Holly MacKenzie says:
Oh Russ, I love when you kill it with the Stats!
Nov.29 at 9:40 pm
Holly MacKenzie says:
I think I am so impressed with LeBron because of the Wilt and Oscar’s names. When I see him grouped with those two it hits home how crazy his numbers are. THEN, I see Wilt’s numbers spread out and it is just astounding. Like, how is that even possible. Imagine Dwight going up against Wilt? Imagine anyone from today’s game going up against him.
Nov.29 at 10:41 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
I’d pay any amount of money to see LeBron and Dwight go up Oscar and Wilt in their primes. First to 15 by ones, make it take it.
Nov.29 at 10:47 pm
Holly MacKenzie says:
Seriously though, I think I would give up my degree and start over fresh, another 4 years from scratch to see that (since I wouldn’t yet have the funds to drop as a result of said degree!). Oh sometimes I wish I was 30 years older so I could have seen some of this madness.
Nov.29 at 10:47 pm
Holly MacKenzie says:
and the horror of this ny/boston game is beyond belief.
Nov.29 at 11:26 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
It’s downright amazing.
Nov.29 at 11:45 pm
Holly MacKenzie says:
whenever I look at Isiah all I can think of is “oh how the mighty have fallen”
Nov.29 at 11:56 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
I’m surprised he didn’t get fired at halftime.
Nov.30 at 12:59 am
Reggie Evans says:
“You can’t fire me!! I quit!!’
Nov.30 at 1:37 am
Russ Bengtson says:
If they go down big at any point tomorrow at home, he should just hand Dolan his clipboard and leave.
Nov.30 at 3:07 am
jay says:
out of all the ish Isiah have pulled and not gotten fired for,this is just a blowout loss, since when does Dolan started caring about winning any ways?, Isiah and Dolan are probably celebrating the loss in the back of marbury’s pick up truck. any who lakers scoring 46 points in the 4th quarter and holding denver under 99, made me happy, who gets the player of the d.a.y for tonight’s games, i say Sasha Cruise[vujacic] just for the heck of it.
Nov.30 at 3:16 am
h-town nick says:
I should have heeded your warning about that link. Nothing else will ever get done.
Nov.30 at 3:30 am
Darksaber says:
Holly, Zeke hasn’t been “mighty” in over a decade. And he was wearing shorts on the hardcourt in that period. Since then: CBA, Raptors, Indiana, now the Knicks (and the harrasment case whew!). Maybe he should just hang it up for good. Got a nice soothing voice right? Go do some tv analysis or something.
Dec.2 at 6:35 pm
backboard says:
russ, you think wilt chamberlain would put up these numbers in todays game?? No way, right?!