Two O'Neal chasing for Celtics Starting Center position

Two O'Neal chasing for Celtics Starting Center position

Shaquille O'Neal in indiana pacers jersey practiced with the Celtics' starters for the second straight day on today, Celtic head coach in pacers jerseys said Jermaine O’Neal was been scheduled to do this position, but nothing is settle down, Assuming Jermaine O'Neal in reggie miller jersey feels the same way, this minute-share shouldn't be too contentious.

"I don't know if he does or not, but I know he's playing his butt off," the Celtics' coach said of Shaquille O'Neal.  "Just watching what he's doing, he doesn't care. He just wants to play and help the team. You can see that he really wants to prove he can play still, number one. And I think he just wants to win, and you can see that. And I think that's why it's been easy so far -- he doesn't care what unit he's with. That makes a big difference. It helps my job." When the C's got underway in Newport, R.I. on Tuesday morning, they had Jermaine O'Neal in miami heat jersey decked out in a green practice jersey along with the rest of the Celtics' starting five. Shaquille, dressed in white, worked with the second unit. The two scrimmaged with their respective five-man groups for most of the first three days of camp, and both seemed happy in their roles.

But Shaq in lebron james jersey kept working -- hard enough that by week's end, the coach became curious enough to try him out with the C's starters. "Shaq in dwyane wade jersey was phenomenal," Rivers in chris bosh jersey said. "He had a great camp. He's in very good shape, and he had a very impressive camp. "Shaq might have been the biggest surprise. He's fit in extremely well." Each of Rivers' "O'Neal brothers" presents a different element to the starting five. Jermaine brings youth, energy, quickness, and a defense-first attitude. Shaq brings size, strength, experience, and a whole new dimension to the Celtics' offense. Jermaine in milwaukee bucks jersey may still be the favorite to land the starting job, but Shaq is proving that he also brings something to the table. "They're progressing fine," Kevin Garnett in bucks jerseys said of the two centers. "J.O. in brandon jennings jersey is good because of his versatility. He can do different things. We play a lot of different games when he's in there. He's very talkative, we communicate really well. "And Shaq, he's very simple. A lot of things are simplified when it comes to his presence. When he's down there, it makes a lot of things easy."

The one-on-one basketball games took place on a regular basis during the 1980s. Shaquille O'Neal in new jersey nets jersey always pretended that he was Magic Johnson playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, and Mitch Riles in nets jerseys was in the role of Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics. "True story," said O'Neal. "I had a best friend in Georgia, a white guy whose name was Mitch Riles, and he looked just like Bird. He had the same nose as Bird, the long hair. So he was Bird and I was Magic. Here is O'Neal, the winner of four NBA championships and numerous awards throughout a career that began in 1992, putting the finishing touches of his basketball life by playing for the Celtics. O'Neal is quickly growing comfortable in his new surroundings. He is living on a 10-acre farm in Sudbury and made the rounds in Boston before joining his team in training camp this week.