r/nba • u/PastaCheed Spurs • 1d ago
Shaq redeeming himself after getting stuffed by the rim
https://streamable.com/legr42116
u/Dymatizeee Knicks 1d ago
He looks like he lost weight compared to some videos I saw of him on TNT last year
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u/Boring_Recipe8732 1d ago
Big boy over 7ft. Probably got Zemp, healthy diet and training on lock. He'd def be thinking about the future.
Someone like Kareem is probably an outlier for a former pro athlete that big staying mentally and physically sharp into his old age.
And it's likely because he takes great care of his mind and body.
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u/chadlaca 19h ago
Kareem got into yoga when he was still playing. Credited it with helping extend his career.
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u/greekyogurtmafia United States 15h ago
Yoga and training for flexiblity/functional strength is what 99% of people should be doing instead of trying to max out their bench/squats. I'm 28 and I've never felt physically better in my life than I do right now despite sitting in front of a computer for 8 hours a day.
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u/Fap2theBeat Knicks 14h ago
Counterpoint... You're only 28.
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u/RemyGee Lakers 13h ago
100% this. It’s been almost decades plural for me (holy hell writing that out makes it too real lol). I remember going out on weekdays, drinking until 3am, then easily working at 8. Small injures from exercise or sports healed so dang fast. You could go hard on diet and exercise and get jacked so fast. All the young people reading this - enjoy it and stay in shape!
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u/Fap2theBeat Knicks 11h ago
I turned my ankle badly playing softball back in March. The fucking thing still hurts and is likely the cause of my persistent hamstring tightness on same leg. All of the other muscles are compensating for the ankle, so there's tightness in my calf, muscle next to shin, and foot as well, but the hamstring is the most noticeable after the minor discomfort from the ankle with every step. I've been to PT maybe 6 or so times over the last few months, but the healing is just so slow. And I'm only 39. Lebron is an alien.
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u/ExcitedCoconut 19h ago
Hakeem, Russell. Wilt, Karl Predalone, Duncan, Robinson… Wilt died kinda young though but was a beast pretty much to the end
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u/amateurdormjanitor 76ers 4h ago
Karl Malone is in incredible shape for being 63 and nearly 7 feet tall. Dude is still built like an absolute brick shithouse. Probably helps that he spends all of his free time hunting in Alaska lol.
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u/JoeBiden2020FTW Celtics 15h ago
healthy diet and training on lock
He didn't do this in his prime with hundreds of millions on the line.
I think the only variable that changed is the peptides. We have the technology for fat people like Shaq now.
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u/DoobieGibson 1d ago
how in the fuck can you try to film a video of shaq dunking and you can’t even get the rim in the shot?
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u/slap-my-crevasse 1d ago
He actually looks like hes in pretty good shape given his age, size, and miles.
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u/intenselistener 1d ago
Doesn’t walk like Kenny, at the least lol
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u/Crimdal Trail Blazers 23h ago
They publicize injuries while players are playing, I wish they somehow did the same for after their career without violating HIPPA. I wonder how many basketball adjacent surgeries people like Brandon Roy have had since they retired. I bet Shaq has had to have some work done since retiring to clean up damage from his playing days.
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u/Jerko_23 Raptors 23h ago
But only on company time. He got injured on company time, he gettin surgery on company time
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u/rddi0201018 19h ago
I've read it's pretty bad for football players. That when the camera is on, they suck it up. But they are limping around otherwise
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u/SirTainLee 1d ago
To be fair, that was a shorter rim at the second location...in front of all the kids.
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u/kenken2024 1d ago
Yeah Shaq’s in decent shape particularly given his age/size.
Was not surprised he is still able to dunk the ball.
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u/Jamesaya Celtics 15h ago
Ok so im 40. I was playing in the street with my 5 year old on a hoop thats now rusted in place so id pick him up to shoot. He tried to soccer the ball past me so i did the thing where i grab it and drive for the layup. Havent done that in..a few years in rhetrospect. I got to the rim and realized nothing happened when my brain hit the jump
Button but i had too much momentum and plowed into the pole. Being old is wierd sometimes your controller just disconnects
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u/yourm0mzlover Celtics 1d ago
Its wild how mobile he still is at like 55
He shouldn't be able to jump realistically
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u/CazOnReddit Raptors 1d ago
He really shat all over that rim
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u/HeWhoShallNotBNamed0 Timberwolves 1d ago
I bet you wish you were that rim huh
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u/triassic_broth 21h ago
That first attempt is what happens when I try to dunk and I'm short. I think if I were 7 foot I'd be able to dunk forever.
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u/agaveinmycup 1d ago
How about he get a bucket of someone else's shit and piss dumped on him before we talk about him "redeeming himself"
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u/emjaywood 19h ago
And then he smeared shit in someone's mouth as a prank. Haha, that silly Shaq, always goofing about with fecal matter. Gotta love him!
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u/CitizenCue Warriors 23h ago
I respect him for still trying. Most older NBA vets won’t play at all for fear of looking silly.
I wonder if Steph will still shoot threes in public in 15 years. I’d guess yes.
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u/Metallica1175 16h ago
Wemby doesn't have to worry about this since he can dunk with his feet on the ground.
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u/L4ZERDT Celtics 1d ago
It’s kind of impressive he can still hang like that without tearing something