Shaq shamelessly admits he has no idea about a Boston player

Since being selected by the Boston Celtics as the No. 30 pick of the 2024 NBA Draft, Baylor Shearman has quietly established himself as a key contributor to Joe Mazzulla’s rotation. He has performed particularly well recently, posting his fourth double-double in 14 games in the Celtics’ recent 109–98 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, finishing with 16 points and 10 rebounds on 6-8 overall shooting and 4-6 from beyond the arc.

However, for Shaquille O’Neal, it’s clearly not enough to know that the 25-year-old shooting guard exists.

“I don’t even know who this kid is,” he said on ESPN, according to a post on Ax By Awful Announcing. Shake was immediately told his name by Ernie Johnson, but again received a ridiculous response.

“I’ve never met anyone named Baylor or Shearman,” he said, clearly joking. With the win, Boston improved to 43–21 and defeated Cleveland 3–0. Of course, Scheuermann’s influence extended far beyond production.

Boston’s defensive dominance in the second quarter, holding Cleveland to just 10 points on 4 of 25 shooting and 0 of 14 from three, was partially fueled by its hustle on the glass. Sheuerman is one of several Boston players who have been forced into a larger role this season following an injury to Jayson Tatum and the subsequent departure of several stars.

He started only two games last season and played a total of 31 matches, averaging 12.4 minutes per outing. This season, Scheuermann has played in 58 games with 15 starts, averaging 16.3 minutes. He has averaged 4.6 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game, while shooting nearly 60% overall from the field and nearly 38% from beyond the arc. This is a huge improvement in all categories compared to the previous season.

In addition to his offensive contributions, Scheuermann is a busy defender who has integrated seamlessly into Mazzulla’s system. Now, with the return of Jayson Tatum, he is likely to continue to serve primarily as a bench influencer, which the 25-year-old has excelled in so far.


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凯德·坎宁安 (Cade Cunningham) 击败沙克 (Shaq) 击败杰伦·布朗 (Jaylen Brown) 获得 MVP

凯德·坎宁安可以说迎来了他职业生涯迄今为止最好的一个赛季,他带领底特律活塞队在 57 场比赛中排名东部第一。他的表现非常出色,沙奎尔·奥尼尔认为坎宁安值得获得 MVP 奖。甚至超过了波士顿凯尔特人队球星杰伦·布朗。

在“ESPN Tip-Off”节目中,沙克认为这位 24 岁的后卫是目前联盟中最“全面”的球员之一。这位前传奇中锋转型为 NBA 分析师非常喜欢坎宁安的比赛方式,并认为他应该获得 MVP 奖杯,因为他帮助活塞队再次成为真正的竞争者。

“我看了 [Cunningham] 前几天打球,他打出了一场完整的比赛,”沙克说。“他做的一切都是正确的。不是大部分都是对的,他总是做对的事情。他打球的方式,他的节奏,他的打球方式,以及 [the Pistons] 看到那个表情。肯尼,你知道我在说什么。就像,‘今年我们有一个使命。’”

这位五年级的老将本赛季第二次入选全明星,因为他是迄今为止联盟中最高效的球员之一。在出战的 51 场比赛中,凯德·坎宁安场均得到 25.4 分、5.7 个篮板、9.8 次助攻(职业生涯最高)和 1.5 次抢断(职业生涯最高),投篮命中率为 45.9%,三分线外命中率为 33.9%。

坎宁安和活塞队上赛季进入了季后赛,但最终在首轮被纽约尼克斯队淘汰后惨遭淘汰。这是球队自2018-19赛季以来首次进入季后赛。今年,底特律打得好像他们有东西要证明,而凯德·坎宁安的表现是他们成功的重要因素。


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Shaq pushes Karl-Anthony Towns back and forth at high speed

On Saturday evening, the New York Knicks got back into the win column with a thrilling win over the Houston Rockets at Madison Square Garden. Despite falling behind by 18 points in the fourth quarter, the Knicks came back and ultimately won the game, shutting down Houston’s offensive attack.

It was a strong game for Knicks big man Karl-Anthony Towns, who scored 25 points with seven rebounds in the win.

After the game, Towns joined ESPN’s Inside the NBA for an interview, and Shaquille O’Neal had an interesting conversation with the Knicks’ big man.

“If you guys win the chip, sure they’ll talk about Brunson, but it’s you and your game. You have to be dominant. You played well,” O’Neal said, according to Hoopsship.

“As long as we get a ring they can talk to anybody about, that’s the most important thing,” Towns said.

“No, you have to play well. You’re part of that 1-2 punch,” countered Shaq.

Towns responded, “Yes, but the main goal is to win, no matter who gets the credit.”

“No, you have to play well to get credit,” Schock said.

O’Neal has long been known to be a critic of centers in today’s NBA, with some fans speculating that jealousy or malice may play a role in his disdain.

Perhaps O’Neal’s ‘me-first’ attitude was part of what made him so effective, but also why he is considered a relative underachiever in recent NBA history, given his natural talent.

Towns, meanwhile, has faced accusations of being “soft” earlier in his career, but he has always put the team before himself, which has continued into his time with the Knicks.

When New York next takes the field against the Chicago Bulls on Sunday, it will try to register two consecutive wins.


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詹姆斯·哈登 (James Harden) 超越沙克 (Shaq) 登上 NBA 歷史得分榜

加利福尼亞州英格爾伍德——週一晚上,詹姆斯·哈登和洛杉磯快船隊繼續強勢發揮,擊敗了夏洛特黃蜂隊,後者在之前的五場比賽中贏了三場,其中包括戰勝衛冕 NBA 冠軍俄克拉荷馬城雷霆隊。

哈登第一節拿下 11 分,距離超越沙奎爾·奧尼爾 (Shaquille O'Neal) 登上 NBA 歷史得分榜第九位僅差 4 分。哈登在第二節表現不佳,7投1中僅得到2分,但在第三節8投4中拿下11分,達到了里程碑。

全場比賽,哈登得到32分、4個籃板、10次助攻和4次搶斷,這是他NBA生涯第109次拿下30+10+助攻的比賽。這位快船球星賽后討論瞭如何超越沙克進入歷史得分榜。

“這絕對很特別,因為你是看著這些球員長大的,”哈登在快船隊以 117-109 獲勝後說道。 “有些是你小時候對手過的,有些是你小時候看過的,所以這絕對是特別的。沙克是我在洛杉磯家鄉的孩子時看過的人,看著他、科比和湖人隊在這里為這座城市做了一些特別的事情。他是有史以來最具統治力的中鋒,所以這絕對是一種榮譽,而且很特別。”

詹姆斯·哈登在洛杉磯長大,在阿蒂西亞上高中,他在 2000 年代初看著科比·布萊恩特和沙奎爾·奧尼爾帶領的洛杉磯湖人隊三奪 NBA 總冠軍長大。這位快船隊後衛在 2009 年 NBA 選秀大會上以第三順位被俄克拉荷馬城雷霆隊選中,並在 17 年的 NBA 職業生涯中打了 1,187 場常規賽和 173 場季后賽。

36 歲的詹姆斯·哈登與勒布朗·詹姆斯(41 歲)、凱文·杜蘭特(37 歲)、斯蒂芬·庫裡(37 歲)和拉塞爾·威斯布魯克(37 歲)等人並列 NBA 第六年長的球員。

在快船隊戰胜黃蜂隊的比賽中,哈登也以30分10助攻的成績擴大了自己的領先優勢,這是他職業生涯第109場這樣的比賽。這在 NBA 歷史上排名第二,僅次於奧斯卡·羅伯特森,後者在職業生涯中投進了 227 次。

這個特定的統計數據對他來說有什麼意義嗎?

“是的!我竭盡全力,”哈登回答道。 “我覺得我工作很努力。你不明白工作有多辛苦,也不知道工作的壽命有多長。只有少數人理解這一點,知道這一點。他們中的幾個人仍在高水平打球,這是一件很美好的事情。對於年輕人來說,了解NBA和籃球,你真的必須珍惜它,因為它可以帶你去往我們從未夢想過的不同地方。它打開了大門,與我們從未想過的人建立了關係。我以為我們會珍惜它,擁抱它,愛它,因為一旦結束,就結束了。

“你正在看像勒布朗這樣的人 [James]史蒂芬布 [Curry], [Kevin Durant],和拉塞爾 [Westbrook] 在我們這個年紀,仍然以最高水平做他們的事情。這是一件很美麗的事情。這證明了這些人以及我們長期以來所付出的努力。 ”

詹姆斯·哈登(職業生涯得分 28,614 分)緊隨其後的是威爾特·張伯倫(職業生涯得分 31,419 分),排在第八位。在歷史得分榜上,唯一領先於這位快船球星的現役球員是凱文·杜蘭特(31,486)和勒布朗·詹姆斯(42,654)。


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