Shaq put Chief Lightning First Step on his ass last night and lots of people are talking about it for some reason. But the only thing that matters, of course, is that Diesel knows physics.
“When you understand the laws of physics like I do, the laws of physics state that a body in motion stays in motion,” Shaq said. “So when you have two objects that meet in the air, the smaller object is gonna fall much harder at the same rate of speed. I’ve never been the type of player to take anybody out. I was going for the ball, little guy ran into a brick wall, and you know, he fell, and he added a little bit to the end. The referees looked at how he fell I think. But it’s nothing I’m worried about, I’ve never been that type of player. If you understand physics like that, anytime you come in there out of control like that and you run into a brick wall, you’re going to get that effect.”
“I know I was going for the ball. I’ve played 17 years, I’m not a dirty player. I don’t get dunked on. Little guy tried to come in my house, I wanted to block the shot, and he fell. If you apply the laws of physics, you know why he fell the way he fell. Period.”
Period.
(AP Photo/Bill Haber)
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