Blog number 8

Hello Blog world, I'm back with my eighth blog of Shaq Talks Back, and this blog will deal with only chapter ten. This chapter deals with the 1999-2000 season, which they won the championship and the up and downs of that season. Shaq goes back and talks about just how the team got started, the players they brought in, they just got Phil Jackson as the head coach, and how he's hunger for his first title. This chapter was intresting because he talked about a the regular life of an NBA player, which is going city to city, not being home as much and how you have to stay motivated to take on different teams every other night. He also goes on to talk about certain games in that season, that he put in big numbers, which includes on his birthday. He was able to put up 61 points and went to the club later that night. He also gives details on the locker room enviroment in which he called it being juvenile, in which a lot of players would play prankes on each other and joke about each other. The up and downs are really revolved around winning and losing, and how the media loves you one minute and the next they dislike you once you start losing. The other down is teammates getting along and working together on the court. They did win a championship, so they got along well enough. This is Gerard World

Blog number 7

Hello blog world, this would be my seventh blog and it will revolve around chapters 8 and a special section between 9 and 10 . Chapter 9 deals with alot of different issues, that I guess he had to get off his chest. Well at first he starts with calling some players in the league knuck heads and himself a knuck head as well but not a serious knucklehead. He describes a knuckle head as some one who talks to the fans in the game, opposing coaches, negative antics and so on. He also describes the NBA as nothing but actors because every player is trying to market themselves for a deal. He feels the NBA is trying market themselves the wrong way, because there not a squeaky clean league, their good guys and bad. He talks about his other centers around the league that he goes against and slap one of them across the head for talking negative about him. Their also legends of the NBA, that he takes shot at some legends that he felt didn't give him respect or didn't like him. Their also a section about winning with superstars on your team and how girls can break up a team and have players fighting each other for one girl. The last few pages deal with his relationship with the media, which is when you win they love you and when you don't their waiting to tear you up. The other pages deals with race in the NBA, and drug testing, which is getting more strict. The special section inbetween chp 9and 10 is called The original Shaq Daddy, and deal with players being responsible for their kids and deals with women trying to get money from players, and how he will always be a father to his kids.

Blog number 6

Hello blog world, I'm back with my sixth blog of Shaq talks back. I haven't been on in two weeks because of spring break but I'm trying to get back into the spring of the things. This blog will deal with chapter 8 and a special part of SHAQSPEAK( which is slang) What I like about chapter 8 is that it dealt with a lot of issues beside basketball. Shaq talk about helping people less fournate and giving back, whether it was computers or going to the hood and giving kids hope. In this chapter Shaq drop talks about meeting a lot of famous people and being a celebrity himself. He talks about meeting Marilyan Madison, Prince, Biggie Smalls. Another part I like is that he respect all people and doesn't look past where he came from. Shaq didn't grow up with a lot of stuff and now that he does, he keeps himself humble and respects people trying to come up themselves and doesn't downgrade people because he has more. Shaq also talks about his love life in highschool and college in which he wasn't the man until his 2nd year and how this girl broke his heart, when she wasn't committed to him. Last part of this chapter, Shaq talks about the Taco Bell and how he came up with the idea for them to use the dog in a commerical, which later would replace him. SHAQSPEAK is right after chapter 8 and is basically slang for example Bling-Bling-The gleam that occurs when the sun hit a diamond just right. Shaq quotes "Flossin- just as you floss your pearly-white teeth in the mirror , this is showing off to the extreme, rubbing your wealth and sucess in people's face." This is Gerard world and thanks for reading