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Lakers: Looking back at when Shaquille O’Neal dominated the NBA

Los Angeles Lakers' Shaquille O'Neal (L) keeps the ball away from Portland Trail Blazers' Shawn Kemp in the first quarter of the second game of their first round NBA Western Conference playoff series 25 April 2002 in Los Angeles, CA. AFP PHOTO/Lucy Nicholson (Photo by LUCY NICHOLSON / AFP) (Photo credit should read LUCY NICHOLSON/AFP via Getty Images)

If you are young enough to have never seen Los Angeles Lakers legend Shaquille O’Neal play and you just think that he is some analyst who likes to go back and forth with Charles Barkley then you really have to do your homework and get familiar with your basketball history.