[quote name='magilacudy'][quote name='Zenithian Legend']While the main reason for Shaq being as good as he is, is because his size, huge size alone cannot account for where he is today.[/quote]
Eddy Curry - 7'0 280
DaSagana Diop - 6'11 285
Shaquille O' Neal 7'1 325.
Shaq has 40 lbs. and an few inches of height on these guys. He's one of the heaviest players in the league. Not many players (besides Boykins) that could lift 300 lbs much less defend against it. His girth may not be the only factor, but it's the biggest. (pun intended).
Oh yeah, why aren't those guys dominant? Because they're constantly injured and have a non-horse like work-ethic.[/quote]
That and there's a blatant lack of coordination on Diop's part. Curry isn't as good as people had expected, plus injury prone. Of course, Shaq himself is injury prone... so that's not a good excuse. There's a few other more obscure players like Jerome James, and Greg Osterfag that are about the same size as Snack when he first came in the league, and aren't even close to how dominant he was then... point is Shaq actually has some talent, it's not just the fact that he's a yeti.