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Message: [QUOTE="nwhoopfan, post: 3950986, member: 7894"] I grew up a big Blazers fan, but my NBA fandom was killed off by the superstar treatment. Funny you should bring up Shaq. I know he complained about how much he got fouled, but I remember him putting all 300+ lbs of his body right thru the sternum of countless defenders that were sent sprawling. Not only was an offensive foul almost never called against Shaq, most of the time the hapless defender got tagged w/ a foul. For just standing there and getting annihilated by a freak of nature. The worst ever was a playoff game against the Blazers. Shaq dunked it, did a pull up on the rim, swung his legs forward and karate kicked Sabonis in the chest. Sabonis grabbed onto Shaq's foot so he didn't fall over backward. Foul on Sabonis of course. Should have been a foul, T and probably thrown out of the game against Shaq. I just couldn't deal with that kind of garbage. I think the last straw was when the refs blatantly stole a Western Conference Championship series from the Kings and handed it to Shaq and Kobe in the mid 90s. I haven't followed the NBA more than casually since then. Stern was a habitual liar and a crook, and he was running the league for decades. He's long gone, but I just couldn't bring myself to go back to being a fan. (BRoy was a stud for a few years before his knees fell apart and Dame is a monster for the Blazers, but I hardly ever watch them) [/QUOTE]