Phoenix, AZ – The Phoenix Suns today pulled off a shocking trade, sending away center Shaquille O’Neal for motivational speaker Tony Robbins. Just having recently acquired O’Neal for Shawn Marion, it was believed the Suns were looking to beef up their inside game to make a strong push for the championship, many believing O’Neal was the missing piece to the puzzle.
However, after having O’Neal in the lineup for a few games, head coach Mike D’Antoni still felt the team “was missing that edge, that spark that could propel us to the next level. I realized that what we really needed was someone to motivate our players to excel beyond any levels they’ve previously played at. The inside game would come as a result of that. So we unfortunately had to say bye bye to Shaq.”
As he has zero experience playing professional basketball, it is believed Robbins will begin by sitting on the bench and leading 30-second motivational sessions during timeouts. Robbins is excited about the new opportunities, saying “I’m going to be able to help these guys out and see immediate results when they get back out there on the court. I’m going to try and convince coach to put me on the floor during free throws so I can motivate the shooter even more.”
O’Neal was understandbly stunned by the trade, claiming “I’ve still got 3 good years left in this body. I can’t believe they dumped me for some white boy that can’t even shoot a free throw.” It was later pointed out that O’Neal also had problems shooting free throws and wasn’t half the motivational speaker that Robbins is. O’Neal had no comment.
Tags: anthony robbins, shaquille o'neal
April 8, 2008 at 6:54 am
At least get the name right. He was traded for Shawn Marion. Also, I would say Anthony Robbins is better known as Tony Robbins. Most of the posts are pretty funny, but you could double check spelling.
April 10, 2008 at 9:24 am
Noted! Thanks!
February 28, 2009 at 8:04 am
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