MIAMI (AP) — Hours after Miami Heat coach Pat Riley said he still believes Shaquille O'Neal deserves an All-Star game role, a differing opinion was heard.
It was from O'Neal himself.
"As the general of this squad, I wouldn't deserve to be an All-Star," O'Neal said Friday evening. "And if they gave me the spot, I wouldn't take it, because I don't want to be given anything."
So with that, O'Neal's record-tying streak of 14 consecutive All-Star selections ends.
He wasn't voted by fans as an Eastern Conference starter last week, and when the coaches' votes for reserves for the Feb. 17 game were released Thursday, O'Neal wasn't on that list either.
Still, Riley didn't sound so willing to abandon the O'Neal All-Star quest earlier Friday, when he said his center merited a role in New Orleans and that commissioner David Stern should have the option of adding someone to the roster when the situation is warranted.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/heat/2008-02-01-shaq-all-star-game_N.htm
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