Was lucky enough to see Shaq play in person twice. He came to Manila and played with some NBA and non-NBA players against PBA players. During practice he hit more three point shots than you can imagine him hitting. During the game he insisted on playing PG, plus he picked up a couple of PBA players on their way to the rim and helped them to dunk the ball. Good fun.
Saw him in Staples in the playoffs. Thankfully the Laker crowd is a bit quiet, so you could hear him slamming his shoulder into the bodies of people defending him in the low post. One of them was Dale Davis, and you could hear his oomph-oomph-oomph as Shaq bulled his way in. Dale's facial expression was like, "Kulang ang binabayad niyo sa akin!!!"
Brian Grant used to say that whenever his wife saw him putting extra ice in the freezer, she would say, "Oh, I see that Shaq's in town, huh."
Salamat Big Fella!