By my counts, today is our 38th Shaq Claus Thursday.
In case you're unfamiliar, every Thursday we've been posting a photo of Shaq, or Shaq-a-claus as he fashions himself, to honor the big man that we refer to as the original NBA Santa.
If he wasn't the first, then he at least has been the most prolific. We figure he's been dressing up as Shaq-a-claus pretty much every year to help the needy-even after he retired. Here's our proof of Shaq-a-Claus through the ages:
Obviously it's not that Shaq-a-Claus was the first NBA player to give baq-a-claus. In this of age public image consciousness, the vast majority of NBA players seem to have no problem keeping their wealth in perspective a (even though they got kids to feed.) And it's no secret Shaq certainly pioneered the social media movement, first with twitter and then with tout - even announcing his retirement via the latter. Most importantly, though, Shaq-a-Claus embraced the idea of laughing at himself. And nothing qualifies as laughing at yourself more than dressing up as Santa Claus.
So it's our opinion that if Shaq-a-Claus hadn't made being a professional basketball player who dresses up as Santa Claus on occassion so cool, then there would not have been this website. That's why today, as we do every Thursday, we honor you, Shaq-a-Claus. You are indeed very quotatious and dressing up as Santa has been your most shaqtastic random act of Shaqness.
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