5 NBA Players that ignited a Rule Change(s)

Cleveland Cavaliers v Los Angeles Lakers
One person wasn't enough to guard Shaq

#4 Shaquille O'Neal

Cleveland Cavaliers v Charlotte Bobcats
O'Neal would dunk on every player that guarded him

Shaquille O'Neal or Shaq as he's called was one of the most entertaining NBA players on and off the court.

He was a celebrity in his time and even acted in many movies. He had many nicknames like The Big Aristotle, The Diesel and many more.

He might have been a comedian off the court, but when he was on it, he was all business. He was just unstoppable.

He would dunk on every player that guarded him. Some say he's up there with Wilt for the title of The Most Dominant Player. He was a 7 foot 1 inch 325 lbs specimen who dominated on the low block. He averaged 25 points and 15 rebounds. He was just crazy and could flip that switch on whenever he wanted.

One person wasn't enough to guard Shaq and obviously, the NBA thought this was unfair for the other teams which meant that the had to bring back Zone Defense which was said to be illegal at the time.

Rule Change 6: Zone Defense was made legal

Shaq was really angry about this decision and went on to say that basketball is a man's game and the defense was called Man-to-Man for a reason.

This Rule Change was not needed and was wrong on NBA's part to do this.

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