Lost in all the excitement of Shaq rejoining the police force was this little nugget from him talking about how much he enjoys his new team (the Suns) and how much he hated playing for Miami. Why do we love this so much? Well, check this part out:

“I love playing for this coach and I love playing with these guys,” O’Neal told the Globe. “We have professionals who know what to do. No one is asking me to play with Chris Quinn or Ricky Davis. I’m actually on a team again.”

There are few things we hate more in sports than players who fill up a stat sheet but kill a team. And let’s face it: Ricky Davis, with his tantalizing talent and his inconsistency, was a team killer on a squad full of them the past couple of years with the Wolves. He then, of course, was shipped to Miami, which now has the worst record in the league. Before he was here, Davis was on some bad Boston teams. Get the picture? His propensity for putting up 20 points on bad teams reminds us of our place — transition alert! — atop the Redacted Bracket Standings right now. Yes, we’re No. 1 out of 28. We look good. But lurking in the background is the inevitable loss, considering we picked Georgetown to win it all and, well, that will be kind of tough with Roy Hibbert and co. now lazing around campus instead of lazing around the court.

P.S.: We’ve heard the clamoring and we are in negotiations to bring back RandBites one week from tomorrow. The people of this democracy have spoken.

Fasola-link! Double-shot of Nails. Great stuff.

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