“‘I’m a historian of the game, so I understand that on this team I’m probably a big role player, and I have no problem with that…Kareem was fortunate enough to have those style of players around him toward the end of his career, and I sort of feel like him now,’ O’Neal said. ‘I’m no idiot. I’m not going to come in here trying to take over and take 30 shots. I’m going to fit in very nicely — rebound, outlet to Steve, get some easy buckets, play some defense. That’s all we need to do.” Whether or not the Shaq experiment works out in Phoenix, the Big Fella seems to be saying the right things.