[
I've kept in eye on Shaq since his first season in PHX. What's concerning about Shaq is that the one season he had a regular role, he was pretty bad. Defensive activity was still there, but he was one of the worst offensive players in the league that was regularly playing in 18/19. I was ready to call his first stint with PHX (all tanking time minutes) a fluke but then he more or less did the same thing last season in CHI. He played really well in (mostly) tanking time minutes again.
So what is all that worth? I think he's definitely worth a flier and I probably would have given him a shot at more than minimum given our needs. The competition between he and Oni will be good. I like our chances that one of them pans out.
The wildcard is that he's never been on a decent team with structure. Hopefully playing with the Jazz will be good for him, but I have concerns that his wildness won't mesh and he'll end up taking away from the other players too much on offense. He needs to embrace that Royce mentality where all he does is shoot wide open shots. Maybe he can work on being an active cutter too.