Shaquille O'Neal in the Hall of Fame: 5 reasons there will never be another Shaq

#2 The nicknames: The Big Bistower

Shaq had a talent for marketing and coming up with some classic monikers

Some players choose to go quietly about their business. Names like John Stockton and Tim Duncan come to mind. There are those reluctant about tooting their own horn, the ones who prefer to let their game do the talking.

Then there is Shaq. If Shaq put all his self-bestowed nicknames on different cars, he'd own a small fleet. Here are just some of the nicknames he's given to himself throughout his career:

MDE (Most Dominant Ever)/Superman/Shaq Fu/The Big Aristotle/The Big Shamrock/The Big Banana/The Big Daddy/The Big Shaqtus/Wilt Chamberneazy/The Big Maravich/Shaqovic/The Big IPO/The Big Cactus/The Big Banana/Mayor McShaq/The Real Deal/Manny Shaq-iaou/Hobo Master/The Big eQuotatious/The Big Galactus/The Big Field General/Diesel/The Big Conductor/Dr. Shaq/The Big Twitterer/Witness Protection.

Safe to say no other player in the Hall of Fame or the league has ever had such an expressive roster of names, and there probably won't be another as well. Shaq also immortalized a number of other nicknames for other players, some flattering and some less so.

He nicknamed Tim Duncan, The Big Fundamental for his sound fundamentals. Dwyane Wade earned the moniker The Flash for his blinding quickness. And in 2001, when the Lakers lost 112-107 to the Boston Celtics thanks to Paul Pierce's 42 points, Shaq picked a Boston reporter and told him, “Paul Pierce is the m***********g truth. Quote me on that and don’t take nothing out."

All those nicknames stuck, and the players are well known by it and probably thankful to Shaq for such cool names. Except Tim Duncan, he’d probably be equally thrilled to be called The Prudent Accountant.