Shaquille O’Neal stands tall in Harvard Square today

Shaquille O’Neal stands tall in Harvard Square today
By Joe Dwinell  |   Thursday, October 21, 2010  |  http://www.bostonherald.com  |  Local Coverage

Photo by Matt Stone
Shaquille O’Neal, living up to all of his 7-foot, 1-inch hype, is heading over to Harvard Square now to pose like a statue — as promised.

The Celtics [team stats] center just Tweeted “on my way to harvard square lol dam I phone my fingers r to big statue time.’’

Shamroq, as he would now like to be called, said two weeks ago there’s “no conversation.” Just sitting and snapping of pics for an hour.

If you want your photo taken with Shaq, better get running. We are.

If you do pose with the imposing big guy, send your photo to us at heraldsquare@bostonherald.com ... where you can send any cool photo. Who knows, we may run some of your shots in tomorrow’s Herald and always online at bostonherald.com.

As for Shaq, he’ll start the season at center when the Celtics open Tuesday night at the TD Garden vs. the Miami Heat — who are a “loaded baked potato,” as the Herald’s Steve Bulpett writes today, with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh hoping to bounce the Heat to the NBA championship.

Today, Shaq stands ... or sits ... above them all in Harvard Square.

Shaq did Tweet at about 1 p.m. “on my way to Barbara square it’s statue time.” He then quickly corrected himself tapping out “I mean on my way to harvard square ...”

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