Rajon Rondo Is The Only One Who Can Keep Shaquille O’Neal’s Insanely Wild NBA Finals Streak Alive

There’s an NBA Finals streak directly related and linked to Shaquille O’Neal that just does not seem to end. Ever since 1984, every single NBA Finals have featured at least one player who has been teammates with the Big Diesel.

The streak though might come to an end. All hopes are on the Los Angeles Clippers and their point guard Rajon Rondo. Rondo, who played with Shaquille O’Neal in the 2010-2011 season for the Boston Celtics, is the only former teammate of Shaq who still is in the playoffs. The streak would end, if the Suns were to advance to the NBA Finals.

Here’s the list (one example of sometimes multiple teammates)/

1984 ((played for) BOS)- Greg Kite ((was teammates with Shaq in (ORL, 1994))

1985 (LAL)- Byron Scott (LAL, 1997)

1986 (BOS)- George Kite (ORL, 1994)

1987 (LAL)- A.C. Green (LAL, 2000)

1988 (LAL)- A.C. Green (LAL, 2000)

1989 (DET)- Dennis Rodman (LAL, 1999)

1990 (DET)- John Salley (LAL, 2000)

1991 (CHI)- Horace Grant (LAL, 2004)

1992 (CHI)- Horace Grant (LAL, 2004)

1993 (CHI)- Horace Grant (LAL, 2004)

1994 (HOU)- Robert Horry (LAL, 2003)

1995 (ORL)- All of ORL, Shaq played in the finals

1996 (CHI)- Steve Kerr (ORL, 1993)

1997 (CHI)- Ron Harper (LAL, 2001)

1998 (CHI)- Ron Harper (LAL, 2001)

1999 (SAS)- Steve Kerr (ORL, 1993)

2000 (LAL)- All of LAL, Shaq played in the finals

2001 (LAL)- All of LAL, Shaq played in the finals

2002 (LAL)- All of LAL, Shaq played in the finals

2003 (SAS)- Steve Kerr (ORL, 1993)

2004 (DET)- All of LAL, Shaq played in the finals

2005 (SAS)- Robert Horry (LAL, 2003)

2006 (MIA)- All of MIA, Shaq played in the finals

2007 (SAS)- Robert Horry (LAL, 2003)

2008 (BOS)- Paul Pierce (BOS, 2011)

2009 (LAL)- Derek Fisher (LAL, 2004)

2010 (LAL)- Kobe Bryant (LAL, 2004)

2011 (DAL)- Sasha Pavlovic (BOS, 2011)

2012 (MIA)- Udonis Haslem (MIA, 2008)

2013 (MIA)- Ray Allen (BOS, 2011)

2014 (SAS)- Boris Diaw (PHO, 2009)

2015 (GSW)- Leandro Barbosa (PHO, 2009)

2016 (CLE)- LeBron James (CLE, 2010)

2017 (GSW)- Matt Barnes (PHO, 2009)

2018 (CLE)- LeBron James (CLE, 2010)

2019 (TOR)- Danny Green (CLE, 2010)

2020 (LAL)- LeBron James (CLE, 2010), Rajon Rondo (BOS, 2011)

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