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Shaquille O'Neal faces an automatic one-game suspension for throwing a punch at Chicago's Brad Miller on Saturday. But he could end up getting much more when the league determines its penalty.

I love the guy, and I think he's the most dominant player in the NBA. But I am so sick of him crying about getting fouled all of the time. And I'm sick of him giving excuses about why he is a horrible free-throw shooter. ... He has to learn to expect the hard fouls; one, because he is the biggest guy in the league, and two, because he can not make foul shots and that is the most effective way to stop him. He needs someone to open his eyes for him.

This has been brewing for several years. Since refs refuse to call the offensive foul on Shaq when he turns into his opponent to clear out room so he can bull you over and dunk, teams have turned to his weakness and will foul so he has to make foul shots. ... Shaq needs to understand that for all his trash talk, Superman tatoo and physical play, teams are going to come after his weakness (foul shooting). If you can't take the heat, get out of the paint!

For quite some time now, the refs have allowed Shaq to bull his way on offense and, in turn, have allowed defenders to mug him ... For the good of the game they should call a foul if one occurs, with no regard for Shaq's size or overwhelming strength. A foul is a foul, PERIOD. Doing so would force Shaq to use more finesse and less brute force, as well as force defenders to actually make plays on the ball and not just on Shaq.

Let's ask coach Rudy Tomjanovich what he thinks about Shaq's behavior and how that kind of behavior affected his playing career. I am sure that he would have an opinion.

I can think of several other players that are fortunate Shaq has been patient the last 10 years. While Shaq's behavior is unexcusable, the NBA and the referees bear some of the blame for the beating he takes on a nightly basis. Brad Miller could have seriously injured Shaq with his flagrant foul and should also be suspended significantly as an example.

I think that it should be his intention, not the results, that dictates the fine. Whether or not he landed that punch is trivial (not to Miller, of course).

Shaq doesn't just get abused, he abuses people every night. He runs over people, throws elbows to the head and refs simply don't call it. If he wants to be a role model with his movies and hanging with the stars, he needs to be held accountable. It was completely unacceptable, his uncontrolled rage. Tens of thousands of kids are watching to see if Shaq will get away with this. Let's give them the correct answer.

There is no excuse for what Shaq did. He bumps into and knocks more people down than anyone else in the game. If he wants to stop being fouled all the time all he has to do is start hitting a decent percent of his free throws... Not only would he not get fouled as often, he would be leading the league in ppg, no questions asked! He deserves anywhere from a 5 to 7 game suspension (to practice his free throws)

It bothers me that somehow Shaquille O'Neal is being portrayed as the victim in this situation. For as physical of a game as he plays, he needs to expect to be played physically himself.

It had to come to Shaquille defending himself, because no official could, or would, stop the carnage. Discraceful.

The guy gets grabbed, hacked and attacked every game. I would have cracked a long time ago. Shaq has shown great restraint over the years. Shaq, I got your back!

If he wants to avoid them then he should improve his free-throw shooting, then there will be no Hack-a-Shaq.

Yes it was a punch, yes it was wrong, but Brad Miller deserved it. I'm surprised Shaq hasn't done that earlier because everyone mugs him. The officals need to control the game. Maybe we can ask Mark Cuban about this one?

If Mark Cuban can be fined $500,000 for bashing officials, Shaq should be given a huge fine. All too often players get away with throwing punches and only getting fined $20,000. To me, throwing a punch at a fellow player calls for a much heavier fine than bashing the head of officiating.

If someone kept on fouling me and was talking smack at the beginning of the game I would have done the same thing Shaq did. What would you do?

No matter how big he is, he is human after all -- just like anyone else. I admire him for he has kept his cool all these years with all the hacking that he gets every game.