Shaquille O'Neal has been sidelined since November 12th with a knee injury and isn't expected to return until the 23rd of December at the earliest.

"I hope his thought process is that he tries to almost reinvent himself physically," head coach Pat Riley said. "He has to come back a lot lighter, a lot leaner. Those kinds of things are really important now."

"I'll be in shape good enough to help the team out and help win games and further what we're trying to do," he said.