After handing the Celtics their third straight loss on Friday night Shaquille O'Neal had this to say about one of his new Phoenix teammates, according to the Boston Globe.

"Amare Stoudemire is the best big man in the game right now -- period, bar none," O'Neal said. "I didn't know he was that good. But talking to him and watching him play, he's the best big man in the game at 25, and I mean that. I'm not just saying that to pump him up."