"Chris Bosh has been through this so many times that he just smiles. Yes, he gets it, that he's not Shaquille O'Neal's personification of elite, a star, perhaps even a man.

The latest dig comes in O'Neal's latest autobiography, the just-released "Shaq Uncut: My Story."

Included in the retired center's inspection of the Miami Heat, beyond the now-well-chronicled digs at Pat Riley, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James, are the latest volleys at Bosh. Now, as before, O'Neal stresses that the veteran power forward has achieved stardom without earning it, is more about numbers than winning, and "is not an elite player.""