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  1.                                  than they had won the
  2.                                  season before. Shaq was
  3.                                  the youngest All-Star in
  4.                                  league history and the first
  5.                                  rookie to start the All-Star
  6. Game since Michael Jordan did it in 1985.
  7.  
  8. Shaq has been an All-Star selection ever 
  9. since. In his second season, 1993-94, he 
  10. finished second in the NBA in scoring with
  11. a 29.3-point average and led the Magic to its
  12. first playoff appearance. In 1994-95, he led
  13. the NBA in scoring (with 29.3 points per
  14. game) and he took his team to the NBA
  15. Finals -- all at the age of 23!
  16.