You see his playful side in the one-of-a-kind model Shaq commissions to hype his brand around the NBA's annual All-Star weekend--including a shoe phone, a camera shoe and a remote-controlled car shoe.

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When I was a boy, there were shoe plants in Massachusetts and car plants in New Jersey.

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Tell that to the timeworn tokens of Monopoly: the shoe, top hat, wheelbarrow, clothes iron, battleship, race car, thimble and Scottie dog.

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To those who consider the Model S the world's best car, I throw out this question: What's the world's best shoe?

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