Shaq/Marion trade is "officially" done.

[BillsCarnage]

According to local media the trade has officially been made and approved by the NBA (w/in the last 15min) and there is now a 48hr window for the physicals to be completed and passed.

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/articles/0206shaqpasses.html

[Medvedenko]

Let's get physical...physical.....damn I used to love Olivia back in the day... :)

[duncan228]

sprrs just posted this in the Spurs Forum.

It's official.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3234099

Sources: Shaq passes physical, traded to Suns in Marion deal

By Marc Stein
ESPN.com
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Updated: February 6, 2008, 5:51 PM ET

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Diesel will be chugging out West.

In one of the most improbable trades in NBA history, the Miami Heat traded Shaquille O'Neal to the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks, sources close to the situation told ESPN.com.

O'Neal had traveled to Phoenix Wednesday morning to take a physical, which he presumably passed.

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The Miami Herald first reported on its Web site Tuesday night that the Heat informed O'Neal that they were shopping him and that talks with the Suns were serious.

Marion and O'Neal were reportedly both in favor of the trade, with sources telling ESPN.com on Tuesday that the Heat center was eager to leave his deteriorating relationship with Miami coach Pat Riley.

O'Neal talked to Suns players including Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire, The Arizona Republic reported on Wednesday. "I will not let you down," O'Neal reportedly told Nash on the phone.

The Suns have been plagued by well-chronicled concerns about their chemistry for nearly two years, generally focusing on the occasional dissatisfaction voiced behind the scenes by either Marion or Stoudemire. In the locker room as well as the front office, sources told Stein, there are factions that have believed for some time that one of them would eventually have to be traded for the Suns to reach their full potential.

Marion asked to be traded before the season but has rarely mentioned that declaration since, with many Suns insiders believing that he went public with that request mostly as a protest response to being mentioned in trade rumors for years.

O'Neal turns 36 in March and has been plagued by a persistent hip problem that has cost him 14 games this season. He refused to speak with Miami reporters after Tuesday's practice, while Riley insisted that O'Neal would soon undergo an MRI after missing the Heat's past six games.

And when he has been healthy, O'Neal is averaging a career-worst 14.2 points and 7.8 rebounds, while the Heat's demise has deepened after they followed their historic comeback from 2-0 down against Dallas in the 2006 NBA Finals by absorbing a first-round sweep by Chicago last season.

Marion, a four-time All-Star, is averaging 15.6 points and 9.8 rebounds this season, while Banks is putting up 5.2 points and 1.0 assist per game.

ESPN.com senior NBA writer Marc Stein, ESPN The Magazine senior NBA writer Ric Bucher and and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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[BillsCarnage]

Now the local media (radio) is saying that the physical is NOT complete. They still need to do the MRI and stress test on the hip. They expect him to pass, but the only thing official right now is league approval. There is now a 48hr window for the physicals to be completed and passed.

[Medvedenko]

Sheesh...what a weird 08....

[TheNextGen]

They're #1 in the conference. Yet pull a silly trade like this.

One word: Desperation

[Medvedenko]

This could be either huge and legendary with the hint of huge balls for kerr, or a monumental clusterfuck. Damn....

[Kriz-Maxima]

Let's get physical...physical.....damn I used to love Olivia back in the day... :)



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