I didn't say anything for a while because it was funny at first and I thought everyone was in on the joke, but it's really sad that these people do not know the difference between Austria and Australia.
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Sorry Floss, no idea if Shaq is in SA, but if he won't sign for vet min I doubt the Spurs pursue him.
http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/pos...haq-t-mac-more
Yep, Shaq wants too much. He needs to realize he's 38 years old and take whatever a contender is offering him if he wants to continue to play.
As far as signing at the minimum for a contending team (outside of a sign-and-trade), it looks as if San Antonio and Boston are his best bets. He won't make above the MLE unless Cleveland signs and deals him. Atlanta's front court is crowded so it looks like they may pass. We'll see.
Anyone even hinting that Blair could play SF should be banned on the spot.
Shaq struggling to find good fit
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I’ve heard that Shaq, earlier this summer, was telling friends that the Spurs were the only team he'd consider playing for on a low-dollar contract.
But San Antonio, as covered previously in this cyberspace, doesn’t have the available minutes -- and really hasn’t shown the inclination -- to try to wedge the former local high school star into a world that still revolves around Shaq’s old rival Tim Duncan.
Atlanta? Sensible as it sounds for the Hawks to be the one team out there aggressively pursuing the 38-year-old -- given Shaq’s presumed ability to both stand up to Hawks killer Dwight Howard and sell tickets in Atlanta -- they just signed Jason Collins to be their No. 3 center and signed Josh Powell before Collins.
Which brings us back to Boston. I struggle to envision Shaq signing for a mere $1.35 million for next season, but the idea can’t be completely dismissed if O’Neal is serious about only signing with a team that can contend for a championship, since the Celts are still on that short list.
Tim Povtak of AOL FanHouse, who covered Shaq closely in Orlando when he broke into the NBA, reported recently that O’Neal has been lobbying Boston to come get him. Celts president of basketball operations Danny Ainge told the Boston Globe earlier this week than he didn’t want to comment on Shaq but acknowledged that “we’ve had some discussions.” And with Kendrick Perkins sure to miss the start of the season after knee surgery and with Jermaine O’Neal’s injury history, there is a legit need for another center.
The safer move for the Celtics is clearly signing Kwame, but I don’t think we need to remind you that Ainge -- who was willing to gamble on Stephon Marbury in the second half of the 2008-09 season when so many outsiders thought he wouldn’t dare -- is not afraid to take risks
http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/pos...haq-t-mac-more
Look dude give it a rest, we all know Austria is a fictional place in Europe that the fairy tale princes and princesses the Hapsburgs hailed from, and they started some sort of war to end all wars over. At various points it has been claimed to be a part of Hungary and a Part of Germany though why real places would want to claim a fictional place, who knows. Supposedly Vienna is a town there and its where Vienna sausages come from, (we know better; look at the can, it'll tell you where they come from.). To top it off the governator claims to be from their to excuse his lisp. If not a fake peice of dreamland BS I don't know what is.
Meanwhile we all know Australia is a real place. Come on no one could make up Kangaroos and Koalas let alone the Tasmanian Devil If Austria is a real place point out an animal thats native to there other than unicorns.
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Cowboys training camp ,so Shaq in dalls?
lol i know.. right? :lol
plus having shaq in a spurs jersey looks good on paper but really c'mon...
i'd hate to be a victim of hack/a/shaq.. i can't imagine shaq hustin' back to play D.. nor having shaq go thru a season without disrupting chemistry due to beefin' with someone else on the team or staff
I highly doubt Shaq will be in a SPURS uniform next year?...Wouldn't mind having him, AI and TMAC though