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I was worried they were going to trade shaq to LA for luke walton and some lottery tickets.
shaq staying
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I was worried they were going to trade shaq to LA for luke walton and some lottery tickets.
No way Shaq goes to LA... Not even for Luke.
No need for the big Hypocrite.
Boston's bench will get help if Joe Smith gets bought out and signs with them.
from my understanding, if he gets bought out the Cavs will go after him aswell, and have their MLE so can offer more money
Mavs want shaq too. shaq will definitely be a upgrade at our 5 spot, and we have enough garbage contracts to make this trade feasible. Dampier+stack for him seems a good trade for both teams, I would rather even put in Josh Howard in sub ution for stack than do nothing before the deadline.
SI.com Writers' Roundtable.
2. Would Shaquille O'Neal have been a good fit for the Cavaliers?
Ian Thomsen: It is an inspired thought. He would fit their pace of play, he would be a threat to pass or score out of the low post and he would turn Zydrunas Ilgauskas into the most dominant backup center of the postseason. The problem is in the timing. The Cavs would have be forced to change their style of play at both ends -- offensively the paint would be more crowded, altering LeBron James' routes to the basket -- and they would have had only two months to make it work before the playoffs. The Cavs think they have a championship team already. They can go through the playoffs, see how they do and then revisit a trade for Shaq this summer.
Jack McCallum: For sure. You ever see Shaq fool around with LeBron during All-Star weekend? They are extremely simpatico. LeBron plays well with a lighthouse-type center, someone who is relatively stationary but is nevertheless indomitable and reliable, as Shaq is. He's still much better than Zydrunas Ilgauskas, even though Z is pretty good. Shaq would've been fired up at the thought of getting into another championship round, and he's had a good season anyway. It would've been very interesting to see that deal go down.
Chris Mannix: It would have been a risk. Shaq has never been an easy guy to work in midseason; just ask Mike D'Antoni. And Cleveland has been a well-oiled machine this season, so there would have been bumps in the road. But there are two reasons why this trade would have worked. First, this season we have seen a rejuvenated Shaq, who looks and sounds eager to win another ring before he retires. It's why he has hinted that he would be OK with a return to the Lakers and why I think he would have done his best to fit in with the Cavs. Second, Cleveland's offense is nothing like that in Phoenix, where O'Neal had to mesh with a run-and-gun attack. The Cavs play straight inside-out basketball, and even at 36, O'Neal can still command double teams in the post. With Shaq and Ilgauskas alternating down low, Mo Williams, Daniel Gibson and Delonte West on the perimeter and LeBron attacking the rim, it would have been impossible for defenses to account for all the Cavs' weapons.
Steve Aschburner: I'm going to say no, but not because I don't think O'Neal could have fit in and even been an effective player for the Cavs. I just don't know if he would have made them better, given the minutes he would take from Ilgauskas and Anderson Varejao and the adjustments he would require in their attack. Plopping him down in the post for the Cavs would be, to me, like installing a roundabout in the middle of a busy street -- it would require LeBron to cir navigate Shaq in his routes to the hoop. Have to admit, though, that I like the idea of Shaq's hit parade going to yet another city. It had me thinking if there's any way the 26 teams that haven't employed him yet could work out some sort of time-share for him next season.
Yah cuz Lebron can "light" it up.
I hope Cavs do go ahead with this. Gives Lebron less room to do his only move...dunk.
He can do more than dunk but when I read "light it up from the wing" I lol'ed.
PS - the trade deadline was yesterday.
fine... the DUNk is the only move he can do...consistantly
I'm really getting sick of Lebron but blind hatred is unnecessary. He can get to the rim consistently and finish consistently is the better way to put it.fine... the DUNk is the only move he can do...consistantly
We both can agree though that saying he dominates from the wing is absurd since his jumper is still atrocious.
which leaves him with....THE DUNK!
Lebron > KoME the primadonna drama queen adulterer center killer 41% Finals shoota
(hows THAT for blind mutha in hate?)
expected better hate from you
The Hornets got mutha in FLEECED when they traded that guy for a franchise big in Divac.
but Divac > KoME the primadonna drama queen adulterer center killer 41% Finals shoota
call Kobe whatever you want but he never made up a move known as the "crab dribble" and then whined about it.
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