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Shaq isn't going back to Miami, he burned too many bridges there.
I'd take him for the LLE, he's better than Bonner.
If last season is any indication, Beasley can not play anything.
Shaq isn't going back to Miami, he burned too many bridges there.
I'd take him for the LLE, he's better than Bonner.
Guy is only 21 and would still be a junior in college. Has taken a lot of heat for not being an allstar at the age of 20. Has played, SF, listed 6-10, and shot 40% from the 3 2 years ago. The kid is going to be a steal for someone and probably will be an eventual star when given some time to allow his game to mature.
For the life of me I just can't fathom why people on this board are so afraid of having a deeper basketball team just because it might reduce the number of minutes their favorite young guys get to play. Is the point to have the best basketball team possible? Or is the point just to play young guys as many minutes as possible? No one should be afraid of challenging guys like Splitter and Blair to become better basketball players by making them compete for playing time against better teammates. That's a far better scenario than forcing yourself into giving them a bunch of playing time simply because there's no one better on the roster.
Besides, making Splitter compete against Shaq both in practice and for game minutes would be about the best development tool for him that there is.
I think just about everyone likes the idea of Shaq coming over. And just about everyone think that he shouldn't get more than the LLE
More than that and the spurs might just look away.
I like the idea of him coming due to the fact that having Shaq in black would increase the national broadcast that the spurs would usually have. Think about that.. Mainly something for non-san antonio residents to think about.
I'd honestly consider trading in my fan card (a la Fpoonsie circa 2004 during all that Karl Malone nonsense) were this to actually happen.
C'mon, Spurs, you're better than this.
Although many spurs fans (including me) probably wanted to strangle Shaq when he played with the Lakers and Suns...this offseason move will be better than any of the ones we made last year. Our defense would be back to that championship caliber...or would u rather see Bonner's scrub ass mess the whole season up again ???
SIGN SHAQ
anyone using the words shaq and defense in the same sentence must either be thinking of shaq 5 years ago, or means the opposite.
Shaq can block shots (maybe), but that is it. He wasn't motivated when he was younger and faster to play real d outside of the block; what makes you think he will now?
no f-ing way do we want shaq. He will grumble and cause problems, he wants too much money, and he is lazy as .
Not only did they barely beat the low-seeded Bogut-less Bucks, but had they played in the West I doubt they would have had a better record than the Spurs.
Sign Shaq! (for the LLE of course) otherwise...
HAQ-A-SHAQ!
Shaq couldn't hurt.
He's still a very big and very strong black man.
I'd take shaq, all we would need him for is against Paul Gasol. He could do pretty well against the long stretched Gasol and give his weak ass fits!
Shaq standing still, and picking his nose while smiling for the camera offers better defense than Bonner.
All these are factors that the majority of the "Shaq-supporters" here seem to either don't know or are conveniently forgetting.
No way Shaq for the MLE as others have stated. Had not thought about the LLE, but I suppose that would be pallatable. Vet min is more like it for what his role is likely to be, and the amounts he has been overpaid the last several years. If he really wants a championship, he needs to put his money where is mouth is. He'd fit right it from a free throw percentage perspective too.
If he doesn't understand his limited role at the outset then its a no go. At the vet min, we could always waive him if we was just a cancer/liability to our team.
Shaq in silver and black?
by Andrew A. McNeill
AOL Fanhouse’s Chris Tomasson has published a report saying that Shaquille O’Neal’s goal is to play two more seasons, and the team he is targeting is your San Antonio Spurs.
He’d really like to go to San Antonio and team with Timmy (Duncan), and try to win one more le,” said the source about O’Neal, who starred in high school in San Antonio.
Spurs general manager R.C. Buford declined comment.
The source said O’Neal, 38, plans to play two more seasons and then retire. He wants there to be a farewell tour in 2011-12, which he expects would be his 20th and final NBA season.
“He wants to sign a two-year deal,” the source said about O’Neal, who made $21 million last season with Cleveland. “And then the second year will be a farewell tour. He can tell a team that you would sell out all 41 games (that season).”
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More I think more I like the idea, the two dominant bigs of the last decade together for a last two years ride...
I'm sure the Spurs getting older and slower is not the goal of the Spurs FO right now, given how they were decimated by a team that outjumped, outran and stretched them.
I don't think Shaq is a good fit for this squad, no matter what the price.
Shaq in Phoenix was a huge disaster, and Shaq in Cleveland was also terrible.
I'm not liking the trend here.
The more I look at the potential landscape of the NBA, the more I start to think about just enjoying the games the Spurs have left and not wringing my hands about them winning another championship -- it's what I want for them more than anything but it's looking to be pretty much out of their control.
I'm 50-50 on this farewell tour.
On one hand, could a Spurs fan honestly feel good about what very well could be Tim's last year being overshadowed by a Shaqapalooza? After all of the years he's overshadowed him through the media and all of the wars Shaq's been on the opposition?
On the other hand, Tim would love that first scenario. He'd love to be able to get out without so much as anyone noticing or acknowledging the end to his career.
But on the other hand -- the third one that a particular gentleman wish he'd had in Total Recall -- Having a farewell tour for Shaq would probably drag Tim into the spotlight kicking and screaming and it would become a spectacle in itself with the league sending out the Wilt and Russell of this generation. There'd be interviews, shows, national media all over the place and an increased presence in San Antonio. The Spurs and its all-time great would be provided with a platform they've never really been afforded. Shaq could bring that.
So I still hold firm to the idea that this wouldn't work on the court to a tune of a championship and could even turn out ugly at times, but faced with the reality of the league and the Spurs' probable place in it ... I'm warming to the big fella' (for the LLE or minimum).
With Phoenix done there's not many teams left that "decimated" the spurs in that style...
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