The Terminal (part 2) <---- Not Really.... News about Shaquille O'Nonsense
Well, this news is a day or two old, but what the hey. The Shaquille O'Neal to Miami trade is almost complete. The Miami Heat, fresh off their first playoff birth in centuries, are dealing 2 1/2 stars and a potential future star for the aging Shaq Diesel. The Los Angeles Lakers will recieve Lamar Odom, Caron Butler, Brian Grant, and a future No. 1 pick, for the 32 year old, 7 foot, 400 lb O'Neal.
The Miami Heat enjoyed success because they were young and exciting. They could run the floor. Shaq can't. No running whatsoever from number 34.
Watching Dwayne Wade give Shaq 50 touches a game on offense isn't that exciting. Particularly in the Eastern Conference where there is no one even remotely comparable to Shaq's MASSIVE frame.
Raise your hand if you watched the NBA Finals. Did both of you guys notice that Ben Wallace, Elden Campbell, and the entire state of Detroit got dominated by Shaq? And the Lakers still lost.
The Miami Heat will be the biggest turnaround for the worst in NBA history. They don't have the depth the Lakers had, and they are about to trade all their starters.
On top of that Shaq is in the declining stages of his career, and the Heat are trading away a lot of youth. Lamar Odom averaged 17 points per game and 9 rebounds, while Brian Grant added 7 points and 8 rebounds, and Caron Butler joined in with 12 points and 8 rebounds. Butler and Odom are both 24 and Grant is 32.
Its looking like Shaq is gonna have to average 36 points and 25 rebounds per game to make up the difference.
Shaq and the 400 lbs he calls his body are also prone to injury. Obviously, human bones aren’t made to take that kindof stress. If Shaq is out of the lineup for any games next season the Heat will surely suffer as a result
If you thought Stan Van Gundy looked like a porn star last year, wait ‘til you see the look on his face next season…
The Miami Heat enjoyed success because they were young and exciting. They could run the floor. Shaq can't. No running whatsoever from number 34.
Watching Dwayne Wade give Shaq 50 touches a game on offense isn't that exciting. Particularly in the Eastern Conference where there is no one even remotely comparable to Shaq's MASSIVE frame.
Raise your hand if you watched the NBA Finals. Did both of you guys notice that Ben Wallace, Elden Campbell, and the entire state of Detroit got dominated by Shaq? And the Lakers still lost.
The Miami Heat will be the biggest turnaround for the worst in NBA history. They don't have the depth the Lakers had, and they are about to trade all their starters.
On top of that Shaq is in the declining stages of his career, and the Heat are trading away a lot of youth. Lamar Odom averaged 17 points per game and 9 rebounds, while Brian Grant added 7 points and 8 rebounds, and Caron Butler joined in with 12 points and 8 rebounds. Butler and Odom are both 24 and Grant is 32.
Its looking like Shaq is gonna have to average 36 points and 25 rebounds per game to make up the difference.
Shaq and the 400 lbs he calls his body are also prone to injury. Obviously, human bones aren’t made to take that kindof stress. If Shaq is out of the lineup for any games next season the Heat will surely suffer as a result
If you thought Stan Van Gundy looked like a porn star last year, wait ‘til you see the look on his face next season…
posted by Cory Topper @ 2:08 AM
2 Comments:
At 2:31 AM,
Brian Spaulding said…
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At 2:42 AM,
Brian Spaulding said…
Bravo Cory! I must say I agree. I think it is a horrible decision for Miami to get rid of all their talent and put the fate of their future in the hands of one player. We see this all the time in professional athletics. We saw it with ARod when he was with the Texas Rangers, here ARod was making close to 25 million a year, and the team still wasn't making the playoffs. To top it off they couldn't afford to bring in any more talent. I think the Heat are really going to regret their decision.
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