The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Phoenix Suns have come to an agreement on a blockbuster trade that sends Shaquille O’Neal to Cleveland to team with LeBron James: Ping
Boy I sure love waking up, looking at this thread and seeing all the votes of approval to the CAVS for making this move....A few things to ponder....
Yes, this deal needed to be done in Feburary, but CAVS management was guilty of the cardnial sin of assuming the Celtics were the only team standing between them and the finals. Everyone else in the league knew how good the Magic were and that they provided major matchup problems for the CAVS. If this thing were done mid season, they were playing the Lakers in the finals. Would they have won?........
Shaq at 37 still has some gas in the tank, especially playing in the slower, concentrate on defense the Eastern Conference is. Are the CAVS done making moves? Not by a long shot. They will be resigning Andy and they could still possibly sign another 4, like Rasheed Wallace. They also need a taller, more athletic shooting guard, ala Andrei Kirlenko so we’ll see what happens.
Chris Broussard, the author of the article and I went to high school together, for a year anyway since he was a freshman when I was a senior. Boy could he ball though for as height challenged as he was. Seems things have gone well for him though.