Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 at 8:59 pm  |  135 responses

Shaq Being Traded To Phoenix?

by Lang Whitaker

I guess the Suns feel they’re not slow enough, because they’re reportedly talking about moving Shawn Marion for The Diesel. Wouldn’t it be fitting if the West came down to Shaq vs. Kobe again?

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  • dj

    Shaq (when he actually plays, once a month) CAN’T EVEN RUN PAST MIDCOURT!

    (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
    -for further emphasis

    I wouldn’t trade paul shirley for Shaq at this point (esp. with that contract of his).

  • dj

    It’s like trading in Jessica Alba for Britney Spears.

    Senseless, absolutely, painfully, senseless.
    I can’t get over it.

    Oh, the humanity.

  • peteb80

    Marion must really be a superannoying b1tch if they’re willing to trade him for the most expensive 14 and 8 ever. Considering he’s not even playing in half of the games, that’s basically a 7 and 4. Are you sure Kerr is not just trying to scare some sense into Marion and Riley wants to harass Shaq into a buyout?

  • mat smith

    coach d’antoni will let shaq just play the games and not wreck him in training like pat “1980″ riley, look at grant hill, he is in best shape since pistons, diaw will step up and replace marion, shaq will be a bench player just blocking up the post on defence. oh and marcus banks is in the deal too, bye marcus, thanks for nothing, suns will still be fast when shaq is on bench (barbosa) then play some half court when he is in (like against spurs)

  • http://www.phxsuns.net SwingMan

    Wow. I’m local here in AZ and the talking heads here say it’s a done deal – Shaq for Marion and Banks. It’s going to take a bit for the particulars to come about, but there’s talk of swapping picks in the deal as well: Us sending Atlanta’s pick to Miami, Miami sending their pick this year to PHX….. Again, wow. Can you say “Derrick Rose, Steve Nash’s understudy”? As a Suns fan, I can only hope that Shaq can throw a precise outlet pass…..

  • Slobodan Chutzpah

    This would obviously be the most retarded trade in NBA history… right after the Gasol trade. It is not “motivation” (and why, pray tell, should this thing called motivation be constantly coaxed out of a guy making north of $2o mil per year?), it is the fact that Shaq is old and weary and not getting any younger. Steve Kerr will adopt the title of “most boneheaded NBA GM” the minute he pulls the trigger on this one.

  • RedRum

    I think this could work actually… you don’t need 5 men to run on the fast break, 3-4 are enough. Actually most fastbreaks are run with 3, with the 4th being trailer. In half-court it could also work. Shaq still commands a double, which opens up space for the backcourt to hit open 3s. They can still run the nash-amare high-post pick n roll, with shaq opening up and coming in when helps comes for amare. I don’t see why people think this is retarded…

    I think the suns were most dangerous with kurt thomas as center. a motivated and happy shaq is a huge upgrade to thomas I reckon…

  • DIO

    Now that’s major move! Shaq motivated is a hole new story, who cares bout those damn legs…
    Marion too should be fine at South beach…

  • dj

    Shaq can’t command a double team if he’s hurt.

    And has anybody seriously watched him play recently? ONE 30 point game in 2 seasons. The guy trips over his own feet, throws wild shots off the backboard, and is about 50 pounds overweight by any standard.

    I don’t care how motivated Shaq is he’s old and the wear and tear from all those playoff runs has finally gotten to him. Centers like him don’t get any younger (See: Ewing, Patrick, Seattle/Orlando)

  • bates

    it wud be suicide for the suns
    bynum n gasol wud destroy the suns, who will have a small n slow front line.
    marion is actually a worthy all star(minus this year due to more impressive forwards) n shaq is a increasingly older n slower player

  • peteb80

    And no, the Heat won’t make the play-offs this year and they’d be dumb to even try.

  • http://www.INEED.ORG Tarzan Cooper

    hear that???? thats the suns title window slamming shut. they’re finished, steve kerr should slap himself. im sure amare and leandro are going to have fun in a couple years counting the pingpong balls.

  • http://whitehoteboysworld.blogspot.com white hot eboy

    I have no idea what’s going on.

  • D-Mac

    nicely said dj

  • http://www.jamariomoonshine.com Jimmy2k8

    Shaq is a cripple….Jamario released a preview of some possible dunks for the slam dunk contest. Lets see the Gaye man dunk from a foot behind the foul line like Jamario. Check out his dunks http://www.jamariomoonshine.com

  • peteb80

    Btw., do they make Phoenix uniforms in Shaq’s size?

  • http://www.INEED.ORG Tarzan Cooper

    i bet grant hill is fu(kin pissed.

  • http://slamonline.com Sam Rubenstein

    this “trade” is the best fictional story since the SPOILER ALERT!!! serial killer in Baltimore.

  • http://tadone.blogspot.com/ TADOne

    They actually finalized this?!?! This should be an interesting comments day.

  • Goody

    Oh My…

  • http://NBA.COM I Love The NBA

    i doubt it cause whos the better C think bout your not gonna put a *LEGEND* on shaq for amare on the bench so.. i dont think its gonna happen

  • http://www.slamonline.com Ryan Jones

    Please let it happen.

  • http://slamonline.com Sam Rubenstein

    even if this thing is somehow true… he still has to pass a physical. Not a guarantee. But wow Steve Kerr… uh… weird.

  • peteb80

    This will make or break Kerr’s career as a GM. The excitement!

  • http://slamonline.com DP

    It’s official, Shaq attack is now in the land of the Sun. Wow. The Suns look real sh*tty with this move. Miami is tryin to build but they need a young type Shaq. play wit it.

  • mister8

    What makes anybody think that the suns would win it this year? I love the suns, but that style of play is just not working in the play-offs, and everybody know this.
    If this will go down the Suns would slow it down some, plus you are forgetting Shaq is one of the best passing centers out there, he can find those 3-point shooters easy. Plus they wanted to get rid of Banks anyway, just like Marion. The only issue is Shaq’s health, but Phoenix has one of the better medical staff’s.

  • http://whitehoteboysworld.blogspot.com white hot eboy

    This is fuc*ing with my idea of having the #1 pick. and I think it was about 2 weeks a go when I typed on this very site that Shaq qas going to be moved and I was told I’m a moron. Per usual, it is all of you that are proved to be just that. Thanks for the title Shaq and good luck in Phoenix. Tell Pau as he lays in a crippled mess under your feet that the Spanish/American war had similar results.

  • http://slamonline.com polowthaJon

    too many big men on the baseline. there is no room for amare to do his thing, plus skinner loses playing time and shaq will injure himself by mid-march. bad trade.

  • http://whitehoteboysworld.blogspot.com white hot eboy

    Just to clarify for the morons who haven’t SEEN a Heat game with Shaq in the lineup this season, the biggest problem they had was NO ONE could get him the ball. When they did he was effective. In Phoenix I’m pretty sure Nash and Hlll can feed the post for easy baskets and Shaq can find open shooters all day long, something the Heat have none of at the moment and the Suns have plenty of. This will benefit the Suns, not hurt them. And Amare will be free to work from 15 feet in instead of starting on the block every play. Their interior D will get no worse, because come on, they did really scare anyone defensivley before? Marion is a good, rangy defender, but he’s not patrolling the lane like Dwight or Zo.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Ryan Jones

    eboy, even having barely seen a Heat game this season, I’m with you. Listen, dude is a shell of what he used to be, but he’s still a pretty imposing shell. He’s also clearly the kind of player who’s more motivated when his team is contending than when it’s not. Change of scenery and a legit chance to contend again will do him a WORLD of good. It won’t keep him healthy, but if he has some luck in that department, this could definitely work out for them. And it should be pretty clear to all of us by now that this Suns team was NOT going to win a damn thing. Prior to this trade, regardless of record, they might only be the fourth best team in the West.

  • http://tadone.blogspot.com/ TADOne

    Question: Can Shaq actually pass a physical? I mean, with the hip problems and all it seems pretty impossible. Just saying.

  • http://whitehoteboysworld.blogspot.com white hot eboy

    I think he’s well enough to get by TAD.

  • http://suns.planetorange.net Dacre

    Heck you watch…all of a sudden he’ll be back ouyt there averaging 25 and 10 like John Salley did in that bball movie…

  • Sunswoopdalakers

    The lakers suck and Kobe is just a piece of …. Phoenix kill em’ without shaq and now if he is healthy in the playoffs Duncan gets dunked on and the suns win the Championship

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