It'd be like trading Shaq for expirings. They get all that money off the cap and they can go out looking for someone to team up with Wade.
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It'd be like trading Shaq for expirings. They get all that money off the cap and they can go out looking for someone to team up with Wade.
Heat could be actually ok....next season.
I don't expect them to be utter shit or something.
They'll be a solid 7 or 8 seed. :)
I agree they win if he walks for sure. I think they lose if they sign Marion long term.Quote:
Originally Posted by Glenn
I forgot Banks' salary in my figures, which is 4+ mil for 3 more years. That puts the Heat at the cap, and unable to sign anyone worthwhile if they keep Marion.
I really don't see them keeping him at all, because they'll be a two man team and have zero depth (unless they hit it big in the lotto and get a stud).
So who do they persue in FA?
Maybe Banks revives his career as their point guard? He was a hot commodity when he signed with the suns wasn't he?
Jermaine?
Brand?
Maggs?
Artest?
Jamison?
If they could get a big and a wing they could be solid. They could be very good if their pick becomes an all star caliber player. They could sign a backup forward cheap and be a pretty good team:
PG 2008 first rounder/Banks
SG Wade/Cook
SF Artest
PF Haslem
C Brand/Blount
this deal is great for phx.
play shaq 5 minutes at the start of every qrtr (i will be flabergasted if they get him to come off the bench. dont no mvps come off the bench). change of pace type of guy.
face it, bynum could score 100 pts on pre shaq phx. shaq hates bynum, and you know hes got something in the tank for this season. he'll get by on hatred if he has to.
phx suddenly becomes a historically fascinating team. youve got a top 3 center of all time (imo), a sf who was on track to be the best of all time (imo), and probably a top 5-10 pg all time. not that theyre all in their primes... plus amare could have been as good or better than any pf (doubt that happens now).
this deal fucks phoenix' future frautfully, but they went from no chance in hell at winning a championship this year to contender. i love ballsy deals like this.
I'm really pissed off by this deal because I was really looking forward to shaq throwing dwade under the bus like kobe and penny. I don't think that marion will get a huge deal after next season. I see him getting chauncey type money because he will be going into the tail end of his career. (Not every team operates like the magic) Considering the quality of freshmen in the ncaa and miami's shitty season thus far, this shaq trade will set the heat up to build around wade + (rose, beasly, mayo etc.). In phoenix, I don't foresee the nash stoudemire pick and roll working nearly as effectively with shaq cluttering up the middle. Mostly, I was just looking forward to 3 more years of wade/shaq acrimony as they will forever be two of my least favorite players.
This is going to be hilarious.