... to the Suns fro Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks.

STFU!!!

For real? Shaq's spent. Just Marion would've been enough. Too much, in fact.

phoenix just bought a ticket to a least the conference finals. in the west, you HAVE to have a big post up guy in the paint. shaq's not super-dominant anymore, but he is still a force to be reckoned with. getting rid of a locker room cancer like marion is just a bonus. miami is gonna regret this for years to come. look how the lakers struggled since he left.

Shaq still has one more run in him. He will be energized and be a completely different player for the Suns.

great .... just what we needed is an ex lakers he has to pass his physical first for the deal to go through... its gonna be kinda weird to see him and Nash play together

purplekisses said:

hey it can work...when the baltimore ravens picked up ex-steeler and aging rod woodson, it seemed like a match made it hell. all he did was help us win SBXXXV. sometimes you need somebody who has been to the big game and won to show you the way.

Suns figured they had to do something, because of LA signing Gasol. I think Shaq's done, but we'll see.

Can the West get any more loaded?!?

RodeoSchro said:

These playoffs are going to be sick! And imagine Portland next season with a healthy Oden?

uPtoWnNY said:

No kidding. I'm really excited about basketball again. We're going to the Rockets/Cavs game tomorrow night!

is anybody even talking about the celtics anymore? they have come back to the pack a little bit.

celtics, patriots, uconn women's basketball--all lose in the same week...conspiracy, no?

RodeoSchro said:

Yes ... do you know the top 10 teams in the West are separated by only 6 games, six F-N games!!!

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Our Rockets are team #10, right? Think TMac will be a Rocket much longer?

I do, since Kidd went to the Mavericks. But you never know...

Fury said:

It was bound to happen but it doesn't mean they aren't still a championship-calibre team.

RodeoSchro said:

yeah but i love how peeps were saying they were on pace to have a better record than jordan's bulls ..after like 25 games...they still had 57 to go

RodeoSchro said:

We're 9 now, and could be in the top 7 by weeks end.

It's basketball season again!! YES!!!!!

Fury said:

That record may never be broken.

RodeoSchro said:

I'll take T-mac in Chicago.

Well my New Orleans Hornets shouldn't fear!!

RodeoSchro said:

When did this happen???

uPtoWnNY said:

yes.....when did this happen?

Graycap23 said:

It has not happened... and probably will not, with the Mavs.
[Edited 2/6/08 15:52pm]

Graycap23 said:

What'll you give?

uPtoWnNY said:

I thought there was a huge multi-team swap where Kidd landed with the Mavs. Was that just a rumor? Or am I confused? I was out of the loop last week, sorry if I messed it up.

If Kidd is still with the Nets, how much longer will he stay there?

RodeoSchro said:

Just a rumor. It was a possible 3way trade involving the Mavs, Nets & Blazers.

Devin Harris to the Blazers and Jerry Stackhouse and others to the Nets, along with several players from the Blazers going to the Nets....all of this just for Kidd in return.

All the Suns need is 8 or 10 great games from Shaq in the playoffs. If they get that, PHX has a shot at it all. And their time is now. Nash isn't getting younger and the Blazers, Hornets, Mavs and yes Lakers are getting younger and better. Try to get the last miles out of the Diesel.

Ok, off topic a bit, but Joe Johnson an all-star? Anybody else think that if a Hawk deserved to be there it should've been Josh Smith? The guy's a monster, and still only 22. We just beat the Lakers and Smith had 17 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists, 5 blocks and 2 steals. It's not even unusual for him. The other night against the Sixers he had 19 points, 9 assists, 9 blocks (!!!), 6 rebounds and 4 steals. That's really filling up the box score!

Maybe next year.

Probably won't even get defensive player of the year honours as they'll give it to Camby, but Smith is second in blocks and top ten in steals. Nobody else is close to what he's doing defensively.

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RodeoSchro said:

Hinrick and Noce or Wallace straight up.