What the hell is going on with the NBA? First the Grizz trade Pau Gasol to the Lakers for a shit sandwitch and a bag of doughnuts(not krispy kreme but those stale ones at farm fresh) then today the FIRST PLACE suns trade their best overall player(sorry but amare stoudemire only wants to dunk, and steve nash is well lets be honest for a sec. still steve nash) for the rights to pay shaq 40 million dollars. now i agree that the suns needed to bolster their front line and marion was the obvious choice to get dealt for various reasons. but come on this is the best you could do? (ben wallace, cough cough!!) the only logical answer is that their filming kazaam 2 and the grand finale is when steve nash rubs a bottle and shaq pops out and grants the city of phoenix their first o'brien trophy.why are former players assumed to make good general managers again?
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This was a somewhat confusing move. Is Shaq going to cherrypick on the defensive end while Nash pushes the ball up the court for a layup? Granted, they were not going to resign Marion, so they are not really giving up a lot (in terms of the team's future). It is certainly a gamble. But I do wonder if Shaq can excel in this offense by passing to cutters from the high post. Passing has always been an underrated part of his game. This is clearly a response to the Lakers, who have improved greatly by acquiring Gasol.
Gasol provides them with a true post scorer who can help mold Bynum's game on the offensive end. Arguably, they now have the most formidable front line when healthy (Gasol, Bynum, Odom), to go along with the game's best scorer (Kobe), and an underrated, clutch playoff performer at the point (Fisher). I am not sure who the favorite is in the West right now, but the Western Conference playoffs could be the best we have ever seen.
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