Heat not looking to trade Shaq
Injured Heat center Shaquille O'Neal left the team Monday and headed for another NBA city to be treated -- not traded. That was the message Heat coach Pat Riley emphatically tried to deliver after Monday's practice at Target Center, where the Heat plays the Timberwolves on Tuesday night. The combination of O'Neal's declining production and the remaining two seasons and $40 million left on his contract have led to speculation that the Heat might consider rebuilding by unloading O'Neal in a trade. Riley defended O'Neal's production Monday and suggested contending teams would value a center with those numbers. But then Riley repeatedly said O'Neal wasn't on the trading block.
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Jessica Trainham
Christina Parker
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Yeah he has decent numbers... but dumping $40 million worth of cap space for the next 2 years sure could help them find some players to re-build in a hurry.
Luckedout
Chesterfield , MO
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This Trade Succeeded! Go back to adjust your trade or start over.
Los Angeles Lakers
Incoming Players
Shaquille O'Neal
Salary: $20,000,000 Years Remaining: 3
PTS: 14.0 REB: 7.8 AST: 1.3 PER: 18.41
Outgoing Players: Vladimir Radmanovic, Chris Mihm, Kwame Brown
MiamiHeat
Incoming Players
Vladimir Radmanovic
Salary: $5,632,200 Years Remaining: 4
PTS: 7.4 REB: 2.7 AST: 1.6 PER: 11.35
Chris Mihm
Salary: $2,500,000 Years Remaining: 1
PTS: 4.1 REB: 3.7 AST: 0.6 PER: 8.93
Kwame Brown
Salary: $9,075,000 Years Remaining: 1
PTS: 4.7 REB: 5.0 AST: 1.4 PER: 10.76
Outgoing Players: Shaquille O'Neal
lakers become a contender and get rid of a bad contract in radmanovic
oneal and bynum and turiaf and odem aint a bad front court
( kobe is on record as saying he never wanted the team to trade shaq)
heat get a reasoabble shooter with a bad contract and 2 expiring contracts giving them cap room to be a major player in free agency next year to help wade as well a lottery pick this year for sucking
winkstrap
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The Heat won't trade Shaq because who's going to want him? If his contract was expiring, I can see someone taking him but with 2 or 3 years left who would commit team suicide like that?
J. HOVA: BROOKLYN'S…
Brooklyn, NY
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winkstrap I think the last place Shaq would go is LA. After getting spurned like he did he would probably just retire rather than get traded back to his old team. Too many bridges were burned for that to work out.
Of course you managed to give us the obligatory Lakers trade to turn them into champions post, so hopefully we wont see any more of them on this thread.
Luckedout
Chesterfield , MO
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I feel you Lucked out Dude, but nobody wants a De Soto....
Wa2Sea
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the lakers are a bunch of duds
i actually think that deal helps the heat a s-load more as a free agent next year is better than 20 million to shaq( the lakers would need to make a public apology to shaq and turn it in to a positive)
winkstrap
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I think trading him to Dallas may help bring some type of physical presence that Dallas has been laking for a long time.
How bout Shaq for Devin Harris, Dampier, and Hassell? Dallas will get a low-post scorer which will help free up Dirk
Miami will at least get a guard who can take some pressure off of D-Wade
BigBooth
Mcdonough , GA
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no one would touch dampiers contract in a million years no wait a billion
dallas do have what it takes if they want him though
winkstrap
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I dont' want Shaq to come to Dallas. I see those dang Mavericks too much on my local news as it is.
OrangeFuu
Richardson , TX
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Actually this would be a Knick move. So let me propose one. Shaq for Stephon Marbury, Jerome James, and Quentin Richardson. Those three contracts should equal the thirty mill. of Shaq.
J. HOVA: BROOKLYN'S…
Brooklyn, NY
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If the Knicks could get rid of those three contracts in one move, Isiah might get an "atta boy" from me. I haven't had a reason to give him props lately.
J. HOVA: BROOKLYN'S…
Brooklyn, NY
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Shaq's time is over. He is washed up. Miami will never get what they want in return for Shaq daddy.
Romo9
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Romo: Are you serious? The Heat got a Larry O'Brien trophy, and that's a lot more than the Lakers have done since his trade.
SkyBill40
Chandler, AZ
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Great Hova!!
So now we'll have Curry, Zack and Shaq in the paint. Can we squeeze in Nate too, in there?
ESPN
Atlanta , GA
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Shaq to Cleveland for Ilgauskas, Hughes, and Snow????
djroxalot
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LOL
djroxalot
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You people can u read ....................... They say theren ot oging to trade Shaq and now ur making stupid trade things that you think will happen ****.
Legacyy84
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Picture this...as only Isiah will be able to pull this off:
Shag at 5
Curry at 4
Z-Bo at 3
Marbury at 2
Robinson at 1
Now who's going to stop that group, besides themselves???
Odenator...I'll be…
Total Comments (1017)
Picture this...as only Isiah will be able to pull this off:
Shag at 5
Curry at 4
Z-Bo at 3
Marbury at 2
Robinson at 1
Now who's going to stop that group, besides themselves???
Odenator...I'll be…
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