Hey everyone, lifelong Heat fan here, wanted to drop by and shed some light on the trade and give a little insight in to what you can expect and the pros and cons of both sides.
Lets take a quick look at the cons for both sides. For the Heat the having to aquire Marcus Banks in the deal seems to be the only con to this trade. He makes roughly 4 Mill and comes to a team that is already full at the PG position with Jwill,Chris Quinn,Inactive Smush parker and now Banks. Its an uneccesary addition but needed in order to dump shaqs salary.
For the Suns the Con would definitly be the most talked about thing on espn for the past 2 days. The Huge contract and a declining shaq that cant stay on the court due to injuries and foul trouble. Alot of Suns fans seem to think its nonsense and hes in great shape from pictures you have seen but i will dwell on that in a second.
I want to clear up one thing real quick before we go on and its not out of anger its common sense. Its ridiculous to think that Shaq can instantly get better and healthy because of a trade. Its not going to rejuvinate him because he doesnt need rejuvinating hes just old and ant get off the ground anymore and cant defend the right way without getting into foul trouble. What im trying to say is hes not magically gonna get better because he got traded. The year after our title he came out motivated to repeat and he just couldnt do it, he doesnt have the legs for it anymore and its ridiculous to think so. Its different from his trade to the Heat 4 years ago where he was 4 years younger and still able to produce by his 23 and 11 year he had in 04-05. So he came in upset he was traded and wanted to prove it. Now hes traded because hes at the end of the road and is tying up 20 mill a year in cap which could be used to sign arenas,baron davis, elton brand, artest, etc.
PROS FOR SUNS- after that long realization of what shaq is all about.Heres what he actually can bring you. As a player on the offensive end hes not gonan bring you much anymore. His point will come from the occasional Off Reb that comes his way that he will slam down. he cant create a shot for himself anymore. He will open up the lanes when he is on the floor so nash can get in and get easy baskets. nash will get shaq the ball a bit more than what he got in miami. At most he will spark the team and give them a mental boost but dont be surprised if he starts again with the "i want the ball more" talk. Hes a big baby at times and if he doesnt get his way you will hear it. He has the rings and no one on the suns does so he will make that be known.
PROS FOR HEAT- Basically we get back a top 25-35 player in the league whos only 29 and has career avgs of 18 points 10 reb 2 stls and 1.5 blocks . can defend anyone on the floor at any position and is a great compliment to wade that reminds ppl of the Jordan-Pippen combo. We also dump 20 mill in cap with the potential to sign Marion to an extension and on top of that add another top Free agent this offeseason like Brand to add to Wade,Marion and our top 5 pick this year (maybe 1 should the lottery ball roll our way). We also turn the team over to Wade where it should be.
Thats my opinion on how things are looking, and i dont mean to make it look like the Heat made out like winners, cuz at 8-38 were not close. But as everyone has said on ESPN,TNT,etc. This made no sense for the Suns and helped the Heat greatly.
Lets take a quick look at the cons for both sides. For the Heat the having to aquire Marcus Banks in the deal seems to be the only con to this trade. He makes roughly 4 Mill and comes to a team that is already full at the PG position with Jwill,Chris Quinn,Inactive Smush parker and now Banks. Its an uneccesary addition but needed in order to dump shaqs salary.
For the Suns the Con would definitly be the most talked about thing on espn for the past 2 days. The Huge contract and a declining shaq that cant stay on the court due to injuries and foul trouble. Alot of Suns fans seem to think its nonsense and hes in great shape from pictures you have seen but i will dwell on that in a second.
I want to clear up one thing real quick before we go on and its not out of anger its common sense. Its ridiculous to think that Shaq can instantly get better and healthy because of a trade. Its not going to rejuvinate him because he doesnt need rejuvinating hes just old and ant get off the ground anymore and cant defend the right way without getting into foul trouble. What im trying to say is hes not magically gonna get better because he got traded. The year after our title he came out motivated to repeat and he just couldnt do it, he doesnt have the legs for it anymore and its ridiculous to think so. Its different from his trade to the Heat 4 years ago where he was 4 years younger and still able to produce by his 23 and 11 year he had in 04-05. So he came in upset he was traded and wanted to prove it. Now hes traded because hes at the end of the road and is tying up 20 mill a year in cap which could be used to sign arenas,baron davis, elton brand, artest, etc.
PROS FOR SUNS- after that long realization of what shaq is all about.Heres what he actually can bring you. As a player on the offensive end hes not gonan bring you much anymore. His point will come from the occasional Off Reb that comes his way that he will slam down. he cant create a shot for himself anymore. He will open up the lanes when he is on the floor so nash can get in and get easy baskets. nash will get shaq the ball a bit more than what he got in miami. At most he will spark the team and give them a mental boost but dont be surprised if he starts again with the "i want the ball more" talk. Hes a big baby at times and if he doesnt get his way you will hear it. He has the rings and no one on the suns does so he will make that be known.
PROS FOR HEAT- Basically we get back a top 25-35 player in the league whos only 29 and has career avgs of 18 points 10 reb 2 stls and 1.5 blocks . can defend anyone on the floor at any position and is a great compliment to wade that reminds ppl of the Jordan-Pippen combo. We also dump 20 mill in cap with the potential to sign Marion to an extension and on top of that add another top Free agent this offeseason like Brand to add to Wade,Marion and our top 5 pick this year (maybe 1 should the lottery ball roll our way). We also turn the team over to Wade where it should be.
Thats my opinion on how things are looking, and i dont mean to make it look like the Heat made out like winners, cuz at 8-38 were not close. But as everyone has said on ESPN,TNT,etc. This made no sense for the Suns and helped the Heat greatly.
