That’s it, I was critical of the trade when it first went down, and now I officially declare the Shaq trade a bust. The bludgeoning in Phoenix administered by the Pistons last weekend got me started thinking something was wrong. The ass-kicking in New Orleans was another light bulb. And now the home loss to the Sixers was the bright neon sign officially announcing that the Shaq trade isn’t working for the Suns. I know Shaq keeps insisting that we need to wait because he’s a new player playing with a new team but I’ve heard enough of his song. He can keep signing the tune and tell us we need to be patient and wait for them to get in sync. You know what I say to that, Shaq? Tell us to keep waiting and before we know it, the Suns will be out of the playoffs.
Honestly, at this point, I don’t even think the Suns will manage to make the playoffs. Sure, they’ve played four difficult teams since Shaq started playing minutes and gone 1-3, but they’ve also played two poor ones and gone 1-1. Yes, the Suns are only 2-4 with Shaq in the lineup. They keep this type of performance up, they’re not going anywhere. They lost at home to the Sixers Saturday night! That is absolutely inexcusable. I don’t know how Shaq can even talk his way out of that one. With Marion, they would have played the Hornets close. With Shaq, they got smacked by 17. If there is a silver lining to this debacle of a trade for Phoenix, it is that Steve Kerr sacked up, threw his balls on the line, and took a shot. He decided his team wasn’t good enough as it was and made a move. Looks like he missed, but at least the dude has some guts (I guess).
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Well busted. I hated this trade because I hate the Heat and am pissed off that the Suns, who I don’t mind, saved them from 2 more years of misery under his 20mill per.
The best example of how Shaq is just plain terrible, is the Memphis game. The Suns won that game 127-113. In that game Steve Nash was a +17, Hill +13, Barbosa +25 and Diaw a +23 scoring differential…Shaq was a -7.
The Memphis team was all well in the negatives….except Darko Milicic who was in the game basically the same time as Shaq to guard him…he was a +10. You’re in a sad state when Darko whips up on you.
Lets hope Shaq doesn’t hear about your comments….it just might give him some motivation…..hahahha, just kidding!
Bad, bad, bad, bad trade. In what universe is Shaq better than Shawn Marion in any facet of the game at this point in his career? Has anyone had the chance to watch Shaq playing on the Suns? Does he look as bad out there as his stats (and the losses) would indicate?