First, a shout-out to the scared person who said I bring nothing to the table. Thank you. Moving on, there are some rumblings about the NBA off season that we have to cover before the Finals are over. The deal to send Shaquille O'Neal to Cleveland didnt die in February when it was first suggested and it now appears that the trade talks are heating up once again.
The proposed deal is Shaq to the Cavs for Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic because there are rumors that Wallace may retire leading to complete salary dump for the Suns and the Cavs getting the most dominant center in the past fifteen years. In my opinion, this could a couple ways for the Cleveland.....
1. This could bring a championship to the city of Cleveland- I think the Boston Celtics at full health are the only team that could handle Shaq inside but they have already had many issues covering LeBron James. I think the chemistry would be great with two fun loving guys like Shaq and LeBron so that doesnt become a problem.
2. It ruins LeBron legacy- The whole debate about whose better will be pretty much nullified if Shaq does come to Cleveland because now the three best players in the league have all played wtih Shaq and Kobe Bryant/Dwayne Wade both have won titles only with Shaq there (granted that could come to end tonight with Kobe). LeBron will now have help and trust me it will make the Cavaliers such a better team with LBJ being able to play man-to-man instead of a zone that seems to not work. Also Shaq will flourish with teams likely choosing to stop LeBron in the paint instead of Shaq leading to many easy thunderous dunks.
3. Does the style change?- My last thought would be that the style of the Cavs has been an up and down team who will have to slow it down for Shaq although I could see many Shaq to LeBron outlets leading to easy baskets. I really dont think that becomes an issue for the Cavs as much as people would like to believe.
-Charlie.
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