Bye Miami hello land of the rising SUNS!!!!

O'Neal is scheduled to travel to Phoenix aboard a private plane Wednesday and undergo an MRI on his left hip, the source said. If he passes the physical, the Suns are expected to send Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Miami Heat.

what is Pheonix thinking?...they are going to have to change the way they play because SHaq cannot get up and down the floor...i think they felt they had to do something because of Pau going to the Lakers, but I could be wrong.

precise1987 wrote:what is Pheonix thinking?...they are going to have to change the way they play because SHaq cannot get up and down the floor...i think they felt they had to do something because of Pau going to the Lakers, but I could be wrong.

Precisely!!

My same thoughts Cise... crazyness...but Lakers vs Suns would be a rival taken to another level... Would love to watch them in the playoffs...

might be a good move, finally they have a center (big upgrade over Kurt Thomas) cause amare is a PF not a C. Moving him back to PF means he can dominate while Shaq can eat up space. Doubt they need to change cause the fast breaks are still there but come playoff time they will need to play the slower tempo game to keep up with LA - SA - NO

i give you that Danza....when the game slows down and it usually does when they play SA, Shaq can definetly help the Suns but the man can no longer stay healthy...

new team new location usually gives them a spark, plus with Shaq on a contendor maybe he can put together one last run at it. Suns are prob giving it one last try before the team misses its window. Sacramento Queens were good but faded so they may be reaching for anything now

The Suns are making a huge mistake. Shaq has already missed at least a dozen games this year and his injury issues are only overshadowed by his declining production. Marion was the all hustle glue guy that could guard all five positions if asked and Shaq can't even keep up with his own shadow. I don't get this move one bit although that doesn't mean I don't love it 100%! Anything the Suns do that makes the Lakers more dominant works for me! Maybe they should trade Steve Nash for Gary Payton and trade Amare for Karl Malone...oh wait those guys retired huh? Yeah, and so should Shaq!

another thing....Marion's numbers are going to significantly decline. The man needs PG's like Nash or Kidd to run a fast break to be most effective. His ugly as release won't get him nowhere in half court offense...he will still get his points from putbacks and what not but I think he is going to be terrible in Miami.

YAYONAIZE wrote:The Suns are making a huge mistake. Shaq has already missed at least a dozen games this year and his injury issues are only overshadowed by his declining production. Marion was the all hustle glue guy that could guard all five positions if asked and Shaq can't even keep up with his own shadow. I don't get this move one bit although that doesn't mean I don't love it 100%! Anything the Suns do that makes the Lakers more dominant works for me! Maybe they should trade Steve Nash for Gary Payton and trade Amare for Karl Malone...oh wait those guys retired huh? Yeah, and so should Shaq!

Wow Payton and Malone........you wouldn't be taking cheap shots at them cause they failed to win the title against D-TROIT BASKETBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!

Marion can opt out after this season and Kerr already declined to offer him an extention. They had no plans to resign the guy. In 2 years Shaq and Nash contracts are both up and that could free up close to 33 million dollars for the Suns. Amare is the guy you are trying to build around not Marion. Marion is already complaining about not enough shots.

Nash
Barbosa
Hill
Amare
Shaq

line those 5 up against any team and i think they have a good shot..........plus they still have the Kobe Killer Raja Bell