Between now and Halloween every team will have traded for Shaquille O'Neal. That's the way the web works. The game of basketball is nowhere near as important as the delicious trade rumors that litter the net. Basketball is a granola bar, but the water-cooler rumblings and guy talk, that's the bucket of triple fudge brownie ice cream that everyone thinks about while they're nibbling the dependable, flavorless bar of grains and health. At some point between the draft and the start of the preseason, Shaq will have been traded for Elton Brand, then maybe Corey Maggette and Andris Biedrins, then one morning after a slow news day the Knicks will swoop in and get "The Big Whatever His New Nickname is Today" for Chris Duhon, a second-rounder and Spike Lee's '88 Jordans with the ketchup stain on the tongue. And, we'll all eat it up. Then we'll ask for seconds. Tis the nature of the off-season. And I love it.
Shaquille O'neal
11 May 2009
3 May 2009
Congratulations Portland Trail Blazers on a great season. You overachieved, brought the city to hysteria not seen since the early 90s and created a solid foundation on which to work on. Now get over it.
Posted by Cal Conrad | No comments yet
22 November 2008
Rajon Rondo should bake a nice cake with the words "thank you for trading Chauncey Billups" written in icing on the top and send it to Detroit Pistons GM Joe Dumars. It wouldn't hurt if all of the Celtics helped (even Scalabrine), but Rondo in particular should take the lead on this one. Stop scratching your heads and looking confused and don't ask why, you should know very well by now that some rambling, tangential diatribe of an explanation is forthcoming...
Posted by David Trageser | No comments yet
6 February 2008
Apparently the Miami Heat and the Phoenix Suns have agreed on a trade that would send Shaquille O'Neal to Phoenix in exchange for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks. I believe this is simply a knee-jerk reaction to the Los Angeles Lakers' acquisition of Pau Gasol (a brilliant move by L.A., by the way) and do not see how this trade can make sense from the Suns' vantage point.
Posted by Mick Ciallela | No comments yet
