Shaq to the Heat?

[cpayne5]

It's official.

[offiss]

From what I can gather, the Hollywood Faker's get Odom, Grant, Butler and a future #1, I personally think it's a steal for the Faker's, Shak is going to lose it fast, if you watched him at all this year, his first step isn't what it was, and his leaping ability is greatly diminished, and it's only going to go down from here, he is very quickly being turned into a player who will have to hit from the outside to survive, and we all no that ain't happening, he won't be able to finish on the inside like he once did, and his inabiltity to hit free throw's will make him a liability, I think miami gave up to much.

[SmootSmack]

I'm not totally sold on the Lakers getting the good end of this deal. I like Odom. He's very versatile. It's just a matter of him staying off the weed. Brian Grant, bless his heart he sure tries. But he's playing out of position at center. The no. 1 pick will probably be a late pick, and there are some rumors that the Lakers are looking to trade Butler before the season starts.

As for the Heat, even at less than 100% Shaq should be able to dominate in the relatively weak East. The biggest concern will be what about the team's depth.

Still waiting on Kobe

[skinsfanthru&thru]

Originally Posted by smootsmack

I'm not totally sold on the Lakers getting the good end of this deal. I like Odom. He's very versatile. It's just a matter of him staying off the weed. Brian Grant, bless his heart he sure tries. But he's playing out of position at center. The no. 1 pick will probably be a late pick, and there are some rumors that the Lakers are looking to trade Butler before the season starts.

As for the Heat, even at less than 100% Shaq should be able to dominate in the relatively weak East. The biggest concern will be what about the team's depth.

Still waiting on Kobe

Where did u hear they were looking to trade butler cuz from what I have heard is that butler is pretty much the perfect replacement for Rick Fox. I hope Shaq does well for Miami but from what they were saying on espn the other night, before this season started shaq was offered a 3yr, 100 million$ extension and he wanted more which is ridiculous in so many ways it isn't funny. i'm kinda suprised with the lakers trading shaq, that they didn't try to go after K-Mart to be a solid, young post presence who wouldn't take a lot of shots away from Kobe.

[SmootSmack]

Skinsfan, I thought the issue was that the Lakers would not give him an extension, anyway...

I picked up the Butler rumor from an article I read the other day in the Orange County Register. I'll just post the quote, because the article is subscription only:

Caron Butler, further causing a log jam at the small forward for the Lakers, is a strong candidate to be moved before the start of the season.

[skinsfanthru&thru]

Originally Posted by smootsmack

Skinsfan, I thought the issue was that the Lakers would not give him an extension, anyway...

I picked up the Butler rumor from an article I read the other day in the Orange County Register. I'll just post the quote, because the article is subscription only:

k, thanks.

as for shaq, I thought the same thing until I heard it a couple times on espn that they had offered him that huge extension but he turned it down. and evidently in one of the first games of the season, during a game after dunking the ball and running up the court, shaq pointed and yelled towards Dr. Buss's booth "PAY ME" or something to that extent. This whole thing is confusing as crap to me but I see this is all the fault of Kobe and Shaq not willing to play second fiddle to the other. I know laker bashers r enjoying all of this but I doubt any of their teams have 3 rings in 5 years to show for any drama their teams might have, lol.