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[bionic77]

Shouldn't the big name Free Agents have signed by now?

 

[Kabuki Waq]

"The trade of Shaquille O'Neal from the Los Angeles Lakers to the Miami Heat for Lamar Odom, Caron Butler, Brian Grant and a first-round pick is official. Details to follow. "

 

[rc213]

Jerry Buss must be shitting his depends in Italy waiting for a word on Kobe. LOL

 

[rc213]

"But talk of O'Neal's impending trade from the Los Angeles Lakers has helped to fuel a surge in ticket sales for the Heat. Whether they are purchased online, over the phone or in person at the team's box office, tickets for Heat games at America Airlines Arena are going fast. Seats throughout the facility's lower level reportedly are already sold out for the coming season."

Sheds a tear for Shaq =/....


Edit: Oh yeah, rumours going around of Malone joining Shaq down in Miami aswell as the Spurs having an interest in the mailman.

Suns have a press conference setup for 12:30 p.m. local time (3:30 p.m. ET) to welcome home Steve Nash.

 

[DarienA]

There's a Miami Herald article that indicates they have some interest in Horry as well.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/9151394.htm?1c

The Heat's top remaining priorities are to sign a starting-caliber small forward and a reserve point guard, which means Udonis Haslem or Malik Allen likely will begin the season as the favorite to start alongside O'Neal at power forward.

Robert Horry, however, is an unrestricted free agent who interests the Heat and could be available for the remainder of the team's midlevel exception, or possibly less. Horry has experience playing power forward next to O'Neal, and his three-point shooting would open the floor for O'Neal and guard Dwyane Wade.

 

[bionic77]

"But talk of O'Neal's impending trade from the Los Angeles Lakers has helped to fuel a surge in ticket sales for the Heat. Whether they are purchased online, over the phone or in person at the team's box office, tickets for Heat games at America Airlines Arena are going fast. Seats throughout the facility's lower level reportedly are already sold out for the coming season."

Sheds a tear for Shaq =/....

I am gonna miss the big fella too.

Laker's dominance got me so used to winning, well there are always the Steelers. Hopefully their new QB turns out to be good and will knock that smug look off of Brady's face.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

As much trash as i talked about Shaquille this past season (and he DESERVED most of it!), i am definatly gonna miss him. He brought 3 titles to LA. Can't hate that. Hope he doesn't hold a grudge too long, so one day we can give him the praise he deserves by hanging his 34 up in the rafters of Staples.

Its so hard

to say goodbye

to yesterdaaaaaaaaaaay...

 

[VPhys]

2 observations:

I think Horry would be a good pick for Miami.

It's good Shaq is no longer our burden.

 

[Kabuki Waq]

so Shaq was a burden now?

 

[Ninja Scooter]

so Shaq was a burden now?

when he was taking up 2/3 of your salary cap, yes he was. Shaq was and is a great player, but would you honestly pay him the worth of TWO Tim Duncans? Cause thats what he seems to want.

 

[levious]

a burden on the trophy case manager

 

[bionic77]

Shaq's salary is totally ridiculous, but it is very hard to replace a big man. The Lakers were pretty much fucked whatever they did because Shaq, Kobe, and Phil were too busy stroking their egos instead of trying to win.

 

[rc213]

To the American Airlines Arena near YOU!

 

[Matrix]

The West is now Yao's! See ya Fat Daddy!

 

[DMczaf]

...LOL!!!11111

 

[rc213]

LOL Indeed, but lucky for us Payton is a weasel and will hopefully be gone before the season starts.

 

[Matrix]

Kobe is going to the Clippers *I sense it*,someone better edit him out now

DEATH TO THE FAKERS.

 

[rc213]

The West is now Yao's! See ya Fat Daddy!

AHAHHAHA.....NO! The West belongs to Duncan, Yao still has the lungs of a 5yr old fat kid.

 

[Matrix]

AHAHHAHA.....NO! The West belongs to Duncan, Yao still has the lungs of a 5yr old fat kid.

Tmac will give him mouth to mouth.

 

[Tommie Hu$tle]

O'Neal to Heat at cnnsi.

 

[rc213]

The Lakers will interupt the press conference for the Shaq trade to announce Kobe is a Laker for life! right....right....RIGHT?

 

[bionic77]

The Lakers will interupt the press conference for the Shaq trade to announce Kobe is a Laker for life! right....right....RIGHT?

The Lakers give me heartburn even in the fucking offseason!!!

 

[rc213]

W-T-F-!

 

[Malleymal]

I guess its official........ now only time will tell.... and I really hope that Kobe resigns because this would be the funniest Offseason ever if he doesnt.... oh and I think Kobe will leave if Malone and payton go, the clippers have a Better team... I would rather have brand over all those other guys on the lakers.....

 

[DarienA]

I will shake my head sadly, but then laugh my ass off it Kobe bolts to the Clippers...

 

[Bowser]

Bobcats GM/Coach Bernie Bickerstaff on the Clippers:

"They're in the Kobe derby,'' Bobcats coach and general manager Bernie Bickerstaff told a news conference in Charlotte, where he was joined by Hart and Slay. "We wish them well because they've been nice to us."

lol

 

[Bowser]

Kobe: "If only they knew...*chuckles*"

 

[rc213]

LOL at the ESPN interview with Shaq. Talking about it was gonna be their way or his way, the right way. AHAHAHHAH at Shaq calling himself the scapegoat of the Lakers.

 

[Bat]

ESPN has given up and now just calls Jim Gray Kobe's represetnative....he does give some good info, though.

 

[VPhys]

LOL Indeed, but lucky for us Payton is a weasel and will hopefully be gone before the season starts.

IAWTP

 

[bishoptl]

Is there a video link to Shaq's interview? I'd like to see it.

 

[DMczaf]

ESPN has given up and now just calls Jim Gray Kobe's represetnative....he does give some good info, though.

LOL I noticed that too

LOL @ Shaq calling himself a "Benz on 24s"

 

[rc213]

lol Im begining to think Jim Gray lives under Kobe's house.

 

[Shinobi]

...LOL!!!11111

I will shake my head sadly, but then laugh my ass off it Kobe bolts to the Clippers...

I wouldn't be able to stop laughing if that sceniro occurred.

 

[DMczaf]

Tmac will give him mouth to mouth.

"Yao's mouth tastes like kung pow chicken!"

 

[Cloudy]

Kobe will sign with the Clips. No way he stays and takes the backlash for the Shaq deal...

Clippers WCF champs 2005

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/take/040714

So that's where we were with Shaq: Banged-up, exhausted, satisfied. A superstar ready for the next phase of his career.

And if Kobe didn't turn the last 36 months into an extended season of "The Real World: Hollywood," Shaq would have settled into the old "David Robinson after Duncan came aboard" role -- happy to step aside, happy to contribute his 19-11 every night, happy to collect his eight-figure paycheck, always ready to step out of the phone booth with the Superman cape on for emergency duty. Kobe had other ideas. Just like Johnny Sack, he wanted to run his own family. He wanted to step out of the shadows of Shaq and Jackson. He didn't want to share the credit anymore. So he organized a palace coup.

(Big mistake, by the way. When they produce a "Behind the Music" special about him years from now, they will re-hash everything you just read, and the narrator will say, "What Kobe didn't know was that it would all come crashing down." You think Magic would have won titles in '85, '87 and '88 if he pushed an aging Kareem out of town? Please. Unless your initials are "MJ," you need the big guy. You ALWAYS need the big guy. Kobe should have known this.)

Hey, nobody wanted to see Shaq and Kobe part ways more than me -- partly because they were so dysfunctional to watch, partly because it makes the league roughly 432.5 percent more fun to follow with them on separate teams -- but I always thought the Lakers would secure something close to equal value. Instead, Dallas held strong; they wouldn't give up Nowitzki, the German Bob McAdoo. Sacramento wouldn't include Peja Stojakovic in any potential deal, and you can't blame them -- he's been a crucial part of those Kings teams that choke every spring. Indiana refused to dangle Jermaine O'Neal, who's a full notch below KG and Duncan (the Kilmer to their Cruise & Hanks).

This was absolute madness. What were these teams thinking? This was Shaq! Still in his prime! A potentially ticked-off, ready-to-destroy-everybody Shaq!!!!

I mean, isn't the point of having an NBA team to win the title? Why lock into winning 55 games a year and losing every May? Why even have a team then? If I were a Dallas fan right now, and the Mavs allowed Nash to leave after Cuban overpaid everyone else on the roster by 50 percent, then they refused to trade Nowitzki and Walker for Angry Shaq, I'm not sure what I would do. Angry Shaq, Jamison, Nash, Finley, Daniels, Howard and Najera . . . that team wins the title! It wins the freaking title! There's no question about it! Isn't that the whole point of having a team?!?!?!

Haha, Dallas, Sacremento et al owned!!! How perfectly does he write those paragraphs. It's like LOL nirvana.

 

[Shinobi]

Kobe will sign with the Clips. No way he stays and takes the backlash for the Shaq deal...

Clippers WCF champs 2005

Only western conference champs? Guess you expect the Heat to smack their ass up in the finals right?

Sacramento wouldn't include Peja Stojakovic in any potential deal, and you can't blame them -- he's been a crucial part of those Kings teams that choke every spring.

 

[bishoptl]

Jim Rome on O.D.B.'s debacle: "Jerry Buss told the LA Times, 'What can I tell you? The pasta’s great and the wine’s flowing freely.' The pasta is great? And the wine is flowing freely? Look, you wino, why don’t you get back to LA and try to salvage what’s left of your franchise."

 

[Cloudy]

Jim Rome on O.D.B.'s debacle: "Jerry Buss told the LA Times, 'What can I tell you? The pasta’s great and the wine’s flowing freely.' The pasta is great? And the wine is flowing freely? Look, you wino, why don’t you get back to LA and try to salvage what’s left of your franchise."

You forgot the part about bimbos. I was cracking up lol

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Jim Rome is a jackass. Always has been.

 

[Matrix]

BHWHAHAHAHA

 

[Guzim]

:lol

 

[DMczaf]

Go get ESPN Motion and you can watch the Shaq interview, bish

 

[rc213]

What happened to Loki? He should be here to drop his pearls of wisdom on this hilarious thread.

 

[Bowser]

What happened to Loki? He should be here to drop his pearls of wisdom on this hilarious thread.

Didn't he get banned for six months because he mentioned MJ in the Finals thread after Bish said something like, "Try me and we'll see ya this Christmas"? Sad, too, cause I would've loved to hear what he had to say on this crazy offseason.

 

[rc213]

Didn't he get banned for six months because he mentioned MJ in the Finals thread after Bish said something like, "Try me and we'll see ya this Christmas"? Sad, too, cause I would've loved to hear what he had to say on this crazy offseason.

I thought he was joking about being banned for that long. And i agree, i would've loved to hear his comments.

 

[DMczaf]

Its new jersey day!

He's back Toronto! But now he has more then a 10 day contract!

Yup, another guy who comes back to his old team for the big bucks!

And the sexiest one of all

 

[DarienA]

Yup, another guy who comes back to his old team for the big bucks!

Uh... Shaq was never a Heat... he played on the Magic didn't he?

 

[Cloudy]

Don't forget:

PS: Darien, he means Nash