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lol Shaq is a joke!
acbaylove:
Game 6: no Wade, no party.
LMAO @ Shaq MVP!
Juronimo:
I can't believe I'm about to say this, but I think the Lakers made the right decision in trading Shaq. Shaq is a shell of his former self.
Da WCC Hopar!:
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--- Quote from: eS El Duque on May 30, 2005, 07:28:24 PM ---
Antonio, you're acting like an ex-girlfriend who's bitching about everything their former boyfriend is doing.
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LOL
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Now_Im_Not_Banned:
--- Quote from: Yo B yo god yo son yall ain't real on June 05, 2005, 10:18:17 PM ---I can't believe I'm about to say this, but I think the Lakers made the right decision in trading Shaq. Shaq is a shell of his former self.
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People finally starting to see things...
acbaylove:
--- Quote from: Now_Im_Blowed on June 06, 2005, 12:17:29 AM ---
--- Quote from: Yo B yo god yo son yall ain't real on June 05, 2005, 10:18:17 PM ---I can't believe I'm about to say this, but I think the Lakers made the right decision in trading Shaq. Shaq is a shell of his former self.
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People finally starting to see things...
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Better late than never.
1. Shaq demanded a trade, menacing to retire if Lakers didnt trade him.
2. Kobe was an unrestricted Free Agent, and he didnt want to do a sign-and-trade deal.
3. Phil was a Free Agent, and there was no cap room to give them all a contract.
So..
1. Lakers traded Shaq.
2. Lakers re-signed Kobe.
3. Lakers signed Rudy T. as the head coach (for 3m $ per year, the same amount Phil was getting the previous year).
Now..
1. Lakers have a lot of players to trade, because they have (big) contracts expiring.
2. Lakers will have a lot of salary cap space next year, being in a position to sign everyone they want.
3. Kobe is still there, and Phil is probably coming back as a coach.
On the other side, Miami, we have:
1. A team who had a 42-40 record last year who this year have a 52-30 record. Good, but they destroyed a team for what? 10 w?
2. A team who cant win without Flash. Shaq can't win without him, and that's a fact!
3. Wade with a "small" contract who needs to be renegotiated soon.
4. Shaq signed for a couple of years for 30m $ a year.
5. Salary cap fucked up for years.
6. Low percentace of success in having both Shaq and Wade in the same team in the next years.
7. Game-7 to be played without Wade, at home, against the Pistons.
8. A great chance to loose the Eastern Conference finals making everything they've done a mistake.
Last year Miami was just 1 lost in the play-offs from where they are now.
Now me, as a Laker fan, i'm excited about a few things:
- Phil coming back.
- Kobe and Phil playing motivated.
- A n.10 (maybe more, if we trade it) draft pick (i know it aint something to be proud of, but shit we have it so..)
- a lot of players we can trade to get better ones.
- Tex Winter coming back.
- the fact we will dominate next year's free agents market, adding the fact/power we're the Lakers to a lot of money to spend.
In 2-3 years we will be contenders.
Miami in 2-3 years will have to sell one between Shaq and Wade. Or the other 10 players + their arena.
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