July 10, 200421 yr please. kobe is signing with the clippers or the lakers. or he is goign to jail. trading shaq before the 14th is not a priority....especially if the lakers assure kobe shaq is gone by the time camp opens....let me guess you are reading and watching miami newspapers and sports shows...ya they arent biased...... 450812[/snapback] no im not. im watchin espn, S A smith. aldrige,chad ford,everyone is sayin the lakers are pushing to get this done within the next few days to get kobe back. heat should of been in command.lakers are in no place to demand. no 1 else has eben shown intrest and the only team that has is dallas and they dont want him in the west,and dallas cannot match contracts with anyone other than Dirk
July 10, 200421 yr Warm weather. Smaller centers. A star guard. Pat Riley. Life in South Florida sounds mighty nice to Shaq. A source told ESPN's David Aldridge Saturday that the Lakers center has agreed to accept a proposed trade that would send him to the Miami Heat in exchange for guard Caron Butler and forwards Lamar Odom and Brian Grant. The trade has not been finalized, but O'Neal has informed both the Lakers and Heat that he will not do anything to hinder the swap and would not opt out of his contract after next season. The Lakers may be forced to take this proposal, as there are no other prospective deals on which O'Neal has signed off. Dallas was the early front-runner to acquire O'Neal, but a Mavericks source seemed resigned Saturday to O'Neal's going to Miami. The source said that if the Heat can work out a contract extension for O'Neal when his current deal expires in two years, there is nothing the Mavs can do to thwart the trade. Miami is one of five cities that O'Neal has told the Lakers would be acceptable to him. O'Neal apparently agreed to accept the trade after spending part of Saturday morning in Orlando meeting with Heat president Pat Riley and general manager Randy Pfund. Riley, Pfund and O'Neal's representatives met for three hours. O'Neal was not present for the entire meeting, but hit it off immediately with Riley. "He feels this is the environment he wants," a source who was at the meeting said of O'Neal. Riley "was really good about understanding what Shaquille wanted to accomplish," the source said. "He was a great listener." According to the source, O'Neal likes how Riley used Kareem Abdul-Jabbar later in Abdul-Jabbar's career and believes a return to the Eastern Conference, with its relative lack of big men, will help extend his career. O'Neal also was excited about the prospect of playing with second-year guard Dwyane Wade, who he feels is a special player. "You don't have to go back too far to see a guard and Shaquille being able to do some damage, even with role players surrounding them," the source said, referring to O'Neal's early years in the league with Orlando, when he and Penny Hardaway helped lead the Magic to the Finals in 1995. O'Neal will remain in Orlando until the deal is finalized. On Friday night, ESPN's Jim Gray reported that the Lakers had OK'd their end of the deal and the decision to make the trade, including either Butler or a first-round pick, was now in the Heat's hands. The Riverside (Calif.) Press-Enterprise had reported Thursday on the initial talks between the teams. Link
July 10, 200421 yr Say hello to your 2004-05 heat C Shaq Pf Haslem SF Wright SG Jones PG Wade yes wright will be the starting SF book it
July 10, 200421 yr well obviously the lakers got what they wanted. shaq is going to detroy kobe when they play.
July 10, 200421 yr i dont think jackson could be had for 5.1 mill 450856[/snapback] why not? 450858[/snapback] didnt he make like 3.5 this year and avg like 18 ppg? i think he would go for somewhere around 6
July 10, 200421 yr I want Shaq to come to miami real bad but if it means we have to give up butler i really hope they dont do it...we have a good core right now and maybe we could trade for some other big man..with what we got we wouldnt need a superstar center just a good one to help get rebounds...Riles stand your ground,1st pick or nothing it will be the lakers loss...
July 10, 200421 yr I want Shaq to come to miami real bad but if it means we have to give up butler i really hope they dont do it...we have a good core right now and maybe we could trade for some other big man..with what we got we wouldnt need a superstar center just a good one to help get rebounds...Riles stand your ground,1st pick or nothing it will be the lakers loss... 450868[/snapback] I think your a little too late?
July 10, 200421 yr what team out there has 6 million to offer stephen jackson. 450870[/snapback] BobCats :lol
July 10, 200421 yr what team out there has 6 million to offer stephen jackson. 450870[/snapback] desperate teams with alot of cap like utah.
July 10, 200421 yr well the 6 pm SC specifically wanted to tell everyone the deal is not final that only shaq has approved the deal. no one knows for sure yet if butler is in the deal. he might not be
July 10, 200421 yr what team out there has 6 million to offer stephen jackson. 450870[/snapback] desperate teams with alot of cap like utah. 450873[/snapback] um the jazz just spent a significant portion of their cap on okur and boozer and resigned arroyo.
July 10, 200421 yr well the 6 pm SC specifically wanted to tell everyone the deal is not final that only shaq has approved the deal. no one knows for sure yet if butler is in the deal. he might not be 450876[/snapback] Good news...i hope no bulter included..
July 10, 200421 yr ok i had to step out for a few and missed the first 20 mins of SC. i was back in time to see aldridge talking about it. but was anything said before? im sure it had to be the 1st thing they mentioned (or after rudy T being announced)
July 10, 200421 yr Author DA said it could be Wright as the 3rd player. Still would rather give a 1st rounder, but I rather have Butler than Wright.
July 10, 200421 yr DA said it could be Wright as the 3rd player. Still would rather give a 1st rounder, but I rather have Butler than Wright. 450959[/snapback] i didnt hear that but yea id rather have butler than wright
July 10, 200421 yr this story has become so hot and is getting everyone so fired up, that the enitre city is on fire! (hence the smoke) :lol
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