They are decent offensively
Offense is never the problems
its the defense
The suns are one of the worst rebounding teams in the league...now you take out Marion and put in Shaq who is fat and lazy, the Suns have even lesser rebounders on the team
On top of that Marion was their second best defender. With Bell aging, who are they gonna put on opposing scorers?
And if bell picks up 2 quick fouls, what are they gonna do? lol
Diaw and Barbosa are like butter...they'll get creamed by opoosing scorers
This was an all around bad trade
Shaq won't give the suns more than 20 minutes of effective basketball and it will suck up the shot clock just to get the ball to Shaq....which will result in less touches for others and mess up the floor spacing and rhythmg of the Suns' run and gun style
totally bad trade
Nash, Amare and Shaq won't have a lot of sucess
Mike D'Antoni is a run and gun system wizard there is no way in hell he'll know how to utilize Shaq in the post and use up like 20 seconds in the clock to get the ball to him lol
And Also the Suns are already one of the worst rebounding teams in the NBA...with Marion gone, they'll be even worse!
Also Marion is their second best defender...if Raja Bell, who is aging, is in foul trouble or is injured, who do they put on opposing defenders? lol
Shaq doesn't rebound...he's fat and lazy
And also Amare complains about touches...so how are the Suns gonna accomodate two post players' needs?
that is not their styel...the suns style is to run and gun and shoot the 3, not pounding the ball inside
The Suns are small, they have no length, they will get easily beat by Western opponents
this is poor move by Suns GM Steve Kerr...its a knee jerk reaction to the massive frontlinet the Lakers have put up with the acquisition of Pau Gasol
its not a great deal for the Heat either
well they get a good young poing guard in Marcu Banks to team up with Wade but Marion's contract is expring...he's gonna leave the heat who are rebuilding for a championship contender
the Suns window of opportunity to win a title just got slammed shut
This will go down as one of the worst pro basketball trades in history.
Marion is young, plays 33 minutes a night, does everything, and is a 5 tool star.
Shaq. as an NBA executive put it "retired 2 years ago". If the Suns get 12 minutes a night from Shaq, they will be lucky.
I have lived in Phoenix all my life, and this trade will make most people here turn on the Suns. They just lost a lot of fans.
no way they got enough. look at it: shaq is getting fairly old, he is having an off year, and he has only led his team to nine wins. on the other side, marion is relatively young and still capable of playing some very good basketball. then there's shaq's contract. this is a steal for the heat and a disaster for the suns.
No this was a bad trade for the suns.
They Heat will benefit from it way more than the suns
HONESTLY THE WAY I SEE IT THE SUNS ARE STUPID!!!
OK FIRST THEY GOT STAT <AMARE STAUDEMIRE> THATZ THE MODERN DAY SHAC. BUT STAT IS FASTER AND 100 TIMES BETTER SO HE SHOUOLD HAV TRADED TO A BETTER TEAM FOR A FORWARD NOT NO STUPID CENTER
Not even close, steve kerr not very smart and same goes with the owner.
why don't you think so? they will be a better defensive team in the playoffs, with the ability to stop centers.
no, shaq is old he sucks now!
