Shaq as our 6th man

[bamboozered]

Z was playing a lot better once Shaq went down. It's possible that Z needs to start, in order to stay warm from the pregame shootaround. It's been pretty clear that Z's creaky bones get get cold while waiting to come in, plus it makes more sense to bring Shaq in against a slightly winded opponent, so his slow lumbering isn't as glaring (although it's not like Z is racing around either). If Shaq is brought in with Boobie, then we can sit Lebron down and have a Shaq-centric lineup in to space the floor.

I do worry that Shaq's "status" as a hall of fame player hurts the Cavs because he's unlikely to keep his mouth shut about the idea of being our 6th man, which against many teams is probably the right move.

 

[SanduskyCav]

Is this a Trade Rumor or Trade Idea? nope

 

[bamboozered]

Idea. One other downside that just occurred to me is that it might disrupt Hickson's rhythm, which is arguably as important as anything else we do to our frontline rotation.

 

[Sock]

He wont. AI case 2

 

[theSTEREO.]

I think we're doing pretty well right now. We're one loss behind the best team in the East which can change in one day, and we're only now starting to fire on all cylinders, and still have a long way to go.

I think our current 10 man rotation looks great.