Shaq

[D-westfan]

I see the Suns being more interested in the Bulls' ending contracts and Tyrus Thomas.
Chicago could offer Phoenix a combination of Brad Miller, Tim Thomas, & Tyrus Thomas, who the Suns have always liked. The Cavaliers would be hard-pressed to beat that deal, unless the Suns just decide on a salary dump.
Deng to Phoenix doesn't make sense from the standpoint that the Suns are looking to clear money off their cap and Deng has a big contract.

well, it makes some sense, but tyrus isnt touchable for shaq, lol

 

[nighte]

That is perfect, let the Bulls dump all there good big men and get Shaq. It makes our division earier for us to win. I'm all for that trade.

 

[CHIMOCHIS]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4260855

While the Shaquille O'Neal-to-Cleveland Cavaliers trade talk created lots of buzz over the weekend, there is an obstacle standing in the way of a future Shaq-LeBron pairing: The Phoenix Suns are not going to give O'Neal away merely to save money.

 

[jvpertz]

The Suns will give away Shaq if Ben Wallace agrees to a 5mil buyout. You will be amazed at how many good teams will give away good players if Ben has a 15 mil cap number with only 5 of it being guaranteed. That is every struggling franchises wet dream.

 

[Grayson]

The Suns will give away Shaq if Ben Wallace agrees to a 5mil buyout. You will be amazed at how many good teams will give away good players if Ben has a 15 mil cap number with only 5 of it being guaranteed. That is every struggling franchises wet dream.

They still have the cap number even though they don't have to pay the actual salary. And a move like this says to the team and the fans "This year is a wash". Hearing now that the Suns want talent in return, I don't think that they're just going to give Shaq away.

 

[MoFlo]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4260855&campaign=rss&source=NBAHeadlines

Not sure if it's been posted yet, didn't see it anywhere:

While the Shaquille O'Neal-to-Cleveland Cavaliers trade talk created lots of buzz over the weekend, there is an obstacle standing in the way of a future Shaq-LeBron pairing: The Phoenix Suns are not going to give O'Neal away merely to save money.

The Suns, who could save roughly $10 million by sending O'Neal to Cleveland for Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic, also want to gain basketball value in any trade involving O'Neal, according to league sources with knowledge of the team's thinking.

With Wallace considering retirement and Pavlovic averaging fewer than six points over his six-year career, Cleveland would likely have to strengthen its offer to get O'Neal.

The Suns reportedly had interest in Delonte West when the clubs discussed possible deals at the February trade deadline, but the Cavaliers greatly value West and would be hard-pressed to part with him. As it stands, the teams have had only preliminary discussions and will continue to speak in the days and weeks ahead.

Phoenix has also fielded calls from other teams that have inquired about O'Neal, including the Dallas Mavericks, New Orleans Hornets, Portland Trail Blazers and New York Knicks. While getting talent in return is a priority, the Suns' desire for financial relief is real, which means they will likely trade O'Neal and his $20 million contract this offseason.

O'Neal is open to being traded and Cleveland is his preferred destination, according to a league source with knowledge of his thinking. LeBron James is also excited about the possibility of playing with Shaq, according to people close to the situation.

While O'Neal hopes to end up in Cleveland, the 37-year-old future Hall of Famer also hopes to get a two-year contract extension, according to the league source. That being the case, he would like to get assurances that James, who can become a free agent after next season, will remain in Cleveland for at least the next three years. O'Neal is hardly in position to make such demands, and neither James nor the Cavs are likely to make him any promises. The Cavaliers could be in position to have a significant amount of cap space to pursue free agents such as Chris Bosh in 2010 and they are not going to give that up for O'Neal.

The source said O'Neal's desire for long-term security would not be a deal-breaker.

Meanwhile, interest elsewhere in O'Neal remains fairly high.

Dallas could send the Suns Jerry Stackhouse and Erick Dampier, but the Suns have little interest in the Mavericks' plodding center, especially since he has two years and more than $23 million left on his contract.

The Hornets could perhaps offer more talent than anyone else by giving up either Tyson Chandler or Peja Stojakovic, but both players also have two years at big money left on their deals (roughly $24 million for Chandler and $30 million for Stojakovic).

The Knicks are trying to pawn their troubled center Eddy Curry off on the Suns but are getting nowhere.

While the Shaq-to-Cleveland deal is not imminent, it does have a legitimate chance of coming to fruition.

"It's plausible, it's possible," said a league executive. "But there's nothing happening right now."

Chris Broussard is a senior writer at ESPN The Magazine

 

[ACDC_Rocks024]

If LeBron tells Danny he wants it, Danny can make such a possible deal happen...

 

[The Voice]

I don't want old man river anyways... I hope the bulls trade for him...

 

[MikeSwim07]

I will be sad if we don't have Delonte next year

 

[RajaBell]

sorry , I don't want SHaq .

He is done, he is old ,and he is about to retire in 1 year, and he can't shoot

We need a young PF/C who can score (Al Jefferson, Stoudemire, Bosh,Boozer...etc)

 

[Gimme Some Mo]

No big new.... Just a little update from Bucher's twitter:

@rsavaj Looking to see what they can do with Shaq or Amare. A good chance Shaq will be moved by Thursday.

I wonder what his definition of "good chance" is.

 

[CavsRules]

I wonder what his definition of "good chance" is.

As do I, however, I wouldn't put much stock into it being us that makes the move.. According to Windhorst we are interested in Carlos Boozer, and he can't be talked about till July 1st, if we were to do a S&T anyway.

On the other hand.. We've had discussions with 20 teams in the past few weeks, and maybe the teams we've talked too are not giving into our demands. So I wouldn't be that surprised if we were to do a swap for O'Neal during the draft, but I'm not expecting it.

 

[Jlans8]

sorry , I don't want SHaq .

He is done, he is old ,and he is about to retire in 1 year, and he can't shoot

We need a young PF/C who can score (Al Jefferson, Stoudemire, Bosh,Boozer...etc)

You can pretty much cross Al Jeff off that list he is nearly untouchable. THe T'wolves traded one of their best ever players if not there best ever for him. I doubt they would want some washed up players to get them some cap room. Stoudemire we all know there is a chance of but we would have to send Delonte away or half of our god dam roster so thats pretty much written off aswell.

Bosh is the best for us IMO because he is nearly as good as Amare and Al Jeff and he would be a lot easier to obtain. Ben,Sasha and Picks for Bosh in a S&T would be possible i think. I really don't want Boozer after the bridges he burned on his way out last time. I don't think managment would accept him anyways.

So Bosh and Amare are our only threats out of that group with Bosh being the most benificial for the Cavs.

C: Andy/ Z
PF: Bosh/ JJ / D-Jack or Charlie V if we pick him up.
SF: James /Free Agent or 2nd rounder
SG: Delonte / Wayne Ellington
PG: Mo/ Ty Lawson

A man can dream

 

[Ziggie123]

The Raptors want talent for Bosh. If they wanted cap space they could simply let Bosh walk at the end of the season. The Cavs would need a 3-way with someone who wants cap space and is willing to send talent to the Raptors in order for the Cavs to be in play for Bosh, which I don't think you can rule out but realisitically don't see it happening. The timing isn't right. Specifically, the Cavs can't wait all summer for the Raptors to move Bosh. Some of the deals that I'm sure Danny Boy has discussed have a limited shelf-life.

 

[Hydroponic3385]

Bosh is the best for us IMO because he is nearly as good as Amare and Al Jeff and he would be a lot easier to obtain. Ben,Sasha and Picks for Bosh in a S&T would be possible i think.

You crazy.