The Perpetual NBA Thread

**baiskee** · February 2nd, 2008 03:06 PM

now who's you're daddy?!

mitch k is my daddy!

eto na match-up. :D

Derek Fisher - Rajon Rondo
Kobe Bryant - Ray Allen
Lamar Odom - Paul Pierce
Pau Gasol - Kevin Garnett
Andrew Bynum - Kendrick Perkins

**baiskee** · February 2nd, 2008 03:13 PM

ayos ah...nakakatanggal problema tong balitang toh! whew! hehehe

**theveed** · February 2nd, 2008 04:27 PM

Someone's HAPPY hehehe

**kimpOy** · February 2nd, 2008 04:29 PM

hahaha sabi na nga ba eh....

**oliver1013** · February 2nd, 2008 08:16 PM

Lakers vs celtics?..nah its still gonna be the spars!! Pwede din Phoenix..Sa playoffs talaga lalabas ang tunay na galing..

**theveed** · February 3rd, 2008 06:37 PM

Kwame is such a gem... all their owners so far has gotten all-stars in return for him... First Caron, then Pau...

**mazdamazda** · February 4th, 2008 09:42 AM

Originally Posted by baiskee

eto na match-up. :D

Derek Fisher - Rajon Rondo
Kobe Bryant - Ray Allen
Lamar Odom - Paul Pierce
Pau Gasol - Kevin Garnett
Andrew Bynum - Kendrick Perkins

Against the Celtics (and with Bynum back), I think the Lakers will just utilize Odom off the bench (and use Walton instead)... he'll be too slow to guard Pierce.

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**Eismann** · February 6th, 2008 03:24 PM

The Pau effect.....KB's stat line reads: 6/5/8/2stl/2blk/7to's and they still win?

**Eismann** · February 6th, 2008 04:11 PM

What the hell is this?

Shaq Reportedly May Be Traded to Suns
By TIM REYNOLDS, AP Sports Writer
1 hour, 1 minute ago

MIAMI - Shaquille O'Neal is prepared for the Miami Heat to trade him, a confidant of the 14-time All-Star center told The Associated Press on Tuesday night. O'Neal's associate, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to reveal anything publicly, indicated a move could be imminent. "Shaq thinks something will happen," the associate said.

The Miami Herald reported earlier Tuesday that the Heat are in "serious and ongoing" trade negotiations with the Phoenix Suns, and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel said the deal could occur "within 48 hours." A Heat spokesman said the team had no comment, and several Suns officials didn't immediately return phone calls from the AP.

The Herald report said the Suns would send Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to Miami in exchange for O'Neal, who is averaging a career-low 14.2 points and has been sidelined for the past two weeks by a lingering hip injury.

Multiple media outlets reported late Tuesday night, citing unidentified sources, that O'Neal would be in Phoenix to undergo a physical on Wednesday. The team pushed back its shootaround, originally scheduled for 9:45 a.m. MST to 4:45 p.m., shortly before the Suns play New Orleans.

The Arizona Republic also reported a deal could be imminent and that O'Neal had contacted some Suns players Tuesday night. When asked last week about another report that a Shaq trade was possible, Heat coach Pat Riley said, "Not true."

But when the Los Angeles Lakers struck a deal with Memphis last week for 7-footer Pau Gasol and instantly strengthened their lineup, there's been constant speculation about how other Western Conference teams would respond. And a Shaq-to-the-Suns deal would certainly create plenty of buzz.

"Really?" said the Lakers' Kobe Bryant, O'Neal's former teammate, when told of the apparently pending deal. "I know he likes the warm weather."

A four-time NBA champion, O'Neal entered this season talking about how he wanted to win at least one more title, saying his "legacy" wouldn't be complete unless he left the game with at least five rings.

If he's going to get No. 5 this year, he'd have to go elsewhere.

Miami's record has plummeted, O'Neal is going through a divorce and his scoring average is nearly 11 1/2 points below his 25.6 career mark. He suffered a bruised hip on Dec. 22 and has missed four of the past five weeks while trying to recover.

It's his second straight difficult season: O'Neal missed much of the 2006-07 campaign with a knee injury and finished that year with career-lows in games (40), scoring (17.3 points), rebounds (7.4), minutes (28.4) and free-throw percentage (.422).

Last Friday, O'Neal said he and Riley have not discussed any trade possibilities. "He hasn't spoken to me," O'Neal said at the time. "He hasn't talked about it. I've been in the league 15 years. I've seen it all, been through it all. I've just got to sit back."
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AP sports writer Bob Baum in Phoenix contributed to this report.