O’NEAL CONFIRMS HE’S BEEN TRADED TO RAPTORS I like it, i really hope he stays healthy.
whoa… that’s insane.
jermaine o neal
I’m really just sad about Russia losing today 
I’m assuming this is a Basketball thread then? Willy
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Basketball… turned soccer… please.
good deal for toronto…if he stays healthy
JO is done. But Raptors gave up an injury prone for another injury prone. So it is a fair deal. However, I do not see him sticking with Rap for long. Players do not like TO for some reasons. VC was the franchise, then turned into public enemy #1. The city has a great fan base. But it just doesn’t have the attraction.
What about Bosh? no dublication? They don’t need J O’neal… that being said, Rose got the first pick!
Players didn’t like TO because of the exchange rate. I remember hearing something like for every penny appreciation in the CAD equaled 600K for Vince Carter back when he was on the team. Edit: I think it was a good deal on both sides. If JO is healthy, TO created a good front court and IND was able to offload 44 mil.
Hollinger broke this deal down so well on ESPN. I am still in the Bill Simmons camp that O’neal died two years ago. He never was that motivated as a player, and I do not see Toronto exactly rejuvenating his career. The raptors had 3 more deals they could have looked but, but BC is starting to panic, especially after drafting a big lazy euro guy bench warmer. I also find it ridiculous that everyone says Toronto did great in this deal based on being able to trade an expiring contract in 2 years! Is that where the NBA has got that teams plan 2-3 years ahead to load up on crappy contracts and then unload them all? Like the Raptors have made the playoffs 2 years in a row, why are they trying to load up on “tradeable” contracts.
Almost every team is going for that quick fix to achieve a championship. It’s to much work nowadays to build a team from scratch. They feel like he is “the missing piece.” I don’t agree with it though.
I still like the trade even though like adehbone, I’m firmly in the simmons camp that JO died 2 years ago. This does however allow bosh to move over to the 4 where he belongs, put JO in the middle (while he’s healthy) and puts Bargs on the bench. Seriously, I was a huge Bargs fan, thought he was going to break out last year. Ran into him at lobby a few months ago, told him was useless…he just starred at me blankly. 'Nuff said.
you really said that? i bet you had some liquid courage.