Who did Magic recieve for Shaq? Well, anyways I think it was bad, but all that Shaq has is no really earned all by himself. He has Kobe, Phil Jackson and his teammates to get what he has now.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting notMuchgame:</div><div class="quote_post">uh....Shaq wasn't traded...he left via free agency</div> Oh........... why would Magic do that, or was it Shaq wanted another team?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Ming637:</div><div class="quote_post">Oh........... why would Magic do that, or was it Shaq wanted another team?</div> Shaq left because he wanted a new team. He didn't get along with Penny, Nick Anderson, and Brian Hill...he also wanted to move closer to Hollywood where at the time, he was persuing movies... in the end, Lakers were willing to pay more. Magic offered a bit less, but were counting on Shaq's loyalty....big mistake there...
Can't be a mistake if it never happened. He signed w/LA as a free agent. Bad business on the part of Orlando, they let him get away w/o getting anything in return. Somebody should have lost their job over that.
This was such a great loss. The Magic loss what they really needed, twice at that. Defense. Shaq and Big Ben. A real shame, you'd be real contenders if you still had them. You're getting Howard anyway, so that's all behind you.
Well, we wouldn't have had Big Ben or Tmac if we kept Shaq. We still would have a good Penny though. His career went down the drain when Shaq left. We would have a couple of championships and be considered as an elite team if we had Shaq still.
and billups....and a few others..but with gabriel around more of this will happen..watch out for Hunter Zaza Bogans Gaines and others that dont get enough minutes being traded for nothing and be really good in another team. --- <font color="Red">Watch the grammar -Ice</font>
