Friday, February 13, 2009

And so ends the Shawn Marion saga... in Miami...

This was recently announced.  Marion and Banks for Moon and O'Neal.  An interesting trade, that I think generally works for both sides.  Miami definitely needs a low post presence, and O'Neal provides that should he be able to stay healthy.  While O'Neal won't be the primary option, Wade probably won't take away from his (O'Neal's) game as much as someone on the low block as Bosh would.  This is interesting for Toronto because what this does is shifts the front court into looking something like Marion, Bargnani, and Bosh, not sure who'll guard who, but likely on the offense Bargnani will serve more as shooter in the wing while Marion hits the glass.  I would imagine that Calderon would help Marion, but then again, Calderon is known for being ultra-conservative on the offense, so not sure how well that'll work.  Banks is just a name that I think Miami wants to get off the roster, and as of right now, I'm sure that Toronto will take any offensive wing help they can get, which understandably is why they're getting rid of Moon too.  Moon helps defensively in the 3 slot where there already is a bit of firepower with Beasley and Wade.  Interesting to see who will start, my hunch is Moon, with Beasley as the scoring punch off the bench.  

Guess they're not going for Amar'e anymore.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Stupid Pat Riley. Why O'Neal? This can't be the best we could do. I would have just as soon never traded Shaq.