Duh, Shaq

Just think what this would mean for Fesenko: motivation to not be a loser in front of his idol; one-on-one tutoring in being huge and dominating; playing straight back-up to Shaq would actually get him some real time as long as Sloan didn’t just shuffle the 4/5’s into the back-up spot, i.e., moving Memo over when Shaq sits; the dance-offs, oh the dance-offs!!!

I just don’t know if the Jazz have the right pieces to make the deal work. From the Jazz’s side, the deal would have to center around Andrei Kirilenko, because we don’t have much else of worth or matching contracts. I would really hesitate in throwing in our Knick’s pick, but that could be a possibility. But a deal for AK and Korver, or AK and Harpring would work financially. The only problem is that Phoenix would have to like having Andrei Kirilenko. I would do it if I were them, because they could start shifting back to their old style of play.

A sign and trade for Boozer wouldn’t work, unless the Jazz were willing to let Millsap walk or else pay about $100 million in payroll next season.

From a basketball standpoint, AK + Korver is a better deal than Ben Wallace/ Sasha Pavlovic or Jerry Stackhouse and Erick Dampier, but if Phoenix just wants financial relief, then the Jazz’s deal isn’t as good.

But even if Shaq didn’t take our team deep into the playoffs, or even into the playoffs, it would still be a good deal, because worst case scenario, we would have an extra $17 million next season. I do agree, that Shaq would be perfect in our half court offense.

You think Shaq would be playing 82 games a year? No way… If we could get him cheap…then yeah but not for AK.

Spend that much on the shadow of a great player? I am not a Boozer fan, but at this point, Boozer is a MUCH better player then Shaq. He is a better scorer, rebounder, fast break option, and even defender. If we could trade for someone and then turn back time (like Steve Kerr apparently thought he could), we should trade for Kareem… we could get him for a cheaper rate.

Spend that much on the shadow of a great player? I am not a Boozer fan, but at this point, Boozer is a MUCH better player then Shaq. He is a better scorer, rebounder, fast break option, and even defender.

First of all, Shaq is still a better defender than Booze.
Other than that… do we even know if Booze is going to come back? Greg Miller going all LHM on him can’t have helped that.

Shaq gives us a dominating presence in the middle (and it’s not like he’d have to run up-and-down the court either as much… the Jazz like their half-court sets), and helps us get out from under AK’s unfortunate contract.

Sure the Jazz will need another wing after the trade (especially if Korver opts out), but that can be addressed through the draft (Terrence Williams if he falls, Danny Green, Chase Budinger, Sam Young, James Johnson, Derrick Brown, DaJuan Summers, etc.) or potentially through free agency.

between Shaq and Boozer is like trying to decided who is the better 3pt shooter. At any rate, the point is that Shaq adds nothing to the team that Boozer doesn’t – and that isn’t getting us far enough. Not to mention, no one is going to trade a bloated one year contract for AK’s two year bloated contract. Not the Suns, not anyone. The pool of free agents next year is too good for any GM to hurt their teams chances on getting a shot at one of those players…. which is what that trade would do.

And The Koof is a better dancer.

hold up. shaq had 108 blocks last year boozer had 7! granted shaq played in more than double the games boozer played in, but the most blocks booze has had in a season is 55. shaq had that in the 06-07 season when he played his least amount of games.

interior defense is what we need. we need people to think twice about coming into the lane. who would intimidate you if you drove the lane, someone with 7 blocks or someone with 108 blocks?

i don’t know if shaq is our answer. i personally think we need someone else, but i would take shaq’s d any time over the matador, aka boozer.