thaBadDawg’s Musings

I understand that Steve Kerrr trying to get the egg off of his face for the horrible Shawn Marrion for Shaq trade. And when it comes down to it I think he got the better end of the deal. He got rid of the slowest piece of his team that was designed for speed. And Ben Wallace can still play passable defense, if he doesn’t retire. That being said…

What the hell is Danny Ferry thinking? Didn’t he learn his lesson last year? The Cav’s built their team to beat the Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals thinking that they’d have a shot against the Lakers. And let’s face it, the Nuggets would have swept the Cavs too. When you gear up to beat one team, when you don’t meet up with them and you end up playing an entirely different kind of team you’re going to be screwed.

As a side note, look at the Lakers. They didn’t try to beat one team, they wanted to beat them all. And they did.

Now the Cavs are at it again, they are gearing up to beat a single team… the Magic. What’s going to happen when a healthy Celtics team exposes the Cavs fatal flaw? Shaq is a player who takes up a lot of space in the middle but he’s not going to demand the double team like he has in the past. And more importantly, he doesn’t have the speed necessary to keep up with the fast paced game most of the top teams in the NBA can throw at them.

And here’s the other consideration that nobody seems to be willing to address yet… Shaq is a glory hog. I’m not saying that LeBron has a massive ego to feed, but Shaq does. And on this team Shaq is definitely going to play second fiddle to LeBron. But at the end of the season, if (and this is a Shaq-sized if) the Cavs somehow win the NBA finals, does LeBron want to be like Kobe and have to wait another 5 years to win a title on his own to get out from under the shadow of Shaq?

Danny Ferry is a fool and I can’t believe he got sold a bill of goods from Steve Kerr.