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.
I’m about ready to drop my allegiance to the Broncos. Three reasons…
- 2 years of completely screwing the pooch when it comes to defense. Cutler was already some ridiculous number like 14 and 1 when his defense held the opponents under 21 points. That’s two straight years that Shannahan threw away perfectly good playoff teams by not upgrading the defense.
- I can respect that Josh McDaniels wanted a shot at getting a QB he was already working well with. That being said, WHO THE EFF MESSES WITH THE HEAD OF ONE OF THE 10 BEST QBs IN THE LEAGUE?!?!?!?!?! Cutler can throw for 4k a year and you think that Cassel is an upgrade? WTF? As a side note to this point, I think that Cutler should have stopped being a whiny little bitch, but when you are one of the 10 best QBs in the league you’re allowed to go a little prima donna on your team.
- Instead of doing everything possible to get Cutler happy again they traded him. I’m not under any kind of illusion that Cutler is better than Manning or Brady, but he’s definitely in the same league as the Choke Artist (better known as Jessica Simpson’s Boyfriend), Aaron Rodgers, Phillip Rivers or Eli Manning. I would say with who is the league right now… Cutler is definitely a top 5 QB. And Denver traded him. Denver finally got a QB they could build around and now they are back on the search. Sanchez is good (assuming he falls that far) but he won’t be Jay Cutler. In 2 years when Cutler is really hitting his stride Denver might just barely be getting on solid footing. I’m pissed.
End result? I already like Urlacher. One of the scariest mofos in the league now that Ray Lewis is losing his step. The Bears had already signed Orlando Pace and he has at least another 5 good years on him. With a solid QB Chicago should be able to find at least one good wide out if not two, running backs are a dime a dozen, and there is no way that they don’t maintain the O line to keep Cutler safe. Peyton and Tom will age out of the system and Jay will be the man, and Chicago will be the team three-peating. I’m this close to being a Chicago fan instead of an effing Broncos fan.
