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Call me a conspiracy theorist but on AZcentral they have photos today of Alvin Gentry in practice and also if you read the article you had quotes from, Amar'e, Nash, Hill, Barnes and of course J-Rich was seen in practice but surprisingly there were no photos or no quotes from Shaq at all?

I know not every player got a photo or quote but Shaq is one of the main guys, are they trying to keep him away from the media? Was he even at practice? From the looks of it I'm guessing he's going to be traded.

Here are the links and you guys can decide for yourselves.

http://www.azcentral.com/commphotos/azcentral/9958/1/18

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/ar ... r0217.html

No photos or quotes from Shaq, kind of strange right?

He was probably getting worked on by Nellie.

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/story/11386350

In this article it said the market for Shaq is actually good. And a few executives believe if he is traded it would be to Dallas.

They just said on SportsCenter that Shaq declined to comment about the coaching change.

they said that shaq was sick.

rsavaj wrote:they said that shaq was sick.

It could be fake sick

Maybe he's about to be traded? He looked pretty healthy jumping around at the all-star game and Sunday and winning co-MVP honors.

I don't think he's about to be traded, but he's definitely upset with the coaching change. He stood up for TP in media comments over the weekend, the only player to do so. And his touches will go way down now with Gentry taking over. ESPN said he declined to comment on account of a cough and a cold haha. Give me a break. John Anderson is doing the show and he obviously sounds like he has a cold Diesel can't say a few words about his new coach?

skatesb16 wrote:I don't think he's about to be traded, but he's definitely upset with the coaching change. He stood up for TP in media comments over the weekend, the only player to do so. And his touches will go way down now with Gentry taking over. ESPN said he declined to comment on account of a cough and a cold haha. Give me a break. John Anderson is doing the show and he obviously sounds like he has a cold Diesel can't say a few words about his new coach?

Wouldn't that be another reason Shaq might be traded though? If he doesn't like Gentry's style and wont get enough touches?

I think with the coaching change a Shaq deal would work wonders for the Suns. There's a few teams that have been linked rumor wise to be interested in him, with New York being one that even Shaq said he'd love to play. That got me to thinking about a few deals that I'd do to help us financially AND for the long term.

Shaq/Barnes for Lee/Chandler/Curry/Rose
Nets the Suns $1.46 million (almost $3 mil with lux tax) this summer and saves $10.9 mil (before lux tax) next year. Also gets the Suns an up and coming SF, and PF/C of the future (if the Suns choose to re-sign them in Chandler and Lee.

Shaq/Barbosa/Dudley for Marbury/Lee/Duhon
Nets the Suns $20 mil (this summer), gets us 2 PG's (1 for scoring off the bench in the Barbosa roll in Marbury and defensive on in Duhon), and gets us a young stud PF/C to put next to Amare.

The reported Cavs deal of Shaq/Barnes for Hickson, Wally (exp) and Snow (exp)
Nets $21 mil next summer. Get a young big to put next to Amare.

Supposedly the Mavs turned down Baron Davis for Jason Kidd, now there are a couple of deals of Shaq to Dallas and are as follows (maybe this is why Mavs turned that down):
Shaq/Barbosa/Barnes for Terry/J Ho/Bass/Stackhouse
or
Shaq/Barnes for Kidd/Bass

And the obligatory Laker deal:
Shaq/Barnes (and maybe Tucker or Dudley) for Odom/Mihm/Farmar/Ariza

^Lee and Chandler? Are you kidding?

Possible trades are things like Marbury's 20 mil expiring for Shaq straight up. I'd throw in a second rounder at the most to make it happen since you guys probably won't find much use for Marbury. Or can you?

Malik and Harrington for Shaq is another trade I'd do. Replace either guy with Q if you'd prefer. Not sure why you would though.

Bottom line is....Shaq is still playing well....and the Knicks need a center if they want to still make a run at the playoffs. He's obviously somewhat familiar with Mike D as well. I can see why this trade is being discussed. In the long run though, Shaq at this stage in his career is no where near worth giving up young talent to aquire. I think huge cap relief should be enough, especially since the Suns are obviously looking to cut costs right now. I can see maybe adding Lee if you guys were willing to take Curry and throw us some other sweetner....but even that would be something I'd hesitate to do. Chandler is completely out of the question here.

shaq loves L.A. - so trade him to the clippers for camby. camby proved he can paly at a high tempo - and he brings defense to phoenix. fair deal??

to be honest, i genuinely think those cleveland rumours of wally and hickson were for shaq

all we knew was that the cavs source had heard that hickson might be moving..... and danny ferrys exact quote was that "we did not discuss that package for amare" which could be read 2 ways....

i genuinely think shaq may well be being shopped and as much as i love what he has done for us, if sarver wants to save money but keep the future then trading our biggest contract and a player who wont be here in 5 years, makes more sense to me

if its knicks, i could see it being a pure dump of shaq for marbury.....

i also wouldn´t mind marbury in here. u think he may playing?? he could get some minutes off nash.
but this trade leaves us realy thin at the center / pf position. we have amare, lou and rolo.
not much to win a championship...

dont forget courtney sims. he will win us the championship. but seriously. play sims this week. if he plays well its more incentive to trade shaq

I would do Shaq/Barnes for Kidd/Bass in a freakin' heartbeat.

I would do a Shaq for Al Harrington, Malik Rose and Quentin Richardson. Al Harrington would bring the back the Run N Gun back to the Suns. Plus you shed 12 mil off the salary cap since with Malik Rose and Al Harrington expiring contract.

Suns Lineup:
Steve Nash/Leandro Barbosa
Jason Richardson/Quentin Richardson
Grant Hill/ Matt Barnes
Al Harrington/ Loius Amudson
Amare Stoudimare/Robin Lopez

I don't see Walsh doing that though...I'd do it in a heartbeat cos i think Al can play PF while Amare's at C, and his D isn't that bad despite no real numbers. Rose can still play as well I think, and is a real pro

I can't wait until the deadline passes so that I don't have to see any more of these kinds of posts.

suns12345 wrote:dont forget courtney sims. he will win us the championship. but seriously. play sims this week. if he plays well its more incentive to trade shaq

I was at the D-League All Star game and got to see Sims play. That dude can play, he isn't super quick running down the court but he is a stud, great rebounder, shot blocker, and solid post moves. Play Sims this week Gentry!!

He is definetly getting traded, you cant play RUN N GUN WITH SHAQ IN THE LINE UP.
USE BRAINS.