If Shaq is bought out, should the Magic sign him to the VE?

numbas · Post #21 » by **numbas** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:00 am

lol thats noooooot happeningggggg but if it did and he wanted to go to magic theirs no reason the magic shouldnt sign him on the cheap

grayson11 · Post #22 » by **grayson11** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:23 am

No way of this happening. It would be a slap in the face just asking him. Otis' face that is.

Post #23 » by **craig01** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:31 am

If Shaq is bought out (unlikely IMO) he'd go somewhere decent and to where he would play. No way he'd settle for a bench role as a matter of choice unless that was the last option available to him.

drsd · Post #24 » by **drsd** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:39 am

craig01 wrote:If Shaq is bought out (unlikely IMO) he'd go somewhere decent and to where he would play. No way he'd settle for a bench role as a matter of choice unless that was the last option available to him.

Like Boston, a team that could use a name Center as a starter, but only play him 20 mpg.

Cammo101 · Post #25 » by **Cammo101** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:40 am

01Magic01 wrote:He won't get all his money back though in a buyout. I'd actually think he'd be more likely to go back to the Lakers and finish his career with Jackson and reconcile with Kobe.

That is the least likely scenerio in this thread of unlikely scenerios.

1eyedjake · Post #26 » by **1eyedjake** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 3:31 am

Idunkonyou2 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

I figure the Magic would be his only option. His house is there and wouldn't it be something to have him come back and finally win a title where he started. Shaq still has some juice left, but he needs to be in a coming off the bench role and have very little minutes. In Orlando he would get just that considering Howard plays about 38 to 39 a night.

This would never happen but if it did I think Dallas, San Antonio and LAL would all jump at it just as quick as us.

lovehoops01 · Post #27 » by **lovehoops01** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:32 am

Keep dreaming. There is no way that Shaq signs with anyone under those conditions. And there is no way he is accepting a buyout unless someone else agrees to pay him $20 million a year.

drsd · Post #28 » by **drsd** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:54 am

lovehoops01 wrote:Keep dreaming. There is no way that Shaq signs with anyone under those conditions. And there is no way he is accepting a buyout unless someone else agrees to pay him $20 million a year.

The point is that Miami pays the 20M, and another team gets him for essentially free. But this Shaq situation is entirely unlike what happened with Foyle. Miami has no young-gun backup for Shaq. They need him to play.

lovehoops01 · Post #29 » by **lovehoops01** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:22 am

drsd wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

The point is that Miami pays the 20M, and another team gets him for essentially free. But this Shaq situation is entirely unlike what happened with Foyle. Miami has no young-gun backup for Shaq. They need him to play.

I know how the buyouts work. I'm saying that Shaq wouldn't settle for the minimum even if he did get bought out. He values himself more highly than that. And really, isn't his marketing value alone as a personality in the league worth more to the team than buying him out and getting absolutely nothing back?

eric312 · Post #30 » by **eric312** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:44 pm

BRING THE DADDY BACK

i wish he was our backup C. Too bad he'd probably rather not play than sign for cheap

subcomandante · Post #31 » by **subcomandante** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:27 pm

shaq to the bench?

are you nuts?

even he would accept to be the backup C, this would be a sin.