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Taiyab_K · Post #701 » by **Taiyab_K** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:35 pm

Part of the reason O'Neal was getting beat every night was cause he had a lot on his shoulders. I think with Bosh, it lowers the load on him a little. For the both of them actually, if you think about it. I think O'Neal could just play more games next season...

totallyr · Post #702 » by **totallyr** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:38 pm

Marvin! wrote:what am i missing about that article?

Nothing, same old

IndyPacers67 · Post #703 » by **IndyPacers67** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:40 pm

|llsT oNe wrote:
IndyPacers67 wrote:Jermaine said he wants to retire a Pacer, wouldn't that be funny if he left when his contract is up and came back to us.

I'm sure most of us could probably live with that.

I was more thinking it would be ironic on our part. We trade Jermaine and clear up all this cap space, then when we have a bunch of money to spend in the offseason, we spend a chunk of it on... Jermaine.

Joker · Post #704 » by **Joker** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:53 pm

Even if I disgree with Feschuk at times, I always enjoy his acid tongue.

And he's right in that we're not that much better, but he's wrong by saying we were an up-and-coming team before the O'Neal trade went down. I think the notion of us being a team on the rise disappeared in the first half of last season, where it became apparent that Bosh had stopped making those big incremental gains that he'd made seasons prior, Bargnani stopped being compared to Dirk and started being compared to Radmanovich, and Ford's 2 main issues -- durability and bball IQ -- remained big obstacles.

|llsT oNe · Post #705 » by **|llsT oNe** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:03 pm

IndyPacers67 wrote:
|llsT oNe wrote:
IndyPacers67 wrote:Jermaine said he wants to retire a Pacer, wouldn't that be funny if he left when his contract is up and came back to us.

I'm sure most of us could probably live with that.

I was more thinking it would be ironic on our part. We trade Jermaine and clear up all this cap space, then when we have a bunch of money to spend in the offseason, we spend a chunk of it on... Jermaine.

I'm sure he will give you some kind of hometown discount, after he wins a title here. :lol:

bakafool · Post #706 » by **bakafool** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:09 pm

O'Neal confirms Pacers sending him to Raptors

O'Neal confirmed the trade Thursday, saying he was pleased with the move by team president Larry Bird.

"He wanted to get me to a place where I could contend and do what I'm capable of doing," O'Neal told The Associated Press. "We both agreed that the timing was perfect. His focus on getting them (the Pacers) to a level where they can grow and start to be competitive was tremendous."

O'Neal wasn't surprised by the trade.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_ ... cers_trade

hoop_head · Post #707 » by **hoop_head** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:14 pm

Good to hear O'Neal comment on the trade, he seems OK with a fresh start with the Raps.

bakafool · Post #708 » by **bakafool** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:19 pm

hoop_head wrote:Good to hear O'Neal comment on the trade, he seems OK with a fresh start with the Raps.

True. But I couldn't help but laugh when he said "and they play defense".

Snowcrash · Post #709 » by **Snowcrash** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:35 pm

bakafool wrote:
hoop_head wrote:Good to hear O'Neal comment on the trade, he seems OK with a fresh start with the Raps.

True. But I couldn't help but laugh when he said "and they play defense".

If JO really said that, I'd be more concerned about his eyesight than his knee.

hoop_head · Post #710 » by **hoop_head** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:38 pm

^^ lol true, he probably doesn't realize that he is the Raptor defence!

ak06ma · Post #711 » by **ak06ma** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:40 pm

It seems like the other boards(mainly CHI and NYK) do not like the trade for us.

Looogie · Post #712 » by **Looogie** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:27 pm

ak06ma wrote:It seems like the other boards(mainly CHI and NYK) do not like the trade for us.

Because both teams tried to do a big scoring frontcourt and both failed.

Similarity note: Both teams had Curry

RapsBulls4evr · Post #713 » by **RapsBulls4evr** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:15 am

ak06ma wrote:It seems like the other boards(mainly CHI and NYK) do not like the trade for us.

Because they suck, their "dates/marriages" didn't quiet work out, and as a result of bad experience... they've let their judgements get clouded. :biggrin:

theonlyeastcoastrapsfan · Post #714 » by **theonlyeastcoastrapsfan** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:47 am

wow, Rush.

user name · Post #715 » by **user name** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:31 am

Pacers seem to have way too many players now-- they picked up 6 players for 2 in these 2 trades (with Toronto and Portland) and surely have to trim their roster. In addition, they also picked up Hibbert making you wonder if they have any intention at all of keeping Rasho.

TheRaptor! · Post #716 » by **TheRaptor!** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:50 am

LOL advice/opinion from a Knicks fan.

douggood · Post #717 » by **douggood** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:57 am

ak06ma wrote:It seems like the other boards(mainly CHI and NYK) do not like the trade for us.

ny board liked it for us, chi was more negative

raps4life~ · Post #718 » by **raps4life~** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 2:23 am

ak06ma wrote:It seems like the other boards(mainly CHI and NYK) do not like the trade for us.

really? on the new york knicks board sveral posters were cussing at Bird for "giving" away o'neill.

wazabifuzz · Post #719 » by **wazabifuzz** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 2:53 am

OMG Portland is just crazy...

They have enough young players to last 2 decades....

Pritchard is definitely one of the best GM's in the NBA...

seems like he's owned the draft for the last 3 years..

ShaqSlamsU · Post #720 » by **ShaqSlamsU** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:31 am

raps4life~ wrote:
ak06ma wrote:It seems like the other boards(mainly CHI and NYK) do not like the trade for us.

really? on the new york knicks board sveral posters were cussing at Bird for "giving" away o'neill.

Maybe they thought they gave us JO for nothing, so they got jealous over the potential healthy JO helping us for 2 seasons.