shaq is one of a kind ---there is no counter-the only reason the pistons beat the lakers is because malone got hurt and they had several bigs other than mutumbo[who may not be here we dont have 1 guy. on top of that miami signed doleac who at 6-11 265 is still much bigger than any knick

we have 0 chance of getting by indiana detroit or the nets unless miracles happen so it will be first round and out. what we need are young BIGS

Posted by BRIGGS:

shaq is one of a kind ---there is no counter-the only reason the pistons beat the lakers is because malone got hurt and they had several bigs other than mutumbo[who may not be here we dont have 1 guy. on top of that miami signed doleac who at 6-11 265 is still much bigger than any knick

we have 0 chance of getting by indiana detroit or the nets unless miracles happen so it will be first round and out. what we need are young BIGS

Don't downplay the great performance that Detroit had against the Lakers. To say they only won because Malone was hurt is just wrong. They simply dominated the Lakers in every aspect of the game. It looked so bad I felt pity for them. Their defense was just magnificent. Shaq was great, but he can't carry a team alone. He is unstoppable most of the times, but if you shut down the other players his team is doomed, just like Detroit did. The Pistons earned their championship with great team effort. A healthy Malone could've made the series interesting, but still the better team was the Pistons.

Posted by Caseloads:

Tim Thomas, Kurt Thomas, Nazr, Deke and Frank Williams couldnt have gotten us Shaq compared to Miami's Brian Grant, Odom and Butler and a future 1st?

Man...

I don't think we were on Shaq's list (because he wants to live South) so they probably didn't even think about trading with us.

Posted by Silverfuel:

There goes the East and the NBA Championship. This is probably the biggest trade in the history of the NBA. I know Shaq is old, but he is still unstopable for atleast 2 years.

Were there any other trades as big as this one where a team traded away the most dominant player of the time?

Detroit

Posted by Starks3:

This is offically the worst day in my life.....I live down here and noone will stop talking about it. My hate passion toward the Heat has always been high since i survived all the playoff series, but this is going to be hard to swallow especcially all my Heat fan frineds keep calling me, its just depressing...I just hope the Knicks do something to counter this move.

That's bull man. Shaq in the east doesn't scare me.

The Knicks have some moves in place and the Knicks will get better.


Again the Knicks can't get into the "stop Shaq" mentality already cuz then we already lost the battle. Knicks have to concentrate on getting better as a team.

Allan Houston has been talking stuff about Isiah's need to get someone to bang with him......How about because of him Isiah needs to get a shooting guard with better skills and heart to compete with the athletisism out there in the league.....

Houston is a idiot.

Don't let the closet Knick fans in Miami mess with you man......

Have more pride in your Knicks!!!

the heat got a dominant player but they are still thin in depth, even thinner than they were last year. The heat don't scare me, I mean the pistons whipped the lakers with both Kobe and shaq, wade and shaq don't really scare me...

LOL, the Heat are the best team in the nBA with the Spurs Pacers and Pistons. Everyone else is nothing--UNLESS kobe goes to the LAC--which is not happening.

Some of you guys are right. In LA he had Kobe and for the most part Payton and his other cast. In Miami, he has Wade and what else? Eddie Jones could be good still but that is it. That team is not going to far, maybe second round and out.