AZCATS182

So admittedly I only saw the last 10 minutes of the Suns Lakers game last night, so if I'm wrong, please call me on it, but here is what I saw and how I feel about it.

The Suns trade for the aging and ailing Hack, I uh, er, mean Shaq, to give them an inside presence on defense.  The Lakers subsequently scored 130 points....in regulation.  I'm sorry, teams shouldn't being scoring 130 points unless we get to see two overtimes, at least.  See why I like the college game so much more, you actually still play defense!!!  Its not  a big game of "I shoot one, then you shoot one, and after 48 minutes, we'll see who made more."

  Shaq doesn't fit with this Suns offense.  I think Steve Kerr's idea was to have Shaq cherry pick defensive rebounds and launch the ball down court on a fast break opportunity.  I didn't see the Suns with one fast break last night, but I did see the Lakers get 2 or 3.  I also saw Gasol fight harder for rebounds, dunk over Shaq, and drop about 30 points.  I saw Shaq fall on Gasol and Odem. 

I said it from the start.  This was a bad trade, and this isn't going to work out.  I know its only his first game with the team, so we are still experimenting, but I just don't see Shaq being able to run in the West. 

Disagree?  Let me know...