miami will be team too beat

[smazza]

my lakers will never get out of first round again

kobe will also be exposed

he is not close to michael jordan

[Velcro]

kobe might not even play...

heat will be very tough, but detroit already proved that just shaq and 1 more player arent' a lock... Shaq and Wade are a good combo, but they need more than that to get out of the east.

[GarySJ]

Velcro is right. I follow the Heat and I don't like this trade. They're giving up too much of their nucleus to get one player who's paid way too much, and has had injury problems.

Last year's Miami team was a young, athletic squad with great chemistry. Not only are they giving up Lamar Odom and Caron Butler, but they're losing the benefit of their athleticism. It's less advantageous to have a high flyer like Dwayne Wade when you're waiting for Shaq to plod his 350 pounds into position in the halfcourt.

The Heat go from being a blossoming team with multiple young stars, to an incomplete, cap-challenged team that has to win now. Shaq is 32 and not getting any younger. He'll demand so much money that they'll be unable to bring in a supporting cast. And they STILL need a point guard. The Heat's decision to pass on the Hardaway-esque Jameer Nelson in the draft looks even dumber now than it did at the time.