If we get Shaq keeping J-Ho suddenly seems a much more attractive option. We only move him if we get a deal we can't refuse. But no way we include him in a deal for Shaq. Our sweetener in any deal would be our 1st round pick. Unless we can draft another Sam Cassell at #21(the last rookie who helped a team win a championship?). I don't see how we make a bigger splash than Shaq though. I don't see Bosh being traded. And wouldn't the Raptors want more than what we have? Would J-Ho, Stack and our 1st get us Bosh? Probably not quite. The real question will be: if we can get a player like Kaman or Gerald Wallace or Baron Davis or S-Jax(just examples) for Stack essentially straight up, thus keeping our Damp chip, do we do that instead? To make salaries match any deal for Shaq almost has to include Damp and Stack. I want Shaq here. He'd fit in nicely. But we need to maximize our assets. Would adding Shaq maybe help land better players with our mid-level and bi-annual(someone like Grant Hill)? Possibly.It's a tough call.
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