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Originally Posted by Underdog
Kidd/Barea
Wright/JET
Josh/Singleton
Dirk/Bass
Shaq/Hollins
I think that alone could be a contender, barring injuries...
(and Cuban wants a cherry-on-top - if he can swing it, we could grab a ring before the 2010 sweepstakes!)
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But how would we able to swing that nice little cherry if we had already used our two most valuable contracts for Shaq? MLE?
While I have no doubt that we would be a better team with him next season, I still hope that Shaq would only be plan B. Something like Chandler or Kaman plus a capable SF/SG to make it a JET/Josh/Wright/Mr. X rotation sounds more intriguing to me and could allow us to be competitive even beyond next season. Additionally, we'd still have the MLE.
Shaq could "lose it" any day or develop health issues and potentially become a free agent after next season which could turn into a worst-case scenario as we wouldn't have any contracts left to use other than Josh's whose production/salary ratio is still quite nice.
With that said, I wouldn't wanna be in Donnie's or Mark's shoes this coming offseason. It looks as if we could really turn our supposed "over the hill" team into a contender with a few smart moves which must be quite the pressure.