ESPN Rumor Central: Dirk Nowitzki

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Originally Posted by Dtownsfinest

I'd love to see who panned that Franchise deal because I seem to remember the Magic recieving lots of praise for getting a starting point guard and shooting guard out of the deal. As far as you not taking Odom and Butler for Shaq i'd love to hear the reasoning behind that. Two guys under 30 for a guy who's going to be out of the league in 2 or 3 years?

You want the reason for Shaq?

Heat: 1 title

Lakers: 0 playoff series wins

C'mon man. Sure they got a few nice young players. But are you really trying to claim that the Lakers got equal value back? They took a HUGE step backwards.

That's the entire point of saying you don't get equal value for a superstar. Can you get promising young players? Sure. Are you going to move forward, and be better, immediately after trading a superstar? No. Not a chance.