LA/DAL/NYK....

[Just211]

here's one more Shaq deal,

New York trades:

Kurt Thomas
Shandon Anderson

New York receives:
Stackhouse
Leattner

New York does this to dump Anderson's "TAW" like Contract, and they have shown interest in Stack

Lakers trade:
SHAQ

Lakers receive:
Kurt Thomas
A. Walker
J. Howard
Tony Delk

Lakers do this to get 3 quality guys. I know it's not a no-brainer, but at this point, would you rather do this or a Grant/odom/butler/and probably more trash for shaq. IMO KT = Grant, but cheaper, and AW/JHO is a decent pkg, but not as good as Odom/Butler (assuming it's CARON). BUT the Mavs deal offers a lot more flexibilty for the next year than the Heat deal. I guess it depends how bad they'd want Odom, and if Miami would trade CARON Butler instead of RASUAL


Dallas trades
Stackhouse
Walker
Leattner
Howard
Delk

Dallas receives
SHAQ
Shandon Anderson

Dallas does to get SHAQ, and in the process has to swallow Anderson, who can contribute, but now Dallas would have 2 TAW like contracts to deal with.

NEW DALLAS DEPTH CHART

SHAQ / Bradley / PPOD
Dirk / DJ / Fort
Fin / Naj / TAW
Daniels / Anderson
Harris / Steff / AJ

This leaves Dallas thinner, but any Shaq deal will. Hopefully they could sign a vet sg/sf with the LLE or vet min. ?? (Peeler??)

[Jamisonite]

Ny makes out like a bandit

[birdsanctuary]

It seems like LA's primary interest is to trade Shaq to the East, even if it means getting a bad deal in return. It looks like it'll be up to Shaq to fight for where he wants to go.