Unusualness has its price. With the Heat signing the 3 All-Stars( we all heard about) I need to hear another signing that might shack up the NBA a little more. What more can we ask in a Center. For a low cost, an overpay and for a long time, we signed Melilcic, and for a one year contract we can add SHAQ for $4.5 million. HE can rebound and he averages in the mid twenties for 36 minutes. His presence on the court will generate ticket sales and merchandise too b/c of the interest he brings. Who knows with his acquirement, other unsigned players like Tolliver could be a Timberwolve. I hear RUMORS that Celtics might sign O'Neal. We need to show our interest in him like they are interested.
Regardless, we can show the 38 year old some love and support for his 18 years in the NBA. I am a fan. WHAT UP SHAQ!?!?!

hah i would love to see Shaq as a Timberwolf but that will never happen. He Sad that he will sign only with a contender and there is no way he would sign with a bad team. And we are not and we will not be contender any time soon so Shaq will not come here even if we offer 10mil per year.

vgulab wrote:


Yeah agreed, it won't ever happen. It sure would make the team much more interesting though!

vgulab wrote:


It'd be interesting to know if he would come if we offered him $10M. That has to be at least double any other team. I bet he would and he'd play it off as some great teaching lesson to the young bucks.

...then come January he'd be telling the Wolves they need to cut him so he can try again to join a contender.

And while we're at it, lets add Iverson and McGrady with SHAQ. We probably have the dough. Will sell some tickets but probably won't win many more games. Iverson will have somewhere else he needs to be. Shaq and McGrady will get hurt and have to miss big chunks. Never mind.

I remembered once seeing those three on the court together at what couild have been the 1997-98 ALL-Star Game(SHAQ, McGRADY, IVERSON).

I bet we might be able to get him for $10M.

However, he won't help us win. He won't sell $10M+ in tickets to offset his salary. And, he'll kill our cap space for a deadline trade.

It's just not a good fit all around.

DeRok you have to change avatars jersey #!!!!!! The Real Superman the guy we should have drafted #1 his rookie year but the PING PONG balls fucked us!!! DO IT!!!

No Way, don't get me wrong I love Shaq. He was one of my favorite players since him in Orlando, but he doesn't fit what we want, and he is old, so whats the point on a young team?

I would rather watch Darko play then Shaq.

cycosurgeon wrote:


I agree. I think Darko and The Big Pecker will play well at Center.

Shaq would just be good for a few minutes off the bench and the comedy of being on our team.

Shaq in Minny why not, love the dude! He'd get fans in the stands , n he seems like a stand up dude n would be a great mentor to the young team

New NBA rule any hall of fame type player (over 5 MVP's) must play for a non-playoff team after the age of 35. That way people in Minny, Memphis, Clips, etc. get a chance to see some better players (albeit at the end of their careers). Love to see Shaq in a Timberwolves jersey or Steve Nash. Any other good (funky) new rules anybody have to spread the talent around. Feeling kinda pissed that all the good player now want to play on about 4 teams. I want to see a more balanced league like the NFL. PARODY baby (says Dick Vitale). -Pistol Pete 44 forever reincarnated into Ricky Rubio without the shots.

Like i sad Shaq will sign with a contender taking less money. From hoopshype:

Shaquille O'Neal has agreed to become a Boston Celtic, which would give the C's one of the most star-studded, Hall of Fame-bound lineups in recent memory. He joins a team that already includes perennial all-stars Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett. Although O'Neal has said he wants to play at least two more seasons, his contract will be a one-year deal for the veteran's minimum

vgulab wrote:


And we can't even get one all-star to come and play here and we'd pay through the nose. Kinda sad actually. Hope he doesn't step on Garnett's foot and injure him. Well we're officially a 5 team league. Boston, Orlando, Miami, Chicago and LA.