Was Shaquille ONeal a Good Deal for the Phoenix Suns?
“,”body”:” Back in February, Shaquille O’Neal debuted with, at the time, one of the elite Western Conference powerhouses, the Phoenix Suns.\n The plan was supposed to be foolproof—move a disgruntled All-Star for a proven winner whose won a championship for every team he’s been traded to.\n Looking at his career stats, one couldn’t help but feel that he is the missing piece to an already-dominant Western Conference Team.\n Yet this facade was easily proved wrong, and the championship dreams of the city were crushed in an increasingly-easy five games by the Spurs. The series was supposed to be a battle, but turned out to be a clinic.\n This proves that either Shaq never really got in tune with the system of the Suns, or, like most believe, Phoenix gave up a lot more then they gained with this monster trade.\n \n Negatives\n At the end of last season, the Suns gave up their primary \”big man\” defender in Kurt Thomas to try and get under the salary cap. Those attempts are all but destroye
