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Moon and Jermaine O'Neal for Marion and Marcus Banks, whoever he is.
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where does it say anything about a conditional first round? Maybe i'm missing it..if that's the case
The Miami Heat have completed a trade with the Toronto Raptors, acquiring Jermaine O’Neal, Jamario Moon and a future first-round pick in exchange for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks, multiple league executives said Friday. The Raptors also will receive cash considerations in the deal.
Unless the Raps decide to trade Calderone or move to an uptempo game, I dont know how he'll be THAT much of an upgrade over Moon. If Marion struggled with Wade creating, how the hell is going to do anything with Calderone.
voskhul has got to be the worst player going in the nba. the only thing the guy is any good for is goon plays like what he did to randolph last month that fucked his knee up
Sure Jermaine O'Neal will help. And the Heat certainly has a way of reviving such fallen former stars.
But wait, there's more (clearly Pat Riley has turned into Billy Mays).
In the deal that sent Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Raptors, the Heat also gets a future first-round pick from Toronto, possibly as early as 2010, but basically the next time, after this season, that the Raptors avoid the lottery.
In addition, the Heat exits the deal with a $4 million trade exception. That means, for the next 12 months, the Heat can make a trade that brings in $4 million more in salary than it trades out. Or it simply, over the next year, could deal a future second-round pick for any player (or signed draft pick) in the league making that amount or less.
Oh, and it gets to rent Jamario Moon for the balance of the season, with his expiring contract.
So what's next? A few thoughts:
If O'Neal proves he is up to the challenge the balance of this season, then Udonis Haslem could wind up the odd man out next season, with the logical shift of Michael Beasley to a full-time role at power forward alongside such a sizeable presence. (O'Neal is under contract through 2009-10).
Marion is a million times better than Moon. And Wade never passes the ball unless he really has to, so he's not that much of a creator.
And yes, they will play more of an uptempo style after this deal and will be much improved, but they need Hump to get back soon to play behind Bargnani.