During the summer of 2010, big name free agents such as LeBron James, Chris Bosh and A'mare Stoudemire changed zip codes and jerseys this summer, in the highly anticipated free agent bonanza of 2010. One move that hasn't been spotlighted as much as those high profile free agents re-locations is the signing of Shaquille O'Neal to the Boston Celtics.
The 38 year-old, future hall-of-famer, and four-time NBA champion has found a new home in bean town and he'll help improve the Celtics in more areas than one. I've heard a lot of people say that Shaq will hurt the Celtics because he's old and slow, but nothing could be further from the truth. Even at Shaq's age, who can defend him in the post one-on-one?, And him being "slow," as people say, won't hurt the Celtics at all.
Shaq never fit in Phoenix because Phoenix is a team that thrives on fast break points: their offense relies a lot on running the floor and scoring in transition. The Suns are an up-tempo, run-and-gun team; with Shaq in Phoenix, they were forced to tone down their play and learn how to operate in a half court set on both ends of the floor. Needless to say, that didn't work out too well for th ...
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Shaquille O’Neal: How the Big Shamrock Can Help the Boston Celtics
August 30th, 2010 by John Evans Leave a reply »
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