Jermaine O’Neal for Shawn Marion? Analysis
January 17, 2009 by Stephen Kersey
Filed under NBA Teams, NFL Player Analysis
A hot rumor out of Miami is that Pat Riley is considering a trade that would send Shawn Marion to the Toronto Raptors for Jermaine O’Neal. While this deal doesn’t appear imminent, it does make quite a bit of sense for both teams.
For the Heat, they desperately need a true center. And although O’Neal has battled injuries and ineffective play the last few seasons, he’s still one of the better available centers in the league. Right now, the Heat are starting Joel Anthony at center. That’s all you need to know about how desperate the Heat are for a legit center.
As for the Raptors, they O’Neal has been pretty much a bust since acquiring him in the offseason. He doesn’t mesh well with Chris Bosh or the fast pace that the Raptors are trying to play. Add in the fact that Andrea Bargnani finally seems to have gotten it together and there just isn’t room in Toronto for O’Neal anymore. Add in the fact that GM Bryan Colangelo is a fan of Marion and the Raptors have a gaping hole at small forward and this trade makes a huge amount of sense for Toronto.
As far as the fantasy basketball implications, this trade would make both teams more valuable. O’Neal would do better in the deliberate attack of the Heat, while Marion would do better with the up and down Raptors.
The truth is that this him comes perfectly to 2 teams, Marion improves Toronto and J.O’Neal improves also to Miami in addition M.Beasley he was happening to be a holder and was enjoying of more minutes and his certification demonstrate this way value…
This trade is sensible for both teams but im thinking if jermaine o neal leaves then by 2010 raptors will have enough money to sign on dwayne wade for the highest price (noting that maple leaf co. is RICH) and also instead of resigning bosh you can trade him to knicks for nate robinson because the knickerbockers want bosh and then raps will have d wade marion and nate = PERFECT