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PHOENIX -- Shaquille O'Neal 's introductory news conference as a member of the Phoenix Suns -- you'll still probably need to reread that line a few times to believe it -- isn't until Thursday morning. Yet we can fill the void by passing along Five Things You Don't Know about the Suns' stunning trade for Shaq, all of which were gleaned here Wednesday when this gargantuan transaction was ...
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Bob's Blog - Live from Lewisville Suns all fired up about taking a serious run at these things … The Suns pulled the trigger because of Steve Nash far more than Pau Gasol. Nash turns 34 on Thursday. There will be no alarm bells sounded in Phoenix to commemorate the occasion, since Nash has hushed pretty much every doubt about his durability by playing at an MVP level for the past three-plus seasons, but his bosses are realistic. They know that a team relying heavily on Nash and Grant Hill will likely only have a couple more cracks at the championship that has ...

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The Big Inspiration?
ESPN.com - TrueHoop — ... And finally, Marc Stein again on ESPN.com writing about the Shaquille O'Neal trade: The giddy Suns instantly gave off a vibe Wednesday that O'Neal's impact on team morale might be as big as anything he'll provide on the floor, even in the unlikely event he winds up being the interior defensive force they've dreamed about. It's the sort of Shaq Effect that never would have been possible had Marion been moved in a more conservative swap for, say, Utah's Andrei Kirilenko, as the Suns and Jazz discussed early in the season. "I just ...

I Need a Vacation…From the Suns Problems
Fanster.com — I have a rather active imagination and with all that's going on with the Suns right now it's running wild. Try not to hurt yourself after thinking about this: -Coach D signs with New York -Nash, unhappy that his coach was driven out of town, demands a trade to his new team -Kerr, flipping the moron/genius coin yet again, makes this ridiculous trade -US Airways Center floor cracks and crumbles under the weight of the new squad and the entire Suns franchise is swallowed into the depths of fire -FIN ...

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