Dawn of the Shaq Era in the Valley of the Sun

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The Spurs Can’t Push the Suns Around Anymore
Published 4/14/2008 by David Friedman at The Biz of Basketball :: Part of the Business of Sports Network
... pointed out before the game, prior to getting O'Neal the Suns had a -5.6 rebounding margin but since the trade they have a +2.8 rebounding margin; the Suns outrebounded the Spurs 40-36. Many so-called experts criticized the Suns for trading away Marion to acquire O'Neal, lamenting the supposedly impending death of the Suns' beautiful running game and asserting that Phoenix might not even make the playoffs--and I said right from the start that such "analysis" was utter nonsense. In my first post after the deal was made, I wrote, "Adding O'Neal to the mix instantly makes the Suns ...