Dawn of the Shaq Era in the Valley of the Sun

Dave Rouleau posted 2/14/2008 from www.bizofbasketball.com [flag]

Last Wednesday was quite a day in Phoenix. The Suns lost a double overtime thriller to the New Orleans Hornets but that game--perhaps the game of the year so far in the NBA--was just an afterthought to the news that the Suns traded Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Miami Heat for Shaquille O'Neal. [link]

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