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Lawrence: Shaq a bad fit for Suns
Steve Nash throws the ball into the post to Shaquille O'Neal, who turns, overpowers his defender, and throws down a vicious dunk. Sounds like a lethal combination, if not a championship one. Five years ago, it absolutely would have been. Today? I'm not buying it.
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First Cup: Thursday
ESPN.com - TrueHoop — ... "Phoenix Suns general manager Steve Kerr and coach Mike D'Antoni, the latter the ringmaster for the high-flying, wildest basketball show in the West, said the acquisition Wednesday of Shaquille O'Neal made the Suns a better and more formidable team, especially for a long postseason run. 'If it works, I'm a genius,' Kerr joked during a news conference before the Suns played the Hornets. 'If it doesn't, I'm a moron.'" ...

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