The Goods Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 So what do you do after you've already lapped the field in the division last season by 25 games, have the reigning MVP in your lineup and yet that nagging loss to Orlando in the Eastern Conference Finals sticking in your craw? If you're the Cavaliers, you bring in Shaquille O'Neal, of course, and send the basketball world scrambling for another set of nicknames for the itinerant center. Remake by the Lake? Shaqalier? The Big O'hio? Ring Bearer? O'Neal will be allowed to call himself anything he wants in Cleveland if he gets LeBron James over the hump and hoisting the Larry O'Brien Trophy at precisely the time next June when he becomes a free agent. The Bulls bid farewell to Ben Gordon, but are counting on Derrick Rose and maybe a few other late summer moves to take them up a notch. Meanwhile Gordon and fellow free agent Charlie Villanueva have taken up residence as centerpieces in Joe Dumars' reconstruction plan in Detroit. Tyler Hansbrough gives the Pacers the kind of hard-nosed, scrappy player with whom Larry Bird can identify and the Bucks are hoping that a season not plagued by injuries can get them up off the floor. Full Story: http://www.nba.com/2009/news/features/fran_blinebury/07/14/central.division/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldChili Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 What a beast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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