[外電] Miami Heat would be wise to trade Shawn Marion soon

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We interrupt this refreshing and entertaining Heat season with news that it
won't remain this way.

The success, excitement and playoff pace likely will continue. Anytime your
team features one of the league's top three players at the peak of his
greatness, it's a safe guess that any game is winnable, and maybe even a
playoff series or two.

It's the personnel that is likely to feature a significant alteration.

The chances of Shawn Marion remaining with the Heat for the balance of this
season are quite slim. And the thought here is that it would be in the Heat's
best interest to trade the bouncy All-Star forward soon.

This isn't an indictment of Marion as a player. On the right team, for the
right price, Marion would be a critical contributor for a team playing at a
high level. But the issue here isn't only that the Heat is not the ideal fit
for Marion, whose numbers will never match his career averages in this Dwyane
Wade-dominated, half-court-heavy system. It's also that Marion wants badly to
be traded as well.

It's hardly ideal to be putting up nearly career-low averages in a contract
year. So it shouldn't come as a surprise that Marion wants out as bad as the
Heat wants to move him.

Marion's agent is constantly in conversations with management from other
teams attempting to gauge their interest. And a member of Marion's camp even
told a league source that Marion has approached Heat ownership requesting the
team trade him.

So the only lingering question is what the Heat could receive in return for a
player whose stock is plummeting and whose most attractive feature is his $17
million expiring contract.

The Heat's goal in moving Marion is to get back a quality big man with a
contract that expires in the 2010 offseason.

Makes enough sense. Not only would it fill the Heat's biggest glaring need
(Joel Anthony and Jamaal Magloire have filled in admirably, but no one's
convinced they can be the sole answers to the Heat's height deficiency), but
it would set up the Heat brilliantly for a run at the 2010 free agent class.

Imagine how satisfying it would be for Pat Riley to steal the Knicks' thunder
by retaining Wade and signing Chris Bosh or Amare Stoudemire, putting
together a duo that would rival any combination New York and its bags of
money can purchase.

By hanging on to Marion and allowing his contract to expire at year's end,
the Heat would be forced to do its free-agent shopping in an offseason where
oft-injured Carlos Boozer, been-there Lamar Odom and one-trick Mehmet Okur
are among the best options.

Trading Marion also could open up more minutes for Michael Beasley, whose
strong, timely and efficient play of late can only strengthen Riley's
motivation to make a move.

There's a trio of big men who fit the Heat's trade criteria: Sacramento's
Brad Miller, Los Angeles' Marcus Camby and Toronto's Jermaine O'Neal.

Not exactly inspiring names?

They are each flawed in their own way. Camby is likely the least attractive
of the three because his offense is quite limited and he's better suited as a
help defender, when the Heat needs more of an on-ball presence.

Miller isn't the athlete or imposing interior presence that would make him an
ideal Eastern Conference center, but his passing and shooting abilities will
only open up the interior for Wade, and his position defense will allow him
to pick up his share of charges.

O'Neal could be the most intriguing alternative (a league source said O'Neal
is an option Riley is considering, and Marion certainly wouldn't mind heading
to a team run by his former Suns general manager, Bryan Colangelo).

When healthy, O'Neal's still a reliable option as a low-post scorer, and he
has always protected the rim especially well.

The issue there would be whether he'd be in place often enough to be a
consistent factor. Since 2004, O'Neal has missed 133 games, including 11 this
season. And even though the 2010 offseason remains the destination, the
journey could shift from entertaining to aggravating with a constantly
wounded center slowing the pace.

Still, even that remains a better option that stubbornly holding on to a
frustrated Marion and buying a free agent before the getting gets good.

This compelling season can continue. But not with Marion. Not for much
longer.

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/basketball/miami-heat/story/853593.html
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剛看到的外電

我們果然還是傾向交易大馬嗎

如果真的是上述三個   我比較傾向CAMBY  不過不知道他約到什麼時候

小歐感覺是暴了  不過如果CAMBY來  還要看快艇要貼誰  如果要幫他們吃爛約就不太划算

真想不到尼克時期的球員竟然也會穿上熱火球衣= =

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推 rammstein:CAMBY看約多長 他防守對我們很重要 尼克想交易呆V李耶
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推 c80322:瑪利安的防守跟游走籃板也很重要啊 真難取捨
推 zenwu:能的話 我還是覺得試試看KKMAN 雖然他今年變痛痛人
→ rammstein:可是游走籃板跟防守不需要這麼貴 當年波吸也沒這麼貴
推 zenwu:感覺起來KKMAN跟Zach是同類型的禁區球員 這兩個不能同時留
推 xw668:lee!!!lee好啊!!我支持他來
推 zenwu:要Lee的話 我覺得雷霆的Nick不錯 也曾經是白人希望
推 rammstein:如果CAMBY來  熱火大概會變成兩三年前的金塊
→ rammstein:雙衛抄截 快攻  CAMBY防守籃板 火鍋 快攻
→ xw668:補充:CAMBY35歲...........時間是有沒有這麼快
推 loed:支持CAMBY+1 LEE基本功很扎實沒錯 但是它實際身高6呎9沒辦法
→ ckheat:剛看NBA的時候他還很年輕說= =  真的老了
→ loed:有效提高禁區高度 何況也不想樂見Mike D'Antoni與Marion 再續
→ loed:前緣  畢竟尼克是在東區 等於養虎為患
推 wade1223:樓上不必擔心 我覺得他去尼克機率挺高 可能遲早都要面對
→ wade1223:因為他明年到期 很多交易他的球隊目的是清薪資
→ wade1223:到時候尼克很有可能在簽過去 尼克線在錢一堆
→ wade1223:勇士當然也有可能 不過他們應該沒錢了
→ wade1223:不過我也是比較喜歡 Camby 來啦  缺點是 年紀有點大~
推 rammstein:尼克還在等10年的帝王蟹 帝王蟹到了香馬也該到期了吧?
→ wade1223:關於這個目前他們很抖 簽不到機會很大
→ wade1223:第一 皇帝已經聲明 第二 騎士比尼克奪冠機率大
→ wade1223:不過這也不一定啦 一切都很難說 搞Boo好 他跟Boozer依樣
→ rammstein:等晨星師徒+坎比+魏德  邁阿密火鍋店
→ c80322:他們有皇帝 我們有韋爵爺 不用擔心
推 ignativs:我有個疑問Lee來熱火要打甚麼位子 中鋒嗎
推 Hiruto:如果Beasley拉到SF，Haslem打PF，Lee毫無疑問還是打中鋒吧
→ Hiruto:他的跑動、運動能力對攻守轉換的幫助應該會蠻大的 ~
推 ignativs:那不是跟Marion再的時候一樣 禁區弱勢
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