[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 ============================================================================== 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= = -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 59.112.87.22

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