KAZAAM!

- Ted Hall

"Shaq, you're not really a genie. And even if you were, genies can't go back in time."
"Oh... KAZAAM!"

I haven't posted since last year's March Madness and now we'll soon have arrived at March Madness '08. Don't know if I'll be posting again, but I couldn't resist this one.

It wasn't too terribly long ago that I hoped for the Mavericks to trade Dirk for Shaquille O'Neal. Even Simmons thought it was a good idea, asking, "How does this team not win a championship?"

The Nash-Shaq combo would have been unstoppable and, at the time, Shaq's stock was higher than Dirks, so his unhappiness in L.A. made it an equal trade.

That didn't happen, though.

Nash fled in free agency to Phoenix, insulted by Cuban's offer. Shaq went to Miami. Dirk stayed here.

Now Phoenix, in a trade that doesn't really make sense to me, has a deal in the works that would send Marion to Miami and bring in Shaq and guard Marcus Banks. Even though I wouldn't objectively do this deal in 7 out of 10 lifetimes, I'm still jealous. So very jealous of the MDE (Most Dominant Ever) playing with the MCE (Most Canadian Ever).

It's just some confusing and frustrating news that I didn't want to hear in my current condition: ILL as HELL.