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Originally Posted by YanksHater213
Marion's defense I believe was a product of the way they played. I'd be hard pressed to call it good, because they always gave up tons of points and put minimal effort on the defensive end. He's going to be much better off playing in half court sets down in Miami, IMO, he'll be markedly better playing man/zone defenses in a place where the whole team plays a little defense, and his offense will be reduced to running around picks, but I really can see him blossoming in Miami if they commit to the fast break. They really can too, Banks, Williams and Wade all can push the ball, Haslem and Blount can get up and down the floor, and Dorrell Wright is really going to blossom as a wing player soon.
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But my point is that they already had a guy who was playing good enough defense to be considered every year in the Defensive Player of the Year voting on a pathetic defensive team. Can they really expect Shaq to play better defense than him? They're still going to suck on defense so long as Nash continues to be among the leagues worst defenders.
And is
just twilight-of-his-career Shaq really the most you can get for Shawn Marion? Hardly. Bad trade.
In retrospect, making a move was the right choice in light of the Mavericks acquiring Kidd. They just made a bad move, in my opinion.