Epic Drop: Top 10 Reasons The Eric Bedard Trade Has Taken So Long... and some Shaq Musings

Your link is here, and no, I have no real idea why these teams have taken so long to seal what seems like, in the wake of the ludicrously low price for Johan Santana, a simple and equitable exchange of Ace for Cheap Talent. There's been shorter wars than this freaking trade.

And speaking of trades, I know that I'm required by blogger law to write something about Shaq going from the Heat to the Suns, so here goes. Shawn Marion is a better player right now, but his value will go into the toilet without Nash feeding him, and as a 30-year-old energy player, he's going to be a bad contract in the future. A motivated Shaq is a wonderful thing, but he fits in with the up-tempo Suns like a stripper in church, and his promises of not letting them down notwithstanding, it's hard to see how they are better today then they were yesterday... unless, of course, this is finally the thing that gets Fat Boris Diaw out of his 2-year-old funk.

For the Heat, Marion makes them better, but he's going to be a 15 points per game kind of guy without a point guard -- and no, White Chocolate does not count. But with both teams feeling they needed to Do Something, one can see how What The Hell, Let's Deal happened. Besides, with both contracts coming off the boards fairly soon, the deal really can't be analyzed until we see who the teams sign later.