Dampier vs. Shaq -- stat line nightmare for Heat

File this under "not cool"

Damp: 29mins, 6-7, 9rebs, 14pts
Shaq: 37mins, 6-9, 11rebs, 16pts

This is not an off-night road game, but a do-or-die home stand. Shaq
may have slowed down a bit and certainly no one is going to claim he's
the force of nature he was even five years ago, but there's just no way
he's been reduced to the level of a guy like "Ericka." But numbers
don't lie. Either the Big Space Alien is choosing a very bad time to go
into the twilight of his career, or the Mavs are doing something that
is really taking the wind out of his sails. Doubles and even triples?
Yeah, but Shaq's seen that his entire career. It's not like Dallas is
the first team to throw over half their lineup at him. Fronting him?
That's nothing new either. Couple seven footers on him? That might be
it, since not everyone has a couple towers who can actually play.

The Heat just can't afford to have Shaq and Dampier battle to
essentially a draw. And with 'Zo only logging 8mins, it's pretty clear
that the problems are not just at the offensive end. 14pts is way too
many to be allowing to a role player who should be getting completely
dominated. This is supposed to be Shaq's World. He's not supposed to be
sharing it with people like Erick Dampier.

RstJ
"get rid of the 2-3-2!!!!"

On 13 Jun 2006 23:00:32 -0700, robertstjames RemoveThis @gmail.com wrote:

>File this under "not cool"
>
>Damp: 29mins, 6-7, 9rebs, 14pts
>Shaq: 37mins, 6-9, 11rebs, 16pts
>
>This is not an off-night road game, but a do-or-die home stand. Shaq
>may have slowed down a bit and certainly no one is going to claim he's
>the force of nature he was even five years ago, but there's just no way
>he's been reduced to the level of a guy like "Ericka." But numbers
>don't lie. Either the Big Space Alien is choosing a very bad time to go
>into the twilight of his career, or the Mavs are doing something that
>is really taking the wind out of his sails. Doubles and even triples?
>Yeah, but Shaq's seen that his entire career. It's not like Dallas is
>the first team to throw over half their lineup at him. Fronting him?
>That's nothing new either. Couple seven footers on him? That might be
>it, since not everyone has a couple towers who can actually play.
>
>The Heat just can't afford to have Shaq and Dampier battle to
>essentially a draw. And with 'Zo only logging 8mins, it's pretty clear
>that the problems are not just at the offensive end. 14pts is way too
>many to be allowing to a role player who should be getting completely
>dominated. This is supposed to be Shaq's World. He's not supposed to be
>sharing it with people like Erick Dampier.

Either that, or snaqzilla is an overrated, overhyped, oversized,
under-talented bozo and always has been.

I, for one, am having a great time watching him get handed him lunch.

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