OT Orlando has agreed to trade Serge Ibaka to Toronto for Terrence Ross and a 2017 first-round pick

[Natebishop3]

I remember it well. They literally chased him out of town. They vilified him in the press before, during and after he left. First, he was the reason they got swept by HOU in the finals. Sure Hakeem had a great series, but he was one of the greatest centers of all time in the prime of his career (won the MVP the year before). Shaq was only 22, but still held his own against Hakeem (28.0 ppg, 12.5 rpg, 6.3 apg, 2.5 bpg). Yet the ORL management and press made him a scapegoat.

Then he was the greedy young player who was only concerned about money and not winning. Then when he was signed by the Lakers, he cared more about the shallow glamour of the Hollywood lifestyle than the good people or Orlando.

I have never been a huge Shaq fan, because I thought he could have been even better if he would have worked on his game in the off season (or at least stayed in shape), but I couldn't believe how stupid ORL was to run him out of town. They were dumb enough that they actually WANTED him to leave so they wouldn't have to pay him.

BNM

Well, and they pretty much ruined Penny's career because of how they handled this injuries.

 

[Sarni]

Tobias Harris for Jennings and Ilyasova was by far the worst trade Orlando made anyway. What were they thinking? His $15M contract was not even that bad. Oladipo was also a good shooting guard for them, they only needed someone who can shoot next to him.

 

[illmatic99]

We got more value for Plums than ORL did for Ibaka.

Whoa.

 

[TBpup]

Well, perhaps you're right. That may be his best role. He does carry great basketball genes. Unfortunately, it seems to skip a generation.

BNM

Either that or perhaps too much vodka at conception.

 

[TBpup]

The biggest problem, from Portland's POV - is that Orlando is running out of assets to fleece.

Come on Orlando....just one more. Meyers Leonard and Festus Ezeli + CLE 1st round pick for Vucevic and Aaron Gordon. http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine

 

[Minstrel]

Come on Orlando....just one more. Meyers Leonard and Festus Ezeli + CLE 1st round pick for Vucevic and Aaron Gordon. http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine

I'm finally at the point everyone else is: completely unrealistic trade, but it's Orlando so...you never know...