Shaq to Cleveland

But will it make a difference? Shaq's 37. His exercise regimen consists of incoherent Twittering. He's going to be slow and injury prone. I dunno.

While it's true he averaged like 18-8 or something last season (which is pretty frackin good for someone his age), it's definitely not going to be better than that this year.

I'm not convinced that this is a game changer. LeBron is pretty crazy, sure--definitely the craziest since Jordon. But Jordon had a Hall of Famer--in his prime--at this side. At his age, I don't think that Shaq will provide the killer second option in the same way that Pippen provided it for Jordon, or Gasol for Kobe. I don't see Cleveland getting out of the East.

Barring some crazy acquisition by Cleveland, my prediction for next year: Cleveland loses in the conference finals, and LeBron heads to New York in the summer.