You like that title don’t you.  So do I.  Doug & Wolf listener Eric House dropped that on me in an e-mail.

It’s what I’ve been begging for ever since the Shaq trade, I just wasn’t creative enough to put it into words.

Get the ball down the floor as fast as you can.  Take a good open shot if it’s there but there’s never a reason to force anymore.  NEVER FEAR, SHAQ IS HERE…wait, scratch that, NEVER FORCE, HERE COMES OUR HORSE!

I don’t want to revise history, first of all.  I was very against the Shaq trade when it happened.  I didn’t believe in blowing next year’s salary cap for Shaq.  At the time of the Shaq trade, I wanted the Suns to give it two more years (last year and this year) with the current collection of players and then blow it up.  Marion’s contract would have come off the books this year and I thought they could trade Nash in the off-season.

Once the Shaq trade happened, I never changed my mind because of Shaq’s health and ego.  I may be proven right in the end that it was a bad trade but I’d be right for the wrong reasons.  His ego has been exactly what the team needed and he’s healthier now than he has been in years.

What I wanted to see was the D’Antoni version of the Suns and the Kareem version of the Lakers meshed as one.  Run the floor and if it doesn’t work, then set-up the half-court offense.  If Shaq outlets and the original break doesn’t end up in a lay-up/dunk then relax and wait for Shaq.  There’s still plenty of time to run the Amare/Nash pick-and-roll when Shaq’s out of the game.  When he’s in the game, he becomes the focal point of the offense.

We all know that since the coaching change, the Suns have three scrimmages before the face the defending Eastern and Western conference champions three times in eight days.  We’re not losing our minds because of two wins over the Clippers.  I am bouncing off the wall though that the Suns have an offensive game plan now.  The plan is 7 Seconds or Shaq!