So long Cavs

I know hindsight is 20/20 and all, but I bet the Cavs sure wish they had made a play for Shaq at the trade deadline now. I mean, if they had offered Wally/Pavlovic for Shaq... I bet the Suns would have taken it in a heartbeat (Wally is an expiring and Pavlovic only has $2 mil guaranteed next year... that'd save the Suns ~$17 mil next year, not including tax). Hell, even a bigger trade of Wally/Pavlovic/Wallace for Shaq/J-Rich probably would have gotten done as well. I mean, yeah, the Cavs were all scared of messing with their chemistry and defense and all... but Varejao and Big Z's defense weren't much to write home about either. The Cavs defense got shredded by Dwight to the tune of 25.8 pts, 13 rebs, on 65% shooting for the series. For a comparison, Perkins and the Garnett-less Celtics frontline "contained" Dwight to the tune of 16.4 pts, 17 rebs, on 55% shooting. Keep in mind that the rebounding differential is mostly due to the higher volume of shots (attempted and missed) by the Celts. Offensive rebound wise, Dwight averaged 4 per in both series. If this loss ends up tipping James on the decision to leave Cleveland, the CLE front office is gonna be kicking themselves for YEARS to come. What an opportunity wasted... sad, sad, sad.