Chris Broussard of ESPN.com is reporting that Cleveland and Phoenix have finally finalized the deal they almost made at the all star break, sending Shaq to Cleveland for the retiring Big Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovich. Unfortunately, it looks like a straight salary dump with no Wally Z. included. I've got to admit that I rooted for Cleveland to lose to Orlando so that they'd make this deal, but now I'm a little sad and waxing nostalgic about the Big Cactus and the fun he brought, at least off the court.

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