Just when the Phoenix Suns got their "seven seconds or less" offense back, they lose Amare Stoudemire for most of the year.
Because you can justify reducing Shaq's role in that system as long as Stoudmire's healthy. But who's going to finish on the break now that he's out? Not Shaq, and certainly not Stoudemire's prospective replacement Louis Amundson. Does Steve Nash shoot more threes and try to score 20 a game? Does Jason Richardson become the team's main finisher? If Alvin Gentry keeps his foot on the gas rather than recalibrating the attack around Shaq, someone's going to benefit.