Sweet Vindications

As a Shaq-trade skeptic, I was feeling vindicated by the initial set of post-trade Suns games. But then Phoenix went on a nice run, and the trade's advocates were feeling vindicated. I held to the true faith, and I think I've been vindicated as Phoenix has now managed to go down 3-0 against San Antonio even though the reconfigured squad was allegedly designed specifically to match up against the Spurs, and even though this looks like a weaker Spurs team than what they've given us in recent years.

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http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/04/sweet-vindications/44514/