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Sun, Apr 19th 2009, 10:42
Jermaine O'Neal becomes X-factor
He’s positively crucial to the Heat making a deeper-than-expected run into these NBA playoffs, yet Jermaine O’Neal can’t wait until the offseason.
It would sound disconcerting to hear that from a 6-11 player whom the Heat acquired in February for the purpose of providing offensive balance and a defensive presence, particularly at this time of the year.
It would sound that way if you didn’t know just how meaningful an entire, surgery-free offseason could mean to O’Neal’s career.
Don’t mistake that for disinterest in the present. O’Neal has never gotten past a conference finals in 10 previous postseasons, so he would just assume this playoff run go well into June for the Heat.
But he can’t help but look forward to finally recovering from a knee injury so troublesome that it has made him appear well over the hill at age 30.
‘‘If you go over to Boston and ask Kevin Garnett right now how he feels with the knee injury, there’s not a worse feeling in the world,’‘ O’Neal said. ‘Does it make you feel old? Absolutely. But once you get over it, you say, `OK, well this is a new start.”
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