Doesn't bringing back this thread simply prove that everyone who called Danny a liar a month and a half ago was wrong? Jermaine O'Neal has returned and looks the best he has in two years and Shaq did return and looked brilliant until he got another unrelated injury.
JO, yes. Shaq, no way. Dr. McKeon said his current injury is related to both the calf and achilles. You really think it's completely unrelated?
First of all, I hadn't heard they were related. I've read McKeon's comments about blood supply there, but nothing on that they are related.
Maybe they are, maybe they aren't. However, the liar comment is still absolutely proven false: Shaq did return before the end of the year looking quite spry. Unless Danny made some sort of guarantee that he'd never hurt his leg again, I don't see how my original post is at all inaccurate.
Also, I'm not here to defend the trade or anything of that sort. If you want to hate the trade, hate the trade. But it doesn't mean that every word out of Danny Ainge's mouth is a lie.