http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1832345 'Hint, hint' for Cuban: Shaq's wife loves Dallas Shaq playing for the Mavs? It could happen ... if his wife has any say in it. Shaquille O'Neal's wife, Shaunie, has told the entertainment magazine show "Extra" that a trade to Dallas Mavericks would be agreeable to her. "Right now, I'd love to go to Dallas," she said during an interview that will air Thursday night. "Love to go! ... Hint, hint, so [Mavericks owner] Mark [Cuban], if you're listening ... ." Shaunie O'Neal was quoted while giving a tour of the family's 18-bedroom Los Angeles mansion, which she says the family has outgrown and which is now on the market for $7.5 million. Selling the mansion, Shaunie O'Neal said, was the family's intention whether Shaq remained with the Lakers or not. The timing of Shaq's demand for a trade has increased the focus on the transaction. "Now it just seems more dramatic than it is, but whatever works. ... If this means business, then hey, we mean business!" Shaunie O'Neal told "Extra." While relocating to Dallas is Shaunie O'Neal's heart's desire, Cuban hasn't indicated that a trade for Shaq is right for the Mavs. Cuban reiterated in Tuesday's editions of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that he is not willing to include star forward Dirk Nowitzki in a deal for O'Neal, something the Lakers insist on, according to several reports. "We'll have to take a look at [a trade for Shaq]," Cuban told the Star-Telegram. "But it just depends on which players [are involved]. "Anything is possible, but we really like the group of guys that we have now. We've got a young nucleus and an experienced nucleus, and that's a great combination." Cuban went as far as including Nowitzki in the same class of players as O'Neal and recently traded Tracy McGrady. "It's a different world financially right now, but there's only one Shaq, and there's only one Tracy McGrady, and there's only one Dirk," Cuban told the paper. "Those are very, very special top-five, top-tier players." Nonetheless, Cuban, a billionaire owner with a penchant for making big deals, said cost would not be an issue in a potential trade for O'Neal. "I'm willing to accept the salary," Cuban said. "It's not going to be cheap in either case, but those are the type of players that I said that I'm willing to pay for."
