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I almost hope this got goes to Brooklyn and has a career year next season just so Lakerfan will finally have to come to terms with Kirby being the problem...
In a lengthy discussion with Ryan Ruocco on ESPN Radio, Stephen A. Smith said Thursday that Dwight Howard still believes he will wind up in Brooklyn, despite the impediments, and that while he might be "delusional," it is not impossible. Smith added, the Nets would have to "capitulate" and the Lakers would have to be "convinced" Howard is going to leave before any deal can even be discussed.
Among the other points made by Smith in discussing Howard's current situation last March's trade deadline debacle:
--Howard told Rudy Gay that he "messed up" by getting traded to Toronto, that he "should have waited and ended up with me in Brooklyn." (One problem with that, however: Smith said Howard told that to Gay when the Lakers played the Raptors in Toronto recently. The Lakers haven't visited Toronto since the Gay trade...although a few days before the trade, the Lakers and Howard visited Memphis.)
--Dan Fegan, Howard's agent was unaware the center had opted to stay with the Magic the night before last season's trade deadline, that Howard "did that behind Dan Fegan's back." Smith said, "if Dan Fegan had his way, he would have been in Brooklyn last year." Ruocco, the YES broadcaster, said he knew that.
--The Magic did a "phenomenal job" of getting Howard's family, particularly his father, behind them. "He wanted his son to remain in Orlando," Smith said
Here's a transcript of the conversation between Smith and Ruocco...
SAS: "I had a reliable source tell me this...Dwight Howard will categorically deny it, but i trust my source...when they were playing Toronto recently, he sat there on the court and told Rudy Gay, 'You messed up bad man. You should have waited and ended up with me in Brooklyn next year. That's what he told him.
"Now, here's the problem. He doesn't determine that. He can't force his way to Brooklyn, can't pull that off. You gotta remember, the way the rules are stipulated now, you understand, the reality of the situation is that with the Nets, he had his chance. Now, if they want to let go of Brook Lopez, and they're able to unload Kris Humphries, you know,
things of that nature, something could happen. But the Nets have to be willing to capitulate and the Lakers have to be convinced he's definitely going to leave. They've got less than a week. You know trading deadline is rapidly approaching. It's February 21. It's a problem!
"But I'm just telling you...
RR: "He's still saying that? He's still thinks he's going to Brooklyn?"
SAS: "He still believes it."
RR: "Is he delusional or does he...is someone telling him that..."
SAS: "Yes, he does. It's not that it's impossible. It's that he doesn't have the right to dictate anything. Now, he's got an exceptional agent in Dan Fegan, that can make some maneuvers but if Dan Fegan had his way, he would have been in Brooklyn last year. You got to remember when he opted in, to stay in Orlando, he did that behind Dan Fegan's back."
RR: "Dan was not happy about that, I would imagine."
SAS: "Now, Otis Smith, the former general manager for the Orlando Magic ... Understand that Otis Smith didn't like back-door Dwight Howard or anything. When Dwight Howard came to him after they lost to San Antonio that Tuesday night, Otis Smith said go ahead and think about it. Don't make a rash decision. He didn't back door him. He wasn't sleazy or anything like that. Dwight Howard came, spoke to people and obviously, pressure from the family because the dad ... the Orlando Magic organization did a phenomenal job of ingratiating itself with the Dwight Howard family. The father did not want him to leave, did not want him to leave. I'm telling you, I know what I'm saying. I met the father, I talked to the father. Father don't rate particularly fond of me. You understand because I looked him in the face told him where I stood on the matter ... He wanted his son to remain in Orlando.
"So my point is that when Dwight Howard opted in, he did it behind Fegan's back. Fegan had nothing to do with that."
RR: "Oh yeah, yeah, I know."
SAS: "So, if you could do it behind your agent's back once, you're very unpredictable...
I almost hope this got goes to Brooklyn and has a career year next season just so Lakerfan will finally have to come to terms with Kirby being the problem...
oh yes, that would be sweet. Coward, Fat One, IsoJoe, Gerld, and Kim's Cuck bringing up the rear.
go ahead..I mean this Laker squad sucks with him..even though he was/is injured. TBH the season is a big flop and at this point... s like a broken record...gtfo tbh.
Stefan Bondy @NYDNInterNets 4 minutes ago
Dwight said his reaction to Kupchak not trading him was, "Ok."
lol, I'd rather have Brook Lopez.
Why wouldn't this happen? Howard's numbers this season have been pretty good when he actually gets the ball. He's going to go off with that chip on his shoulder if he ever gets away from Kobe.
Lakers should run two teams, one with Kobe and just their scrubs, maybe Clark to suck up rebounds, and the other with Howard, Gasol, and Nash.
brooklyn is like the dream land for drama queens so its understandable wants to play there tbh
Dwight is more likely to be a Mav, then a Laker or a Net.
Rudy Gay has never played the Lakers when wearing a Raptors jersey.
brooklyn has been his favorite destination since before moving to LA, dallas and LA were his 2nd and 3rd options respectively, but the mavs are the only team of the 3 who'll have enough room to sign him as a FA in summer this year. cuban won't hesitate to gamble on him and he has the money to spend, so if DH opts not to re-sign with the lakers, then dallas will be locked as 's next destination imho (unless he gets traded in this month, of course)
I think BKN is definitely out of the race. It'll come down to Dallas and LA; Dwight has to choose whether or not to risk leaving an extra year on the table and get to Dallas, or scream YOSO for the next 5 years.
I think between Deron and Dwight they will go down as the two greatest ever.........at getting their coaches fired.
well at least they have something in common with Kobe
He is still going to want a max deal and he has done nothing this season whatsoever to earn it. His agent has to sell teams on the Dwight of 2 years ago and not the injured and mediocre Dwight of this season. These athletes always seem to get paid but nothing about Howard screams “Franchise player”. He is mentally weak, a bad team-mate and has proven to be a coach killer. Now he has these issues with his back and shoulder.
Dwight should just go ahead and retire. He already checks out for huge chunks of the season anyway.
Jarrod N Rudolph @JRudolphSports I had no idea Houston was such a beautiful city. I'd gladly move to Dallas or Houston.
houston wouldnt be too bad for him since the city houses the most dumbass of any major US city, and he would find some other whining es to share their bitter stories with him tbh
Dwight will follow the money. If he really wanted to be in Brooklyn, he would not have opted in last year. He's a Laker if the offer him the $$$.
Mark In Austin, with the threeeeeeeeee from Alamo drafthouse.
Rudy and Dwight would never see the ball with Joe Isolation there
Sounds like Dwight doesn't want any part of the western conference. He got a taste, now he wants to go back to the east and stay there for as long as humanly possible.
truth bomb. joe isolatoin is the real cancer that hampers this team imho. Joe can be the best player on a scrub team but not a team that has 3-4 borderline all-stars, and there was a reason why phoenix traded him for picks + s tbh
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