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He most certainly is.
If Howard is OK with staying in Orlando and he is so far, why would the Magic even look at offers for him? This guy isn't about the glamour or dating fat Kardashians, why does LA think they have him already? Howard is the perfect piece to build around and that's exactly what Orlando is going to do.
Howard isn't going anywhere.
He most certainly is.
Can't stop Dwight: LA 2012 with your threads
Build around with Arenas, Turkoglu, and both Richardsons? I think not.
Because they see Cleveland's current place in the standings and think, "There but for the grace of God go us."
Cavaliers are the canary in the coal mine when it comes to restive superstars.
They tried and failed. Coach will be gone and a new team built around him. They will have a meeting with Howard and show him what they want to do and how they want him to be the center piece and he's happy again.
Tbh what can LA offer Howard? From a contender stand point not money..fame etc
Aging kobe and fish? Soft sidekick pau? Playing with Luke walton!
Damn, the Stern equation. I didn't calculate for that.
David Stern would have nothing to do with it. The supporting cast around him is awful and looks to stay that way. Unless Ryan Anderson suddenly develops into a superstar.
The Magic roster suck and is stuck with terrible contracts. They have no big expirings and no talents with nice value contracts. This teams goes nowhere, even with Howard. Not past the Heat or Bulls.
So all he has to do is to pull an Anthony. "I just sign an extension with the Lakers or go as FA to the Nets". LA is a nice place since he became a huge attention . Nets have Williams and should be able to get another 3rd string "star" with Lopez+lottery pick and (in 2012) the expirings of Morrow/Farmar/Petro.
Lakers trade:
Dwight+Arenas for Bynum, Odom, Walton, Fisher. Magic dump Arenas 63million for Walton/Fishers 19million. They just have Hedo as bad contract, built around Bynum. Bass, Re and Nelson are moveable. Thats an ok situation considering Dwight could leave for nothing to the Nets and they are stuck with Arenas and without Bynum.
Lakers:
Blake/Arenas
Bryant
Artest
Gasol
Dwight
Lakers have their post Kobe franchise player. Of course they take Arenas for this.
People are so scared of this ...
LOL I would not take Gil ... turk I would ...
eating Gil's contract would be like someone offering you a rib-eye covered in .
Watching the amount of the Lakers ate the past week on the court i say they eat that ty rib-eye with pleasure.
Thing is we are NOT MILES away like the Knicks were.
Howard is my "dream" choice, but I would accept a PG like Dwill or Paul as consolation ...TBh.
The thing is Kobe can still score at an elite level. But I don't think he can create and score anymore at an elite level. His defense is slipping as well. SO help in the back-court could be just as valuable. Problem lies though if we go PG we cant give up Bynum, because we need his defense.
Give Kobe a top level PG and it maximizes his skills, though he would have to score more without the ball than he ever has ...
BUt with atop PG i think he makes that adjustment. That PG would need to be a decent defender which leaves me towards DWill (size) but Paul is such a compe or ...
This line right here shows the ridiculousness of Laker fan
How is that ridiculous?This line right here shows the ridiculousness of Laker fan
We are the franchise did NOT have to draft: Wilt, Kareem, shaq or Pau ...(LOL Who does NOT belong)
My point was that getting a PG to pair with Kobe bynum and Odom may be better than eating Arenas's contract. How can we spend 50 million on backcourt of a "shot" Arenas and declining Kobe ...that makes no sense. Especially since we already have a center ...we may need to trade Pau for a PG.
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