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i have a feeling he'll end up with the rockets for this year. Rockets seem like they don't give a right now and wouldn't have a problem with a 1 year rental.
Okay I'll get right on thatKai - after all I've contributed do you really beleive I don't know how to edit my posts...
ask Kori why I don't edit
i have a feeling he'll end up with the rockets for this year. Rockets seem like they don't give a right now and wouldn't have a problem with a 1 year rental.
I'd be fine with this. If he stays, fine. If he leaves, we have a built in excuse to tank that we can sell to the fans. "Blame Howard, not us."
Please Dwight sign with my ty team
LOL god telling him to claim Orlando blackmailed him. LOL god is as ty with career as he is with money.
"Be fruitful and multiply" - God
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The dude's a frickin' idiot. He already cost a man his job. A job that he had no intention of staying at. A damn coward. He should sack up and be a man about what all he's doing.
So has Dwight reached Lebron level status in public enemy? Or has he surpassed it?
Dwight's just a dumbass who people laugh at, while Lebron is a y got.
I'm a Magic fan as well and I was willing to forgive him after he apologized for his antics, but now after they fired the GM and the coach just to make him happy he still wants to be traded?? I'm over it, trade the whiny brat and move on.
per Woj
Lakers, Nets, Rockets discuss potential Dwight Howard trade with Magic
The Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic have had preliminary contact about a possible deal for All-Star center Dwight Howard, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.
Dwight Howard is pushing for a trade to Brooklyn, but can the Nets make a deal? (Reuters)Orlando officials are willing to discuss trades for Howard, and the Lakers have been one of the teams in touch with them over the weekend, sources said. The Brooklyn Nets and Houston Rockets have also talked to Magic officials, sources said.
While the Lakers have yet to make a direct offer, there's no scenario where Orlando would move Howard to the Lakers without getting back Andrew Bynum, L.A.'s 24-year-old All-Star center. Pau Gasol wouldn't fit the Magic's desires to rebuild with young players and draft picks.
The Lakers had been willing to part with Bynum for Howard in March, but those talks ended when Howard decided to decline his early termination option and remain under contract through the 2012-13 season.
The Magic reached out to teams Saturday and told them that they’ll discuss proposals about moving Howard, sources said.
Howard and his agent, Dan Fegan, have repeatedly told the Magic in recent weeks that Howard wants to be moved, and that his preferred destination of the Brooklyn Nets hasn’t changed, sources said.
Nevertheless, time is running out for Howard to be traded to Brooklyn because Nets general manager Billy King has begun to aggressively explore deals for players like Joe Johnson, Luis Scola and O.J. Mayo in an attempt to surround free-agent point guard Deron Williams with more talent. Williams is choosing between the Nets and Dallas Mavericks and could make a decision in the next several days. Sources say Williams' patience with waiting for Howard to eventually come to Brooklyn is wearing out, and that he’s likely to make his decision whether to accept the Nets' five-year, $100 million contract offer devoid of Howard as a factor.
The Nets have already reached agreement with Gerald Wallace on a four-year, $40 million deal and are working to re-sign Brook Lopez, another of their free agents. Their salary cap will be too congested to sign Howard as a free agent next summer. For now, Brooklyn could include Lopez in a sign-and-trade with young players and future draft picks for Howard, but the Nets probably can’t construct the most attractive package for Orlando.
The Houston Rockets remain determined to try to land Howard, and have several young players to offer as part of a package.
rofl I still remember Jarrett Jack or somebody tweeting, commending Howard for being
I can't see how anyone would still hate LeBron over Dwight Howard at this point.
Send him to Brooklyn already.. He can play without Williams and lose 50 games a year or with Williams and lose in the 1st or 2nd round every year.. Get him the out of Orlando already.. He's a pain..
That would be good news for the sport. We need a Laker/Heat final.
All he had to do was NOT pick up the option. Sure people in Orlando woulda hated him but
a) They hate him anyway
b) He woulda been gone by now and signed with a new team and put all this to rest
I honestly think this guy might be borderline re ed.
It looks a lot like the only reason he opted in was because he wants his Bird's Rights contract. This is why I wouldn't mind taking a chance on him. The money is too important to him.
Yeah I agree about picking up the option. He was ing stupid on his decision. All he had to do was not pick it up, and he would have had the chance to go to any team capable of affording him.
He looks like a ing re right now.
Excuse me being naive, but why the Bird's Rights contract? What leverage does it give a player?
fify lil homie
Bird rights are traded with the player, big deal for team trying to acquire him but facing salary cap limitations.
Not only do Bird Rights give you the power to go over the cap to re-sign a player, it also allows you to offer more money than anyone else. The team that holds a player's Bird rights can offer a higher percentage increase in salary each and every year of the deal than any other team. The team also has the power to offer 1 more year than any team in the league as well. Obviously, for max players this is a whole lot of money, I believe ~$30 million difference between a Bird rights and non-bird contract for a guy like Dwight. Up until this past year, a team was able to sign & trade a player using these rights (Miami with LeBron, Toronto with Bosh), but now the rules are different with the main change being you cannot sign the player for the extra year. If anyone notices anything wrong about my explanation, please let me know.
This is why I believe Deron stays in Brooklyn, and Dwight will have a tough time leaving whichever team trades for him.
Orlando would have done a sign and trade for a second round pick so he could stay Bird. It's an unwritten rule in the NBA that you do that when the other team could sign the guy outright anyways, to keep from pissing off agents. I mean if Cleveland could sign-and-trade LeBron to Miami there's no way Orlando wouldn't have done the same.
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