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saw this like 8 hours ago..
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/s...de-report-saysThe Los Angeles Lakers are making a renewed push to acquire All-Star center Dwight Howard and are continuing talks with Orlando Magic officials, Yahoo! Sports reported.
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ESPNLA.com Lakers writer Dave McMenamin believes it will be tough for the team to land Dwight Howard but talks are ongoing. Plus, he talks about a "frosty" relationship between Howard and Kobe Bryant.
Yahoo! Sports reports the Lakers want a commitment from Howard on a contract extension before they agree to a trade with the Magic.
The Lakers and Magic have been in talks over Howard for the past week or so, sources told ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard, but nothing is imminent.
Also, a source familiar with the Lakers' interest in Howard told ESPNLosAngeles.com's Dave McMenamin that the dialogue between Los Angeles and Orlando is "ongoing" but right now a trade would be "very tough to pull off."
Enjoy the sploogefest
saw this like 8 hours ago..
Then you should have posted it. It's not on the first two pages.
nobody made a thread, it's in the new howard to houston thread iirc.
thanks for the update anyways Broussard
getting over princess dwight tbh
He's at the Dodgers game right now.
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Dwight Howard receives loud applause when put up on Dodger Vision. We can confirm he is a "very large" Dodger fan.
lol, Dwight flirting with the people of Los Angeles.
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The fans that were around DH car kept yelling for him to sign with Lakers. DH smiled and waved to fans.
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Tried asking DH a ? while we walkd and one of his handlers started yelling "NO NO NO"
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DH was wearing a Dodgers and when he got to car one of his handlers saw fans were taking pics and snatched hat off DH head
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Dwight Howard has left Dodger game but he knows me & @ArashMarkazi . Ya we went on "Dwight Hunt" details to follow
Seems that Bynum would be a bigger hurdle than Dwight IMO.
Bynum will probably get asshurt and make a cameo at anngels game.
Can the Clippers make a package that's interesting to the Magic ? And will that trade not turn into a one year rental of D12 ?
They'd have to outbid Houston's picks/prospects/cap relief, and the Lakers' Bynum offer. Doubt it.
[LA TIMES] Dwight Howard won't say if he's sweet on L.A.
Dwight Howard stood outside a Dodger Stadium suite Tuesday night trying to decide what to eat off the dessert cart.
He took forever, and when he began to recite out loud, "eeny, meeny, miny, moe,"' I asked him if that was how he was going to pick where he played.
He mimicked as if he would, saying "this team and that team," but unfortunately stopping when his attention returned to the desserts.
Then his security guard got in my face and told me he does the talking for Howard. That will be fun if he comes to L.A.
A fan yelled to Howard, "Are you coming to L.A.?"
And Howard replied with the consent of his security guard, "I'm here now." He paused, and then added, "to rehab."
I asked about his back, which he had surgically repaired, and he said he will be fine for the start of the season, but he said he could not talk about basketball.
What else would you want to talk to Howard about?
A few minutes later the Dodgers showed Howard on the big screen in left field eating his dessert. He drew considerable applause, and I wonder what the reaction would be if they showed Andrew Bynum on the big screen.
The word around the Lakers earlier in the day was the team might know by Wednesday whether there is any reason to pursue Howard.
There was no meeting with Howard, as has been reported elsewhere, but they have been talking to the Orlando Magic steadily about Howard's availability.
The Lakers, though, now believe Orlando has no interest in Bynum, which has forced the Lakers' brass to look for a third team to place Bynum and secure what the Magic might take.
As for Howard, he settled on a huge caramel apple with M&Ms attached, and then also wanted a piece of lemon cake.
He does seem to want it all.
Rumor mill says that Bynum will not sign an extension with Orlando…Does anybody know what is so bad about Orlando? Bynum would sign an extension with Cleveland but not Orlando?
Cleveland has a good PG?
LOL@ Baby Drew...
Bynum just ing up talks on purpose, tbh. Magic would turn him into a god and name the arena after him
By Lakerfan logic, since Dwight was wearing a blue cap with LA on it, and blue is one of the Clippers' colors, Dwight will be a Clipper...
LOL Doesn't want to play with Kobme
By Lakerfan logic, since Dwight was wearing a blue cap with LA on it, and blue is one of the Clippers' colors, Dwight will be a Clipper...
A better equivalent for the Clippers are the Angels, tbh. They also sport the blue and red colors, fwiw
Clippers may need him considering the Subway Pusher's fraility at such a young age...
I'm tired of the charade, really. I hope this thing gets resolved one way or the other. I don't think he'll be on the Lakers, but if he is then he'll be welcomed as long as he wears the PnG. Other than that, I hope that this whole thing doesn't ruin the psyche of say, Bynum as he heads into his walk year. It's almost as if they've poisoned the well and all of a sudden will ask for the pieces to drink heartily from it.
Meh.
That's also what I'm afraid of -- that Bynum will be get his zen on for the whole season just to give the middle finger to the Lakers front office.
Exactly. I'm afraid it is already the case. Bynum is not the fortress of mental strength as is--so you know he is watching and silently pouting. The Lakers, at this point, are all in with their hopes of landing Howard and still don't have a clearer idea of how close they are to landing him or not landing him. In the meantime, you have Bynum and to a lesser extent Gasol just worried about where they'll be in the near future. Both are weak of mind and that will most undoubtedly have an effect on this upcoming year with Nash and all the possible new pieces onboard.
Why would Orlando want Bynum?
Extremely immature and injury prone. If he was worthy of being a franchise player, LA wouldnt be trying to deal him.
I don't understand what the Lakers are doing here either tbh... one minute, Bynum's their future and the franchise player after Kobrick retires, the next minute they're trying to trade him... I'd be mad too if I was Bynum...
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